{"id":191,"date":"2021-01-06T10:32:59","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T10:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coventry.domains\/support\/?post_type=docs&p=191"},"modified":"2021-01-06T10:32:59","modified_gmt":"2021-01-06T10:32:59","password":"","slug":"adding-users-to-your-site","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/coventry.domains\/support\/docs\/adding-users-to-your-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Adding Users to Your Site"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you’re using your WordPress site as part of a group project, you can add users to your site with an email address and password. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note: <\/strong>Additional users to your site will not access it via Single Sign On (like you do). You will need to create an account for them, and set a password manually (or let WordPress set a strong password for you). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Add a new user<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Head to Users<\/strong> from the WordPress dashboard and select Add New<\/strong>. Here you can add the username, university email address and create a password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A note on passwords<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Creating a new user in this way means that user must remember their password. WordPress will send a confirmation email to them when their account is created and allow them to change this password at any time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can also choose an initial password for your user yourself when adding them (by clicking “Show Password” and editing the field), but it’s recommended to leave this as is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

User roles in WordPress<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

WordPress has various roles available for new users when being added to a site, each with varying levels of access:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • Subscriber<\/strong> \u2013 Lowest level of access: can only read site content<\/li>
  • Contributor<\/strong> \u2013 Can create but not publish their own posts<\/li>
  • Author<\/strong> \u2013 Can create and publish their own posts<\/li>
  • Editor<\/strong> \u2013 Can create, publish, approve and delete anyone\u2019s posts<\/li>
  • Admin<\/strong> \u2013 Full site control over posts, pages, themes, plugins and settings<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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    Adding new users in WordPress<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    By default, new users are given the role of Subscriber<\/strong>, but this isn\u2019t ideal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    If the group members are being assessed equally on the content, presentation and functionality of the site, they should all be given the role of Admin<\/strong>. Otherwise, Editor or Author would be good choices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    For example, on some projects, it might be appropriate to have a single Admin<\/strong> working as a site designer\/webmaster, another person curating, proofreading, sourcing images and editing posts as the Editor<\/strong> and all other group members creating content as Authors<\/strong> or even Contributors<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    User Login<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Your users will need to access your site differently that you do. They can do this by visiting your WordPress site URL followed by \/wp-admin <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    For example, if your site URL is wp.coventry.domains\/example, your users would login via wp.coventry.domains\/example\/wp-admin <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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