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How to Add New Users and Authors to Your WordPress Blog

Last updated on January 26th, 2021 by Editorial Staff
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How to Add New Users and Authors to Your WordPress Blog

Do you want to add new users and authors to your blog?

WordPress comes with a built-in user management system. This lets you add users with different roles and permission levels.

In this article, we will show you how to add new users and authors to your WordPress website.

Adding new users and authors to your WordPress website

Adding a New User or Author on Your WordPress Website

There are 3 ways to add new users to your WordPress website. You can add users manually, let users register themselves for free, or create a paid membership site where users pay to register.

Here’s what we’re going to cover in this article. Simply click on the quick links to jump straight to the section you need.

  • Manually Adding a New User or Author to Your Website
  • Understanding User Roles in WordPress
  • Opening Your WordPress Site for Anyone to Register for Free
  • Creating a Paid Membership Program for Your Site

Manually Adding a New User or Author to Your Website

If you want to add a small number of people to your website, then this is easy to do with WordPress’s built-in user management system.

This method is ideal for:

  • Small businesses that have several different employees managing their website.
  • Organizations such as churches and nonprofits that have volunteers updating their website.
  • Blogs with multiple authors, such as a fashion blog that you are writing with some friends.
  • Online stores that have several people managing inventory, shipping items, etc.

You simply need to go to the Users » Add New page in your WordPress admin area. Next, you just have to fill out the form to create a new user.

Fill out the form to add a new user to your website

On the form, you first need to enter a username. The user can use this or their email address to login.

Tip: The WordPress username can’t be easily changed later, but all the other details can.

Next, enter the user’s email address. Double-check that you are using the correct email address. Users will need this in order to reset their passwords and receive email notifications.

After that, you can enter the first name, last name, and website URL. Since these are optional fields, you can also leave them blank. Users can edit their own profiles to complete these fields later.

In the next step, you will need to choose a password. We recommend using an online strong password generator for this purpose.

Tip: You can use the ‘Generate password’ button to automatically create a strong password.

Below the password field, you will see a checkbox to send the user an email. If you check this, the user will receive an email letting them know how to log in. This will also have a link, so they can set a different password if they want.

The last option on the page is to choose a WordPress user role from the dropdown list.

The dropdown list of default user roles in WordPress

Each user role comes with a different set of capabilities. Subscriber is the least powerful role, and Administrator is the most powerful role. You need to choose a role depending on what tasks a user will be performing on your website.

You may already know what role you want to give your user. If so, select the role, then click the ‘Add New User’ button at the bottom of the screen.

Entering the details for your new user in WordPress

If you’re unsure about the role, don’t worry. We have a detailed explanation of the roles in the next section of this article.

Tip: Some plugins create additional user roles. For instance, WooCommerce adds ‘Customer’ and ‘Shop Manager’ roles. All in One SEO adds the ‘SEO Manager’ and ‘SEO Editor’ roles. Simply check the plugin’s documentation to find out about any additional roles that you see in this list.

Additional user roles created by WooCommerce and All in One SEO

Understanding User Roles in WordPress

WordPress comes with these default user roles:

  • Administrator
  • Editor
  • Author
  • Contributor
  • Subscriber

Tip: If you have a multisite installation of WordPress, there is also a ‘Super Admin’ role. These users can manage all the websites, whereas regular Administrators manage just one site.

Administrator

An administrator can perform all tasks on your WordPress site.

You should only assign this role to users who you fully trust. You should also feel confident about their technical skills.

With the administrator user role, a user can install plugins, change themes, delete content, and even delete other users. This includes other administrators.

You can learn more about the Administrator role here.

Editor

An editor can add, edit, publish, and delete their own WordPress posts. They can also do all of these actions for posts by all other users.

They cannot access website settings, plugins, themes, and other admin features.

This role is useful if you have an editor for your site who manages a team of authors and publishes content on a regular basis.

You can learn more about the Editor role here.

Author

Authors can add, edit, and publish their own posts. They can upload files, too.

They can’t edit or publish other people’s posts or access features like plugins, themes, settings, and tools.

You may want to use a plugin to restrict authors so they can only write in a specific category.

You could also let authors revise their published posts. Again, you will need to use a plugin to extend the Author user role.

You can learn more about the Author role here.

Contributor

A contributor can add and edit their own posts but cannot publish them.

However, they cannot edit other users’ posts or access features like plugins, themes, settings, and tools.

It’s important to note that contributors cannot upload media files, such as images. The easiest way to get around this is to get contributors to upload their post’s image(s) through a file upload form.

That way, the image(s) can be saved straight to the WordPress media library. This makes it easy for an editor or administrator to add them to the post.

