Adding New Users to Edit Your Site
Give people access to edit your website.
To become a site editor, a new user must first log into the site with their WashU Key. This creates a user account with “Subscriber” access; then a site administrator can update their role to be a site editor or admin.
Instructions for the site admin
- Ask the new editor to complete the following steps — and remember to add your site’s login URL before sending!
- Log into the website with your WashU Key: (e.g., sites.wustl.edu/example) and add /wp-admin/ to the end of the URL: sites.wustl.edu/example/wp-admin/
- Enter your WashU Key and password where prompted.
- This will add you to the site as a “Subscriber,” which has limited permissions.
- Notify me that you’ve logged in, and I will upgrade your permissions.
- When you receive notice from the new user that they’ve completed their part of the process, go to your site’s dashboard > Users > All Users.
- Locate the new user’s WashU Key ID in the user list.
- Click on their username or select Edit below their WashU Key ID.
- For Role, select the level of access they should have to the site. Most new users will be made an Editor or Administrator; you can learn about each role here.

- Click the Update User button at the bottom of the page to save the changes
- Notify the user that their role has been updated and they now have the appropriate access to the site by logging into the website using the same URL from Step 1 and see the full editor dashboard.
- We recommend also sending them the WashU Web Theme support site which has tutorials, training information, and other documentation to help you get started editing WashU Sites.