Title: Becoming Administrator
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Becoming Administrator

 *  [holidayhaus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/holidayhaus/)
 * (@holidayhaus)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/becoming-administrator/)
 * I am the office manager of a small inn in Mammoth Lakes, CA. We hired a web designer
   to setup a website for us using WordPress. The relationship did not end amicably.
   He is still listed as the sole administrator on the site, and we need to change
   that. What to do?

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 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/becoming-administrator/#post-4293276)
 * To add another admin: Go to your Dashboard, click Users, and then add a new user
   with the administrator role. Log out, and then log in with the new admin account.
   If the new admin account works, you may delete the old one if you don’t want 
   it.
 * Also, to familirize yourself, try reviewing info in these useful codex:
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities](http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities)
   
   [http://codex.wordpress.org/Users_Screen](http://codex.wordpress.org/Users_Screen)
   [http://codex.wordpress.org/User_Levels](http://codex.wordpress.org/User_Levels)
 *  Thread Starter [holidayhaus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/holidayhaus/)
 * (@holidayhaus)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/becoming-administrator/#post-4293334)
 * I’m sorry, but I don’t see a user button in my Dashboard. I see where it should
   be thanks to the codex you provided, but it doesn’t exist on my screen.
 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/becoming-administrator/#post-4293337)
 * > I don’t see a user button in my Dashboard
 * I am sorry, I don’t follow – what button.
 * What theme are you using?
 *  [kmessinger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmessinger/)
 * (@kmessinger)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/becoming-administrator/#post-4293339)
 * > He is still listed as the sole administrator on the site.
 * You will not be able to change this unless you can log into the database at your
   host.
 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/becoming-administrator/#post-4293340)
 * See this thread:
 * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/dashboard-menu-options-not-visible-appearance-tools-etc?replies=5&view=all](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/dashboard-menu-options-not-visible-appearance-tools-etc?replies=5&view=all)

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## Tags

 * [administrator](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/administrator/)
 * [troubleshooting](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/troubleshooting/)

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