Adding Users

If you have as WordPress.com blog, you can only add users who have WordPress.com accounts. If you have a WordPress server installation blog, you can add anyone you like as a user.

Either way, you add users with the Authors & Users administration panel. In this part of the chapter, we show you how.

Tip

• We explain how to set up a WordPress.com account in Chapter 1.

To add a user to a WordPress.com blog

1.	If necessary, log into your blog and display the Dashboard.
2.	Click the Users button.
3.	Click the Authors & Users button in the second row of buttons to display the Authors & Users administration panel (Figure 3). Figure 3. The Authors & Users administration panel for a WordPress.com blog.
4.	Scroll down to the Add User From Community area.
5.	Set options for the new user: User E-Mail is the user's e-mail address. If the user has more than one e-mail address, it must be the one associated with his WordPress.com account. Role is the role you want to assign to the user. Choose an option from the drop-down list (Figure 4). Figure 4. Choose a role from the drop-down list.
6.	Click Add User. The new user is added to the User List by Role area near the top of the window (Figure 5). An invitation e-mail is sent to the user you added (Figure 6). Figure 5. The new user is added to the User List by Role. Figure 6. When a user is invited to join a blog, she gets a message like this one.

To add a user to a WordPress server installation blog

1.	If necessary, log into your blog and display the Dashboard.
2.	Click the Users button.
3.	Click the Authors & Users button in the second row of buttons to display the Authors & Users administration panel (Figure 7). Figure 7. The Authors and Users administration panel for a WordPress server installation blog, with several users already added.
4.	Scroll down to the Add New User area.
5.	Set options for the new user: Nickname is the user name and nickname for the new user. First name is the user's first name. Last name is the user's last name. E-mail is the user's e-mail address. Website is the URL for the user's Web site (if he has one). Password (twice) is a password for the user, entered twice.
6.	Click Add User. The new user is added to the User List by Role area in the Authors & Users administration panel.

Tips

• The user can later change his nickname in the Your Profile and Personal Options administration panel as discussed earlier in this chapter.

• By default, all new users are created with a role of Subscriber. You must edit the user to change his role; we explain how later in this chapter.