Creating new user accounts in WordPress

Creating a user

1. Login to your website’s dashboard (e.g. http://my-domain-here.com/wp-admin)
2. Click on the Users tab to the left of the page, then click Add New.
3. Input the following under Add New User.
   1. Username: This is a required field, and the username can be whatever you like.
   2. Email: This is a required field, make sure it’s an email address you or the user have access to.
   3. Firstname: The user’s first name.
   4. Lastname: The user’s last name.
   5. Website: The user’s website, this is optional.
   6. Password: This will be generated for you, and can be changed later.
   7. Send User Notification: Optional – emails the user, letting them know their account has been created.
   8. Role: Set the user’s role, keep in mind that the different roles provide different user permissions.
4. Click Add User.

User Roles and what they mean

When creating a user you can set a “role” for that user, which gives them different permissions when they login to the WordPress dashboard. Here is a list of the different roles and what they mean:

• Administrator: Full access, this user can do anything they want once they’ve logged in
• Editor: Can publish and manage posts, including the posts of other users
• Author: Can publish and manage their own posts only
• Contributor: Can write and manage their own posts, but cannot publish them
• Subscriber: Can only manage their user profile