WordPress / Add a new user to a Miami WordPress site

Objective

• To provide instruction on adding a new user to Miami's WordPress blog site

Environment

• 10405: WordPress
• University Communications & Marketing (UCM), Miami Online

Rationale

• WordPress is an open-source website tool intended for use by the Miami community in educational, administrative, and marketing settings

Resolution

1. Log in to Miami's WordPress
2. Navigate to your WordPress site from the menu in the top left corner of the screen and go to your Dashboard
3. Hover over the Users menu item on the left-side toolbar to open a pop-out menu, and then click the Add User option
   • Note that the Add User page has two sections: The top half allows you to add users one at a time, and the bottom half allows you to paste a list so that you can add multiple users (like a class roster) all at once
   • You'll need to enter the Miami UniqueID for the user(s) you’re adding to the site. Note that WordPress will validate a user based on their Miami UniqueID, not their email address

Add a single Miami user

1. Enter the user's UniqueID in the Username field at the top of the screen
2. Choose the desired permission role, see below, for the new user
3. Click the Add User button

Add multiple Miami users

1. Enter the UniqueID of all new users in the large text box under Add Bulk Users
2. Choose the permission role, see below, that you would like the new users to have
   • The selected role will be applied to all users listed in the Usernames text box. To add users with different permission levels, repeat this process for each permission role
3. Once the necessary options have been selected, click the Add User Bulk button

Notes

• Summary of Roles:
  • Super Admin – somebody with access to the site network administration features and all other features.
  • Administrator – somebody who has access to all the administration features within a single site.
  • Editor – somebody who can publish and manage posts including the posts of other users.
  • Author   – somebody who can publish and manage their own posts.
  • Contributor – somebody who can write and manage their own posts but cannot publish them.
  • Subscriber – somebody who can only manage their profile.
     
• To learn more about WordPress:
  • Go to https://sites.MiamiOH.edu for some basic help articles
  • WordPress.com provides end-user support and documentation