{"id":969,"date":"2024-05-22T21:22:09","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T21:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/create.fsu.edu\/support\/?p=969"},"modified":"2024-05-22T21:22:09","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T21:22:09","slug":"add-a-user-to-your-wordpress-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/create.fsu.edu\/support\/wordpress\/add-a-user-to-your-wordpress-account\/","title":{"rendered":"Add a User to Your WordPress Account"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You may wish to have others collaborate on your WordPress site. You can grant access to the site by creating a user profile for each collaborator. The steps are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sign into CreateFSU and navigate to your site&#8217;s WordPress dashboard. (For more in-depth instructions on this, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcreate.fsu.edu%2Fsupport%2Fgeneral-topics%2Flogging-into-your-createfsu-account%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cllove%40fsu.edu%7C3eca7c6b60184ba122d208dc79aa713d%7Ca36450ebdb0642a78d1b026719f701e3%7C0%7C0%7C638519020148985260%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=MYDdZA6bs7wg9nWhSs0%2B9mE96sTldR%2Fsu6zXHnKe9Kw%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Logging into Your CreateFSU Account<\/a>.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click &#8220;Users&#8221; in the lefthand menu.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/create.fsu.edu\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Users.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"164\" height=\"535\" src=\"https:\/\/create.fsu.edu\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Users.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-970\" srcset=\"https:\/\/create.fsu.edu\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Users.png 164w, https:\/\/create.fsu.edu\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Users-92x300.png 92w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 164px) 100vw, 164px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. Click &#8220;Add New User.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/create.fsu.edu\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/add-user.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"585\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/create.fsu.edu\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/add-user.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-971\" srcset=\"https:\/\/create.fsu.edu\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/add-user.png 585w, https:\/\/create.fsu.edu\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/add-user-300x57.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4. Fill out their profile information:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>For username and email<\/strong>, we recommend using their FSU ID and email.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>You can leave the password as-is.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Make sure the box next to &#8220;Send User Notification&#8221; is checked. <\/strong>This will send the new user an email allowing them to reset their password and giving them a link to access the site. (<strong>Note:<\/strong> They will <em>not<\/em> log in through Create FSU\u2014\u200bonly through WordPress.)\u200b<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/create.fsu.edu\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/send-notif.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"631\" height=\"48\" src=\"https:\/\/create.fsu.edu\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/send-notif.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-972\" srcset=\"https:\/\/create.fsu.edu\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/send-notif.png 631w, https:\/\/create.fsu.edu\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/send-notif-300x23.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5. Select the appropriate Role from the dropdown menu. <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.com\/support\/invite-people\/user-roles\/\">WordPress user roles<\/a> include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Subscriber: <\/strong>Receives notifications when you update the site.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Contributor:<\/strong> Has no publishing or uploading capability but can write and edit their own posts until they are published.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Author: <\/strong>Can write, upload media, edit, and publish their own posts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Editor:<\/strong> Has access to all posts, pages, comments, categories, and tags, and can upload media.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Administrator: <\/strong>The highest level of permission. Admins have the power to access almost everything, including site templates and overall design. <em>To protect your content, use caution when giving this level of access.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/create.fsu.edu\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/role.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"374\" height=\"155\" src=\"https:\/\/create.fsu.edu\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/role.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-973\" srcset=\"https:\/\/create.fsu.edu\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/role.png 374w, https:\/\/create.fsu.edu\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/role-300x124.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 374px) 100vw, 374px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Note: <\/strong>You can downgrade user status or remove a user at any time to preserve site security.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">6. Click &#8220;Add New User.&#8221; Let each collaborator know to expect an email from WordPress about their profile, and instruct them to update their password before accessing the site. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You may wish to have others collaborate on your WordPress site. You can grant access to the site by creating a user profile for each collaborator. The steps are as follows: 3. Click &#8220;Add New User.&#8221; 4. Fill out their profile information: 5. Select the appropriate Role from the dropdown menu. 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