WordPress: How to Add a User from the Admin Dashboard

The site owner can add a user to the WordPress site depending on the role and the type of access needed. For this reason, it’s important to understand these roles, as you wouldn’t want to assign inappropriate access to your WordPress site users.

In this article, we will discuss:

• Understanding Roles and Permissions
• Adding a New User
• Review

Understanding Roles and Permissions

Here are the roles you can set for each WordPress user:

• Administrator - this role can provide access to all of the administrative functions of the WordPress site. They also have permission for all the other roles.
• Editor - this role can publish posts, manage, edit, and delete posts, including those created by other users. This role mostly focuses on the website content rather than the website management.
• Authors - this role can write, edit, publish, and delete posts that they wrote, but not those created by other users. Authors can also upload files.
• Contributor - this role can write and edit their posts, but they lack the ability to delete or publish them (including their own). A higher role should publish their posts. This role is best given to one-time guest bloggers or new authors.
• Subscriber - this role is the most basic user who can only read posts. They also can update and manage their user profile.

Adding a New User

Assigning a new user role in your WordPress dashboard is simple. By following the steps listed in this article and reading the different types of roles, you’ll gain a better understanding of how to keep your site organized and secure.

1. Log in to your WordPress Dashboard.
2. From the left navigation menu, click Users.
   


3. Hit Add New to create a new user. The existing users will also be shown on this current pwage.
   


4. Provide all the information for this new user: username, email, and password.
5. Tick the box that says Send the new user an email about their account.
6. Assign a role for this user from the drop-down menu. Use the guide above when selecting a role.
7. Click the Add New User button once done.
   

Review

Assigning a new user role in your WordPress dashboard is simple. By reading the different types of roles and following the steps listed in this article, you’ll gain a better understanding on how to keep your site organized and secure.