You can learn more about the Contributor role here.

Subscriber

The subscriber role does not let users add or edit posts in any way.

With the default settings, subscribers can create a profile and save their details. This lets them enter them more quickly when leaving comments.

You can also use a membership plugin or LMS plugin to create members-only content that is available to subscribers. We will come onto that later in this article.

You can learn more about the Subscriber role here.

To find out more about all the different user roles in WordPress and how they relate to one another, check out our beginner’s guide to WordPress user roles and permissions.

Managing Users in WordPress

As an administrator, you can add and remove users from your WordPress site at any time. After you have added a user, you can edit their profile at any time and change any information including passwords.

Simply click on the Users tab in your WordPress admin to go to the user page. You can edit or delete a user at any time.

Managing users in WordPress

You can edit the user’s profile to change their password, change their role, and more. You can also bulk edit users to change their role, if you want to upgrade or downgrade several users’ role at the same time.

Users can also edit their own profile by going to Users » Profile in the WordPress dashboard. They can add a profile picture and change most of their details, but they cannot change their role.

Open Your WordPress Site for Anyone to Register for Free

What if you want to let users register on your site for free?

It would be a lot of work to add each user manually. Instead, you can let them create their own account.

First, you need to go to Settings » General in your WordPress admin and check the ‘Anyone can register’ box.

Enabling public registration for your website

By default, new users will be given the Subscriber role. Go ahead and change this to any role you want using the dropdown.

Warning: We recommend only letting users register as Subscribers or Contributors. If you let users register as Authors, they could publish a post without approval. Never use Administrator as the default setting.

Don’t forget to click the ‘Save Changes’ button at the bottom of the page to store your changes.

You also need to add a login form to your site. The best way to do this is with the WPForms plugin. Just follow our guide on how to allow user registration on your WordPress site for help with this.

Tip: You can also disable the WordPress admin bar for subscribers or other user roles.

Creating a Paid Membership Program on Your Website

Another way to add new users to your site is to create a paid membership program that users sign up for.

This allows you to sell members-only content, add premium content behind paywall, sell online courses, and more.

To do this, you need a WordPress membership plugin.

We recommend using MemberPress. It’s the best membership and course creation plugin with all the functionality and flexibility you need.

Just some of the setup options in MemberPress

MemberPress lets you lock specific posts and pages on your site so that only registered, paying users can access them. Many sites offer premium content like this as a way to make money online.

With MemberPress, it’s easy to create different access levels. For instance, you might offer a Bronze, Silver, and Gold plan. Or, you could create separate courses for users to sign up for.

You also get access to powerful tools such as MemberPress’s reports to show you your average member lifetime value, how many members you have in total, and more.

MemberPress allows you to add drip content to create evergreen membership site, and you can even sell group memberships in WordPress.

For a step by step tutorial on setting up MemberPress on your site, check out our ultimate guide to creating a WordPress membership site.

We hope this article helped you learn how to add new users and authors to your WordPress website. You may also want to see our comparison of the best email marketing services and how to add push notifications, so you can connect with your users after they leave your website.

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  2. waseem says:
    Jan 26, 2021 at 4:00 am

    Is there a way to categorize self registered users and admin registered users using a plugin or manually?

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    • WPBeginner Support says:
      Jan 26, 2021 at 10:28 am

      For doing that, you could create different user roles for admin added and have the standard signup be registered as a different role.

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  3. A Mueed says:
    Aug 30, 2019 at 8:02 am

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  4. Sushant Singhal says:
    May 12, 2019 at 9:11 am

    Earlier, I could go to my site’s dashboard, add user, assign role for him / her and that was it.

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    When he / she logs into the wordpress.com, he is prompted to create a new website instead of taking him to the website for which he has been added as a user. Although I know that the invitation has been accepted by the invitee, he/she continues to be shown as ‘pending invitation’. Why so?

    Is there some bug? Can’t I get that earlier system where I could add Authors to my website by entering their details and assigning them a user name and password?

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    • WPBeginner Support says:
      May 13, 2019 at 1:44 pm

      You would sadly need to reach out to WordPress.com for this question, our tutorials are for WordPress.org sites: https://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/self-hosted-wordpress-org-vs-free-wordpress-com-infograph/

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  16. Jeffry Rentoul says:
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  17. Tesla says:
    Jul 30, 2018 at 8:53 am

    but how can i edit a user dashboard without affecting the whole page and other users dashboard

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  18. Miroslav says:
    Jul 22, 2018 at 9:54 am

    Respect. How to add a user who will be able to see what I (as administrator) is a complete control panel but without the ability to add, change or delete – but just review what I did. This is what I need to keep a look at the layout of the site and point to the possibility of solving the problem I have. Thank you!

