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WordPress Complete, Sixth Edition

You're reading from   WordPress Complete, Sixth Edition A comprehensive guide to WordPress development from scratch

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787285705
Length 412 pages
Edition 6th Edition
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Table of Contents (14) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introducing WordPress 2. Getting Started with WordPress FREE CHAPTER 3. Creating Blog Content 4. Pages, Media, and Importing/Exporting Content 5. Plugins - What They Are and Why You Need Them 6. Choosing and Installing Themes 7. Customizing Your Website Appearance/Design 8. Developing Your Own Theme 9. Social Media Integration, Podcasting, and HTTPS 10. Developing Plugins, Widgets, and an Introduction to the REST API 11. Community Blogging 12. Creating a Non-Blog Website Part One - The Basics 13. Creating a Non-Blog Website Part Two - E-Commerce Websites and Custom Content Elements

Managing users

To manage users, log in (as an administrator, of course) and navigate to Users. You'll see a list of your existing users, as seen in the following screenshot:

When we installed WordPress, it created only our first user (which is how we've been logging in all this time). So let's create a new user and assign that user the next most powerful role--editor. To do this, navigate to Users | Add New. You'll see the Add New User form as shown in the next screenshot:

In this form, only the Username and Email fields are required. The Password field is handled automatically. WordPress will generate a safe password on its own and then send it to the new user once it's done. You can also change Role from the default (Subscriber) to one of the other roles. In this case, I've selected Editor. Then, I clicked on the Add New User button. Apart from...

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