no password option in adding new user

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  wittyvows · Member · Jun 18, 2017 at 3:30 pm

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  Hey, I’m trying to add a new user role as author to the site however the add user screen only has options for username, email and role no place for the password. where do we set up their login password?

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  nicolanglais · Member · Jun 18, 2017 at 5:03 pm

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  Hello,

  if you add their email address, they will receive an invitation via email. In the invitation, they will be prompt to either log in with their WordPress account or create a user/password to access your website as an author.

  Hope this helps :)

  Nicolas

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  wittyvows · Member · Jun 19, 2017 at 7:45 am

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  Thanks @nicolanglais. Thats been very helpful got the email with the password pre set.
  :)

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  timethief · Member · Jul 1, 2017 at 10:18 pm

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  wittyvows.com is not hosted by wordpress.COM and is not on our servers so we cannot provide support for it.
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  ns2.cp-in-7.webhostbox.net
  ns1.cp-in-7.webhostbox.net

  WordPress.COM and WordPress.ORG are completely separate and have different username accounts, logins, features, run different versions of some themes with the same names, and have separate support documentation and separate support forums. Read the differences here http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  wordpress.org support
  The wordpress.ORG support forum is at http://wordpress.org/support. The wordpress.ORG login link is here https://login.wordpress.org/ If you do not have an account yet then click Create an account https://login.wordpress.org/register/ and if you have lost an account password click Lost password? https://login.wordpress.org/lostpassword/
  WordPress.org support docs are at https://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page
  See also https://apps.wordpress.org/support/ for app support.