Adding New Users to Your WordPress Commons Blog

Adding new users

In your browser:

1. Ensure you are logged into your WordPress Commons admin panel.
   • Note: The address for your admin panel would be something like:
     https://commons.bcit.ca/your_sitename_here/wp-login.php
2. Mouse over Users in the left-hand navigation bar and click Add User.
   
3. Enter the new user’s BCIT ID (A0…) in the BCIT ID: field and choose the appropriate role from the Role: dropdown.
   • if you want them to manage the site with you, choose Admin
   • if you want them to have publishing rights for everything, choose Editor
   • if you only want them to only be able to write and publish their own posts, choose Author
4. click the Add User button.
   

The new user is now added. If you want to verify this, click All Users in the WordPress menu and look for their name.

Modifying a user’s role

To change an existing user’s role:

1. Navigate to that user in the list.
2. Check the checkbox beside their name
3. Use the Change role to… dropdown to select the new role.
   
4. click the Change button.