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Step-by-Step: Add a New User in WordPress

  1. Log in to your WordPress Admin Panel Go to your website’s admin login page (usually yourdomain.com/wp-admin). If you’ve forgotten your password, click “Lost your password?” to reset it. There are more detailed instructions for resetting your WordPress password here.

  2. Click “Users” in the Left Sidebar Once logged in, find “Users” in your dashboard menu and click it.

  3. Click “Add New” At the top of the screen, click the Add New button.

  4. Fill in User Details

    • Username: Choose a unique username

    • Email: Enter the email address you want associated with the account (we’ll provide one for you)

    • First and Last Name: Optional

    • Website: Optional

  5. Set a Strong Password WordPress will generate a password, or you can create your own. Please use a strong password with uppercase, lowercase, numbers, and symbols for security.

  6. Check “Send the new user an email…”This lets us get login instructions right away.

  7. Select the Role: Administrator It’s important to select Administrator so Quicke Marketing can access everything needed to optimize your website, including posts, plugins, settings, and more.

  8. Click “Add New User” That’s it—you’re done!

WordPress dashboard showing how to add a new user by selecting "Users" in the left menu and clicking "Add New" at the top.

How to provide full CMS Access (Wordpress) -- See point no.7

  • An administrator has full and complete ownership of a website, and can do absolutely everything. This person has complete power over posts/pages, comments, settings, themes, plugins, import, users – everything. Nothing is off-limits, including deleting everything.

WordPress dashboard screenshot showing limited access with restricted sidebar menu options and highlighted admin activity panel.
WordPress "Add New User" screen showing required fields, password setup, user role selection, and option to notify the new user.

👩‍💻 Why Quicke Marketing Needs Administrator Access

To fully optimize your website for SEO, performance, and visibility, we’ll need access to the following areas within your WordPress dashboard:

  • Posts/Pages (for content updates and optimization)

  • Plugins (to install or configure SEO tools)

  • Settings (for site structure and SEO enhancements)

  • Themes (for technical SEO and design fixes)

  • Menus (to improve navigation and internal linking)

  • Users (to manage or assign roles, if needed)

Only an Administrator can access all of these. Without it, our ability to implement SEO changes may be limited.

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