{"id":6210,"date":"2020-12-07T09:23:41","date_gmt":"2020-12-07T09:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truehost.co.ke\/support\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=6210"},"modified":"2024-06-21T08:31:31","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T08:31:31","password":"","slug":"how-to-create-multiple-admin-users-in-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/knowledge-base\/how-to-create-multiple-admin-users-in-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"How to create multiple admin users  in WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>While using wordpress for blogging, publishing posts and websites, you may be interested&nbsp; in creating multiple admin users with different roles and privileges. This guide gives you step by step procedure&nbsp; on how to accomplish that;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step I<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Login to your wordpress dashboard. 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