Title: same email for two users
Last modified: February 27, 2019

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# same email for two users

 *  [docrocks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/docrocks/)
 * (@docrocks)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/same-email-for-two-users/)
 * Can two users have the same email? When I created a new user with the same email
   as my admin user account, logging in to WP does not recognize the user/pw.

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 *  [Jarret](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jarretc/)
 * (@jarretc)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/same-email-for-two-users/#post-11252473)
 * No, it should state the following:
 * ERROR: This email is already registered, please choose another one
 * Whether creating a new user through the WP dashboard or through the registration
   form on the site. If you were able to go through using the exact same email address,
   there must be some plugin/theme function interfering allowing it to succeed.
 *  [JNashHawkins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jnashhawkins/)
 * (@jnashhawkins)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/same-email-for-two-users/#post-11252530)
 * There’s an older plugin I’m still using here on a few sites to allow the same
   email on multiple user accounts.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/allow-multiple-accounts/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/allow-multiple-accounts/)
 * You might just enable it and disable again after creating the accounts as needed.
   Once they are created they seem to work fine with the plugin disabled the last
   time I used it.
 * —-
    I’ve actually changed email addresses via the database for a few users needing
   the same address but I don’t recommend doing that.
    -  This reply was modified 7 years, 1 month ago by [JNashHawkins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jnashhawkins/).
 *  Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
 * (@jdembowski)
 * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/same-email-for-two-users/#post-11254289)
 * Moved to Fixing WordPress, this is not an Everything else WordPress topic.
 * > Can two users have the same email?
 * Nope.

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