Add New User by Admin

johnpeterm · December 8, 2018, 5:59am

Is add new user by admin disabled in the newer version.

I see only the option of adding existing user.

Networsk settings

But I still get the option of adding only existing users, could not add new users

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What I used to have

ned · December 11, 2018, 12:40pm

We haven’t made any changes to user management in Pressbooks; maybe this is a change in WordPress 5.0. What version of WordPress are you running? Are you running other plugins?

johnpeterm · December 11, 2018, 3:48pm

Thank you @ned for the reply. We do not run any other plugins. I think the wordpress is 5.0.

ned · December 11, 2018, 4:10pm

Here’s a couple screenshots.

Pressbooks 5.6.2 / WordPress 4.9.8:

Pressbooks 5.6.2 / WordPress 5.0.0:

I can’t reproduce your issue, sorry.

johnpeterm · December 11, 2018, 4:33pm

Super admin can add new user, but admin can only add existing user. My version is Wordpress 5.0. and pressbook 5.6.2.

Screenshot for admin user

Sreenshot for super admin

ned · December 11, 2018, 4:38pm

That is correct. Only super admins can create new users. That’s how WordPress works.

johnpeterm · December 11, 2018, 4:51pm

Admin can still add new user in wordpress 4.9.8 and pressbook 5.6.2.

To overcome this issue we ask the user to register first and add them as existing user, though a bit of cumbersome .

ned · December 11, 2018, 4:58pm

I don’t think that’s correct. I’m testing this with WordPress 4.9.8 logged in as a book admin (not super admin) and I can’t register a new user from the book dashboard.

johnpeterm · December 11, 2018, 5:06pm

I have rechecked the role of the user. This is the screenshot of admin add new user page.

ned · December 11, 2018, 5:10pm

I can’t reproduce this. Just created a brand new network on WordPress 4.9.8 with a book admin user and I do not see the “Add New User” section.

ned · December 11, 2018, 5:11pm

Please send the full output of the “Diagnostics” page.

johnpeterm · December 12, 2018, 5:20am

I have checked with the older version of wordpress and following is the result.

Wordpress 4.9.8 and Pressbook 5.6.2 -Book admin can add new user
Wordrepss 5.0 and pressbook 5.6.2 - Book admin could not add new user and only super admin can add new user.

ned · December 12, 2018, 2:01pm

Please, provide the FULL diagnostics output. Visit the Diagnostics link at the bottom of the admin screen in both installations and copy/paste the contents (you can change URLs if you need to). Also, please verify that the Network Admin → Settings → Registration configuration is the same for both networks.

ned · December 12, 2018, 3:45pm

Sorry, @johnpeterm, can’t help you any further.