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Add a new admin user to your WordPress site

Give our team Administrator access so we can upload your SEO work.

Updated 2025-07-02

  1. Sign in to your WordPress admin (usually yoursite.com/wp-admin). Forgot your password? Choose Lost your password? on the login page.
  2. In the left menu choose Users, then Add New User.
  3. Enter a username and the email address from your project manager. First name, last name and website are optional.
  4. Use the strong password WordPress suggests, or create one with uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers and symbols.
  5. Keep Send User Notification checked so we get the login email.
  6. Set Role to Administrator.
  7. Choose Add New User.
Add New User screen

Why Administrator?

On-page SEO touches pages, settings, themes and plugins, so we need full Administrator rights to upload the work.

WordPress roles
Administrator role selected
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