Be an Administrator and an Author with the same e-mail address
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I would like to use the same e-mail address for being the Administrator and at the same time an Author. But that isn’t possible, I always get the info that I am already a member.
I don’t want to use a second e-mail address, but would like to divide into the writing and the publishing part. Could you please make that possible? I don’t understand, why it shouldn’t be possible.
Thanks for considering!The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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If I get you clearly you are asking if you can open another full WordPress site apart from your primary one. But still using the same account and e-mail address your primary site/blog is using?
When you are logged in you should see on the top left of your screen a button that says “switch site” it will direct you to a page that gives you an option to create a brand new WordPress site/blog with it’s own domain name that you can set for yourself(it’s not just a page it’s a new site that doesn’t navigate to your primary site in any way).
Hope this answer meets your need. Thanks -
Hi George
Thanks for your answer. Unfortunately I was not clear enough with what I would like to do.
I don’t want a second blog, I would like to have two roles at my blog with the same e-mail address: 1x admin and 1x author. The reason is that I share the blog with my friend and I would like to show more clearly who of us is posting. At the moment we both use the admin login that is connected to my e-mail to write. I would like to create now an Author, but don’t want to lose the admin rights.
I hope this was clearer. :-) Maybe I am even thinking too complicated and there is an easier way to handle this? I would be glad to hear from you. -
Okay. The following process is what I know so far that resembles what you are asking for.
User roles determine the access level or permissions of a person authorized (invited by an Administrator) to use a WordPress.com site.
On the “My Sites” column go to “People” then “add” a person and assign to them a “Role”.
This is the list of the roles’ powers.Administrator – nothing is off limits
Editor – has access to all posts, pages, comments, categories, tags, and links.
Author – can write, upload photos to, edit, and publish their own posts.Contributor – has no publishing or uploading capability, but can write and edit their own posts until they are published
Follower (public sites) / Viewer (private sites only) – can read and comment on posts and pages
Each user role is capable of everything that a less powerful role is capable of. (In others words, Editors can do everything Authors can do, Authors can do everything Contributors can do, and so on.)Go to this link https://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/ to know in detail what the roles do.
The person you are inviting will have to have either their own e-mail address(if they don’t have a WordPress account) or WordPress users.
They will receive an e-mail giving them access for the designated role you have given.
Then they will have to sign up through the e-mailed link and have their own user name and unique password (no more need to share).
Hope this is clear and helpful.
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