Invite People to Your Site

This guide will explain how you can invite others to work on your website and grant different levels of permission depending on what you want the person to be able to do.

In this guide

1. Add Users to Your Site
   1. Add a Team Member
2. Remove a User
   1. Leave a Site or Blog
3. Change a User’s Role
4. Working With Developers

Add Users to Your Site

Instead of giving someone your username and password (which would be a security risk), you can invite them to create their own user account on your site, becoming part of your “Team.”

To view your existing admin accounts and add new team members:

1. Visit your site’s dashboard.
2. Navigate to Users → All Users.

Users in the dashboard

Add a Team Member

Select the appropriate tab for your admin interface style:

Default ViewWP-Admin

1. Under the Team tab, click the “Add a team member” button.
2. Select a role from the “Role” dropdown. For an explanation of each role and the permissions it grants, view User Roles.
3. Enter the email address or WordPress.com username of the person you would like to invite. (Additional email address fields appear below automatically as you add an email address).
4. Click the “Send invitation” button to send an email inviting them as a user of your site.

Invited users yet to accept the invitation will appear under a pending invites section:

If you made a mistake and wish to rescind the invite, you can select the invitee under pending invites, and click Revoke.

1. Click “Add New User“
2. Fill out the required fields (Username and Email).
3. Select a role from the Role dropdown. For an explanation of each role and the permissions it grants, view User Roles.
4. Tick the box labeled “Invite user to WordPress.com” to provide the new user with a seamless and secure experience with all the WordPress.com features of your site.
5. Click the “Add New User” button at the bottom to send the new user an invitation to join your site.

Invited users yet to accept the invitation will display the status “Pending invite” under the “SSO Status” column. Hover over a user to revoke or resend the invitation:

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Plugin enabled sites can disable Single Sign On in order to create users independent from the WordPress.com login system. This option is most commonly used when setting up membership sites. Learn more about Single Sign On.

The user you invite will shortly receive an invitation email with details on creating their own account and password. Invited users must accept the invitation before being able to edit the website. Once the person clicks the “Accept invitation” button in that email, they can access your site under the role you set for them. They will then show up as part of your team in Users → All Users.

Remove a User

As an Administrator of a site, you can remove other users from the team of your site by following these steps:

1. Visit your site’s dashboard.
2. Navigate to Users → All Users.

Select the appropriate tab for your admin interface style:

Default ViewWP-Admin View

1. Click on the user whom you would like to delete.
   • For sites without plugins, you will see the Remove [Name] button to remove the user. After removing the user, you can bulk edit posts and reassign content to a different user.
   • For plugin-enabled sites, you will be prompted to choose whether to attribute content to another user or delete the content.
2. You can then click the “Delete user” button to remove the user.

1. Hover over the user you would like to remove.
2. Click “Delete” to delete a user.
   • If the user has created content, you will be prompted to select whether to delete all content or attribute the content to another author.
3. Click the “Confirm Deletion” button.

You can delete multiple users at once using Bulk actions.

1. Click the checkbox next to each user you want to remove.
2. In the Bulk actions drop-down, select “Delete”.
3. Click the “Apply” button to delete the users.
   • If the user has created content, you will be prompted to select whether to delete all content or attribute the content to another author.
4. Click the “Confirm Deletion” button.

After removing users, you can also bulk edit posts and reassign content to a different user.

Leave a Site or Blog

To remove yourself from a site you have been added to as a Contributor, Author, Editor, or Administrator, take the following steps:

1. Visit your profile at https://wordpress.com/me.
2. On the side, click the “Manage Blogs” option:

3. Hover your mouse over the site and click the “Leave Blog” link:

4. Read the warning that appears, then confirm your decision. The site will be removed from your account and you will no longer have access to it.

Administrators can leave a site or blog provided they are not also the owner.

Change a User’s Role

The site owner and other administrators can change other users’ roles by following the steps below.

1. Starting in your dashboard, navigate to the Users section.
2. Click on the user whose role you would like to change the role of.
3. Select the new role from the dropdown labeled “Role”.

The site owner’s role cannot be set to anything other than Administrator. If you want to set the site owner to another role, first transfer ownership of the site to another user.

Working With Developers

You may hire a WordPress expert to create or update your site. Here are a few important things to keep in mind:

• Never give out your own username & password to anyone, including a developer, freelancer, or other WordPress experts. The safe and secure way to grant access to your site is by adding a user as described above.
• Share our guide on Site Customization Best Practices with your developer so they can be aware of important considerations when working on a WordPress.com website.
• Once the work is complete, remove the developer’s access to your site.

Learn more about working with developers:

Working With Developers