{"id":1242,"date":"2022-01-28T09:00:41","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T08:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/help\/?p=1242"},"modified":"2022-06-26T23:16:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-26T21:16:00","slug":"how-to-edit-a-user-in-wordpress-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/help\/how-to-edit-a-user-in-wordpress-com\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Edit a User in WordPress.com"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1242\" class=\"elementor elementor-1242\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ef0c5f1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ef0c5f1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5d76689\" data-id=\"5d76689\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66be6d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"66be6d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Default WordPress.com interface allows you to invite other contributors to work on your website with you, using the <strong>Users <\/strong>area of your dashboard.<\/p><p>Instead of giving someone your username and password, you can invite them to create their own user account on your site and grant different levels of permission depending on what you want the person to be able to do.<\/p><p>That&#8217;s a nice feature. However, it doesn&#8217;t allow you, even as the administrator of the site, to edit their profile (name, bio, picture&#8230;). When you go to edit them, you get a screen where you only get a notice letting you know that &#8220;<strong>This user has a WordPress.com account, only they are allowed to update their personal information through their WordPress.com profile settings<\/strong>&#8220;.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ad2717 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7ad2717\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"471\" src=\"https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/molongui-authorship-edit-user-profile-in-wordpress-com.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1245\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/molongui-authorship-edit-user-profile-in-wordpress-com.png 700w, https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/molongui-authorship-edit-user-profile-in-wordpress-com-300x202.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2c3c6a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c2c3c6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>So how to fill in custom fields added by Molongui Authorship? How to add social media profiles for those users? Can I edit user profile in WordPress.com?<\/p><p>You can edit user profiles in WordPress.com following these easy steps:<\/p><ol><li>In your dashboard, go to the <strong>Users<\/strong> screen<\/li><li>Click on the <strong>Screen Options<\/strong> link you will find in the right top corner of your screen<\/li><li>A prompt will be displayed. Click on the <strong>Classic View<\/strong> option<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-428520a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"428520a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"670\" src=\"https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/molongui-authorship-switch-to-classic-view-in-wordpress-com.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1252\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/molongui-authorship-switch-to-classic-view-in-wordpress-com.png 700w, https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/molongui-authorship-switch-to-classic-view-in-wordpress-com-300x287.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dab963a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dab963a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Your screen&#8217;s layout change and you get something like the screenshot below:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-326e805 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"326e805\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/molongui-authorship-users-classic-view-in-wordpress-com.png\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7756ce2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7756ce2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol start=\"4\"><li>Hover the user you want to edit and click on the <strong>Edit<\/strong> link<\/li><li>A new screen opens. There you can find all fields you can edit for that user. All the fields added by the Molongui Authorship plugin can be find under the <strong>Molongui Authorship<\/strong> section<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-143957e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"143957e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"670\" src=\"https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/molongui-authorship-edit-user-classic-view-in-wordpress-com.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1259\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/molongui-authorship-edit-user-classic-view-in-wordpress-com.png 700w, https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/molongui-authorship-edit-user-classic-view-in-wordpress-com-300x287.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-feb4df4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"feb4df4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It is important to note that <strong>you won&#8217;t be able to edit basic profile details for users with a WordPress.com account<\/strong>. Only they can change that information about themselves. In such cases, you will see a notice letting you know that fact:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4097ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b4097ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"699\" height=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/molongui-authorship-not-editable-user-profile-fields.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1266\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/molongui-authorship-not-editable-user-profile-fields.png 699w, https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/molongui-authorship-not-editable-user-profile-fields-300x34.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 699px) 100vw, 699px\" 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data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-exclamation-triangle\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5164960 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5164960\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Remember<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-91e7a35\" data-id=\"91e7a35\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div 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Instead of giving someone your username and password, you can invite them to create their own user account on your site and grant different levels of permission depending on what you want [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,1],"tags":[12],"class_list":["post-1242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-authorship","category-doc","tag-howto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1242"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1275,"href":"https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1242\/revisions\/1275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}