Changing your password

  • Hover over your name in the top-right toolbar and click Edit My Profile (or go to Users → Profile in the admin menu).
  • Scroll to the Account Management section.
  • Click Set New Password. WordPress will suggest a strong password for you, or you can type your own.
  • Scroll down and click Update Profile.
    • Use the suggested password WordPress's auto-generated password is stronger than most people create manually. Save it in a password manager rather than trying to memorize it.

    Updating your profile

    In the same Users → Profile screen, you can update your name, email address, and a short biography (used on some blog post layouts). Changes save when you click Update Profile.

    Adding a new team member

  • Go to Users → Add New.
  • Enter their username and email address.
  • Choose a Role (see the table below to pick the right one).
  • Click Add New User. WordPress will email them a link to set their own password.
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    The Add New User screen, with the Role dropdown highlighted

    Choosing the right role

    Give the smallest role that gets the job done It's much easier to upgrade someone's access later than to clean up after giving too much access too soon.
    Role Can do
    Administrator Everything — including adding/removing other users. Reserve for yourself and anyone fully trusted with the whole site.
    Editor Create, edit, and publish any page or post, including other people's
    Author Create, edit, and publish only their own posts
    Contributor Write posts, but cannot publish them — useful for guest writers whose work you review first
    Subscriber Can log in and manage their own profile only — no editing access

    Changing a user's role

    Go to Users → All Users, click the person's name, change the Role dropdown, and click Update User.

    Removing a user

  • Go to Users → All Users.
  • Hover over the person's name and click Delete.
  • WordPress will ask what to do with any content they created — you can reassign it to another user, or delete it along with the account.
    • Reassign their content before deleting If the person wrote pages or posts you want to keep, choose "Attribute all content to" another user during deletion — otherwise you'll be asked whether to delete that content too.