diff --git a/addons/website_blog/models/website_blog.py b/addons/website_blog/models/website_blog.py
index 42ceb7074b0..c99d2c0b1d0 100644
--- a/addons/website_blog/models/website_blog.py
+++ b/addons/website_blog/models/website_blog.py
@@ -134,6 +134,8 @@ class BlogPost(models.Model):
     name = fields.Char('Title', required=True, translate=True, default='')
     subtitle = fields.Char('Sub Title', translate=True)
     author_id = fields.Many2one('res.partner', 'Author', default=lambda self: self.env.user.partner_id)
+    author_avatar = fields.Binary(related='author_id.image_128', string="Avatar", readonly=False)
+    author_name = fields.Char(related='author_id.display_name', string="Author Name", readonly=False, store=True)
     active = fields.Boolean('Active', default=True)
     blog_id = fields.Many2one('blog.blog', 'Blog', required=True, ondelete='cascade')
     tag_ids = fields.Many2many('blog.tag', string='Tags')
@@ -151,7 +153,6 @@ class BlogPost(models.Model):
     create_uid = fields.Many2one('res.users', 'Created by', index=True, readonly=True)
     write_date = fields.Datetime('Last Updated on', index=True, readonly=True)
     write_uid = fields.Many2one('res.users', 'Last Contributor', index=True, readonly=True)
-    author_avatar = fields.Binary(related='author_id.image_128', string="Avatar", readonly=False)
     visits = fields.Integer('No of Views', copy=False, default=0)
     website_id = fields.Many2one(related='blog_id.website_id', readonly=True, store=True)
 
diff --git a/addons/website_blog/tests/test_performance.py b/addons/website_blog/tests/test_performance.py
index 1f2f64eb50a..cd50f9d2041 100644
--- a/addons/website_blog/tests/test_performance.py
+++ b/addons/website_blog/tests/test_performance.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import random
 
 class TestBlogPerformance(UtilPerf):
     def test_10_perf_sql_blog_standard_data(self):
-        self.assertEqual(self._get_url_hot_query('/blog'), 29)
+        self.assertEqual(self._get_url_hot_query('/blog'), 26)
 
     def test_20_perf_sql_blog_bigger_data_scaling(self):
         BlogPost = self.env['blog.post']
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ class TestBlogPerformance(UtilPerf):
         for blog_post in blog_posts:
             blog_post.tag_ids += blog_tags
             blog_tags = blog_tags[:-1]
-        self.assertEqual(self._get_url_hot_query('/blog'), 27)
-        self.assertEqual(self._get_url_hot_query(blog_post[0].website_url), 54)
+        self.assertEqual(self._get_url_hot_query('/blog'), 26)
+        self.assertEqual(self._get_url_hot_query(blog_post[0].website_url), 53)
 
     def test_30_perf_sql_blog_bigger_data_scaling(self):
         BlogPost = self.env['blog.post']
@@ -32,5 +32,5 @@ class TestBlogPerformance(UtilPerf):
         for blog_post in blog_posts:
             blog_post.write({'tag_ids': [[6, 0, random.choices(blog_tags.ids, k=random.randint(0, len(blog_tags)))]]})
 
-        self.assertEqual(self._get_url_hot_query('/blog'), 27)
-        self.assertEqual(self._get_url_hot_query(blog_post[0].website_url), 54)
+        self.assertEqual(self._get_url_hot_query('/blog'), 26)
+        self.assertEqual(self._get_url_hot_query(blog_post[0].website_url), 53)
diff --git a/addons/website_blog/views/website_blog_components.xml b/addons/website_blog/views/website_blog_components.xml
index 8c1dbea99fe..afdfca50d8f 100644
--- a/addons/website_blog/views/website_blog_components.xml
+++ b/addons/website_blog/views/website_blog_components.xml
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@
              style="line-height:1"
              t-options='{"widget": "image", "class": "rounded-circle " + "o_wblog_author_avatar mr-1" if hide_date else  "o_wblog_author_avatar_date mr-2"}' />
         <div t-att-class="not hide_date and 'small font-weight-bold'" style="line-height:1">
-            <span t-field="blog_post.author_id" t-options='{ "widget": "contact", "fields": ["name"]}'/>
+            <span t-if="editable" t-field="blog_post.author_id" t-options='{ "widget": "contact", "fields": ["name"]}'/>
+            <span t-else="" t-esc="blog_post.author_name"/>
             <small t-if="not hide_date" t-field="blog_post.post_date" t-options='{"format": "d MMMM, yyyy"}'/>
         </div>
     </div>