WordPress Course: User Management
A guide to understanding and managing user roles and settings in WordPress.
Outline
1. WordPress Users and Settings
- Navigate to the Users section to add, edit, or remove users from your website.
- Click Add New to create a new user profile.
2. User Profile Fields
- Username, Email, and Password are required fields. The remaining fields are optional.
3. WordPress User Roles
WordPress provides different user roles to help you control permissions and what each user can do on your website.
Subscriber: Can only manage their own profile and read content.
Contributor: Can write and manage their own posts but cannot publish them.
Author: Can publish and manage their own posts.
Editor: Can publish and manage posts, including those of other users.
Administrator: Has full access to all administrative features.
4. Adding a New User
Once you have assigned a role, click Add New User to complete the process.