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How to manage users in WordPress
A step-by-step guide to adding and deleting users in your WordPress dashboard.
WordPress lets you create multiple user accounts and assign each one a role that controls what they can do on your site. Here is how to add a new user and delete an existing one.
Adding a new user
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In the left sidebar of your WordPress dashboard, click Users to expand the menu.
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Click Add New.
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Enter a Username for the new account.
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Enter the user's Email address.
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Enter the user's First Name.
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Enter the user's Last Name.
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Scroll down to the Password section. WordPress will generate a strong password automatically; you can replace it with one of your own if you prefer.
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Select a Role for the user (for example, Editor, Author, or Subscriber), then click Add New User.
WordPress will send the new user an email with a link to set their password if you leave the Send User Notification box ticked.
Deleting a user
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Go to Users > All Users in the left sidebar.
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Hover over the user you want to remove and click the Delete link that appears beneath their name.
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Choose what to do with the content that user created - you can attribute it to another user or delete it entirely - then click Confirm Deletion.
The user account is now removed from your site.
