Finding and Adding Users to a WordPress Site

Finding Users

Administrators can search for users on the site. They can do this to find a user, make changes to a user profile (including the role and expiration date) or delete a user. Be absolutely certain before you delete a user from the site. They can also see how many posts have been published under the users name.

Adding Users

Administrators can add users to a WordPress site. The user may be new to your network or may already be a user on another WordPress site on your network. The following slides explain how to add both types of users, how to set their roles, and how to add an expiration date for that user if that’s appropriate.

User Roles

As mentioned earlier, you can assign users to different roles depending on what you want them to be able to do. Roles include:

• Administrator – can do everything on the individual site for which they are in that role.
• Editor – can publish and manage all posts and pages on a site
• Author – can publish and manage their own posts and pages on a site
• Contributor – can write their own posts and pages but cannot publish them (an Editor or Administrator needs to approve them)
• Subscriber – can only read content from the site and manage their own profile