How do I change a Follower to an Author?

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  macenable · Member · Oct 5, 2012 at 4:39 pm

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  Invite New Users defaults to a Follower role, yet All Users does not show the Followers and there seems to be no way to change a Follower to an actual User.

  How can this defect in the UI be entered into the bug database?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Oct 5, 2012 at 5:14 pm

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  Have you read this article?
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/adding-users/

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Oct 5, 2012 at 5:15 pm

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  Does your follower have a wp.com account?

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  macenable · Member · Oct 5, 2012 at 9:40 pm

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  Follower does have a wp.com account. She entered her email address and invited herself while I was signed in as admin, but she neglected to change the default setting to Author. This is a mistake I too have made in the past.

  There should not be a Follower option in Invite Users, let alone as default, if it is not going to show up in All Users, where the role can be changed.

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  timethief · Member · Oct 5, 2012 at 10:04 pm

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  Hi there,
  It sounds as if you will need Staff help. Please provide the username of the follower and note that I flagged this thread for Staff assistance.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Oct 5, 2012 at 10:13 pm

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  She’ll need to have a WordPress.com account to be added as an Author.

  You’ll have to re-invite her from Users -> Invite New in your blog’s Dashboard.

  Please note that Followers are email subscribers, which is why it’s an option.