How To Add A User To Your WordPress Website

Here are the steps for adding a new user to your WordPress website: From your WordPress dashboard, hover your mouse over the left menu item called “Users”. Click on “Add New” from the flyout menu. In the “Add New User” page, the only required fields are: • Username • E-mail • Password – Enter the password twice – select a strong one. It should be atleast seven characters long. You can use upper and lower case letters, numbers and symbols like !”?.$%^&) The following fields are optional: • First Name • Last Name • Website • Send the password to the new user by email Select the role of the user from the dropdown menu. • Administrator: A user who has access to all the administrative functions. This person has no limitations. • Editor: A user who can publish and manage all posts and pages belonging to themself and others. • Author: A user who can publish and manage their own posts. • Contributor: A user who can write and manage posts but cannot publish them. • Subscriber: A user who can only manage their profile. None of the information you enter is sent to any other site or person. Depedning on your theme, some of the information may be displayed on your site. Click on “Add New User” at the bottom of the page. The user is now added and you can see them listed in the “Users” page.