How 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 do each of the user groups have access too?
Capability | Subscriber | Contributor | Author | Editor | Administrator |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 NetID for username and select the role you wish to give them using the dropdown.
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 dropdown menu, select the new user role you want to assign.
Click “Update User”.