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    • WPBeginner Support says:
      Jul 22, 2018 at 9:57 am

      Hi Miroslav,

      Users will only be able to see the areas where they can make changes. For example, if you want them to be able to see theme settings, then they will also be able to modify them.

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  19. Okpala Precious says:
    Jul 10, 2018 at 3:53 pm

    Hi, I just employed someone to my blog and added him as a user. I don’t want him to have access or to be logging in to my site dashboard with the main details. How can I make him have his own log in details or which link would lead him to the dashboard as an Author?

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  20. samsta says:
    Apr 11, 2018 at 12:23 pm

    hello. i have been added to be a user administrator to another wordpress account, however i’m not able to see that website under my profile. i have to go on to the website and login everytime i need to contribute something. is there anyway i am able to see said website under my profile or on my dashboard to access it easily?

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  21. richie treadway says:
    Mar 14, 2018 at 10:00 pm

    How do I add an authors name so I can credit them for guest posts, without actually giving them access to my site?

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    • WPBeginner Support says:
      Mar 19, 2018 at 6:15 pm

      Hi Richie,

      Please see our guide on how to add guest author name with custom fields in WordPress.

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  22. Nicola Hasted says:
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    Hi, is it possible to add an existing WP user to a site using their gravatar or WP login? I have been added to a clients site in this way but I don’t know how they achieved it (I received no email or new password etc).

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    • WPBeginner Support says:
      Mar 6, 2018 at 7:00 pm

      Hi Nicola,

      Yes, they can do that. Unfortunately, there is no way to stop this from happening. If they added you without your permission, then you can ask them nicely to stop. If they have used your Gravatar profile to publish content, then you have the option to take legal action. You can send them a cease and desist notice.

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      • Nicola Hasted says:
        Mar 7, 2018 at 5:33 am

        Thanks – it’s not a problem. In fact, I want to know how to do it for my own WP sites! And for future reference with other clients. When I go to “Add User” it wants a password set up. But I was able to access their site with my own WP login info. How is it done, please?

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        • WPBeginner Support says:
          Mar 8, 2018 at 8:37 pm

          Hi Nicola,

          They can add your login email but they cannot add your password. You can go to Add New User page and select the checbox next to ‘Send User Notification’ option. Make sure that you don’t click on show password button. This way users will receive an email notification to set their password and login.

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      Feb 12, 2018 at 4:22 pm

      Hi Pradeep,

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    I am part of a blog that has been out of service for a while. The blog owner wants to start back up again. He has invited me as an adminstrator and wants me to invite new member. The only page I can get when I click on “add new” is “add existing user”. I cannot load the ‘add new user’ page that you show towards the top of this article. Can anyone tell me what we (or maybe just I) are doing wrong? Thanks

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    advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

    Reply
    • WPBeginner Support says:
      Feb 20, 2017 at 2:11 am

      Hey Sienna,

      Please see our guide on how to start a WordPress blog. The cost actually depends on how fast your site grows and how much you want to invest on it.

      Reply
  48. Louann Saucier says:
    Dec 11, 2016 at 5:57 pm

    I think that what you published was actually very reasonable.
    But, think about this, what if you composed a catchier post
    title? I am not suggesting your content isn’t good, however what if you added
    a headline that grabbed people’s attention? I mean How to Add
    New Users and Authors to Your WordPress Blog is kinda boring.
    You could peek at Yahoo’s home page and watch how they create post headlines to get
    viewers to click. You might add a related video or a pic or two
    to get people interested about what you’ve got to say.

    Just my opinion, it could bring your posts a little livelier.

    Reply
  49. Kate says:
    Dec 7, 2016 at 4:51 am

    I feel like this is a stupid question but…I have added a user. How do they log in to post? The username and password I set up for them isn’t working to log into wordpress.

    Reply
    • WPBeginner Support says:
      Dec 7, 2016 at 8:11 pm

      Hi Kate,

      They will need to visit the login page on your website. They just need to add /wp-admin/ after your domain name. like http://example.com/wp-admin/

      Your user can also click on the ‘Lost Your Password?’ link to reset the password.

      Reply
  50. James says:
    Oct 8, 2016 at 9:11 pm

    This may be a stupid question – I’m setting up a multi-author site, I have clicked ‘anyone can register’ and have set up registration with both profile builder and with wp-members. People who register are automatically assigned ‘contributor’ status. However when I am logged in as a fake user, the admin panel doesn’t appear – in short, my question is – how do contributors contribute?!

    Reply
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