How do I manage WordPress site users?
Modified on: Tue, Feb 4 2025 10:55 AMHow do I manage users on my site as a site administrator?
There are five roles that you can assign to people who you want to blog with: Subscriber, Contributor, Editor, Author, or Administrator.
Important:
- Please be careful of the roles you give users on your site. If you add a user as an administrator, you are granting them full access. This means that she/he will be able to delete pages, posts, themes, etc…
What does each of the user groups have access too?
Capability | Subscriber | Contributor | Author | Editor | Administrator |
Read all public posts and pages | ✓ |
✓ |
✓
|
✓
|
✓
|
Edit and delete posts | - |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Delete published posts | - |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Publish posts | - |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Upload media | - |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Edit and delete any posts or pages | - |
- |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
Manage tags | - |
- |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
Manage categories | - |
- |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
Moderate comments | - |
- |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
Edit themes | - |
- |
- |
- |
✓ |
Manage users | - | - | - | - | ✓ |
How do I add a user?
If you’re an Administrator and you’d like to make someone a Subscriber, Contributor, Author, or Editor on your site, go to Users → Add User. Fill their EWU Username and select the role you wish to give them using the drop-down.
How do I change a user role?
As an Administrator of a site, you can change other users’ roles by following the steps below.
- Head to Users → All Users in your WordPress admin.
- Click "Edit" below the user's avatar.
- Using the Role drop-down menu, select the new user role you want to assign.
- Click "Update User".