How to Add a New Administrator in WordPress

4 December 2022 by Sorin Marta

Introduction

Sometimes, you need to give someone administrator access to your site to help you implement something new or fix an issue that happened suddenly. In that case, creating a new administrator in WordPress is best.

You can follow the current guide and create a permanent administrator account or give temporary administrator access.

Here is how you can do that super fast:

Steps to take

1 – Hover ‘Users’ in your sidebar

That will allow you to see all of WordPress’s user management options.

2 – Click on ‘Add New’

That will send you to the settings page allowing you to add the new administrator in WordPress.

3 – Add your user’s data and the ‘Role’ as Administrator

The form speaks for itself. You can fill in your users’ data.

Make sure that the ‘Role’ is set to ‘Administrator’

4 – Press ‘Add New User’

That will save your user. After that, you should have a new administrator in WordPress.

Conclusion

I hope the guide helped you create a new administrator account in WordPress.

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