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How to Grant Admin Access to your WordPress Site

Posted on 10 November 2022 02:28 pm

Grant Access to WordPress Admin

How to grant someone administrator access to your WordPress website. Note: This is different than granting someone access to your hosting (servers) administration dashboard.

  1. Login to your WordPress Website’s administration dashboard (typically, this is your website URL followed by /wp-admin.
  2. Go to Users (left side navigation), then “Add New”
  3. Type in the values for the required fields
    1. Username: Mervin
    2. Email Address: **email address provided in onboarding instructions**
    3. Password: generate the password automatically
    4. Role: Administrator
  4. Click “Add New User”
  5. Email WingMan and let them know you have issued an invite to be an administrator on your site.