Changing contributors to viewers
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Hello,
I am trying to change the ‘contributors’ to my blog to a read-only role, that is, ‘viewers’. I don’t want to delete all 30 of them and then add them anew, but I don’t see the role ‘viewer’ in the drop menu, in the ‘change roles’ page. Can I do this without removing people? Thank you.The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Hi there,
Please see this support doc: Changing User Roles
https://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/#changing-user-roles -
Note: Follower (public sites) / Viewer (private sites only) – can read and comment on posts and pages.
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I’ve looked at that support doc already and tried what it suggests, but I can only change users’ roles to increase their permissions (currently they are contributors, so I can make them authors, editors, etc). However I want to decrease their permissions, and the drop menu doesn’t have the “viewer” option (it’s a private blog, yes).
Can I change my contributors to viewers, without deleting them?
Thanks for the help.
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Let’s ask Staff to assist you with sorting this out. I will type modlook into the sidebar tags on this thread for Staff help. How do I get a Moderator/Staff reply for my question? https://en.support.wordpress.com/getting-help-in-the-forums/#how-do-i-get-a-moderatorstaff-reply-for-my-question Subscribe to this thread so you are notified when they respond and be patient while waiting. To subscribe look in the sidebar of this thread, find the subscribe to topics link and click it.
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Howdy –
Here is the current list of viewers on the site: https://wordpress.com/people/viewers/rlg246.wordpress.com
You can add folks as viewers and then remove their contributor roll from the Team tab: https://wordpress.com/people/team/rlg246.wordpress.com
Click on the user name > Remove.
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@lizkarkorski
Thanks, but I am wondering if there is a way I can designate the existing contributors as viewers *without* having to add them again. This blog has been used for a classroom discussion, and now the term is over. I do not wish to send out invitations to past students, I merely want to change their status from “Contributor” to “Viewer”. Is this possible?
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@lizkarkorski
Thanks, but I am wondering if there is a way I can designate the existing contributors as viewers *without* having to add them again. This blog has been used for a classroom discussion, and now the term is over. I do not wish to send out invitations to past students, I merely want to change their status from “Contributor” to “Viewer”. Is this possible?
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staff-zinnia
Thanks, but I am wondering if there is a way I can designate the existing contributors as viewers *without* having to add them again. This blog has been used for a classroom discussion, and now the term is over. I do not wish to send out invitations to past students, I merely want to change their status from “Contributor” to “Viewer”. Is this possible?
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The answer is no and that is why I had Staff respond here and tell you the only way to do this.
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You can suggest it by using the form here https://en.forums.wordpress.com/forum/ideas#postform but do not hold your breath.
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