Complete your user profile, add users, gravatar, change the admin username & add favicon

Update your user profile

To update your user profile, go to User's Profile.

It's a long page that allows you to set a number of things that are useful for your identity on your site.

They include:

  • Your name
  • Nickname
  • Display name
  • Biographical info
  • Resetting password
  • Admin color scheme

The default settings will typically work perfectly well, but you are free to change anything you like.

Just remember to save if you do make changes.

Add a user

For a larger website with more contributors, you may need to create multiple users and assign them different roles depending on their responsibilities.

To add a user, go to Users > Add New to open a form for creating a new user. Assign a unique user name and role from the drop down list. Use Generate Password to create a secure password that is hard to guess by others. Once done, press the Add New User button.

How to change the admin username in WordPress

Go to Users->Add New

  • Enter a new username
  • Enter an email address. This cannot be the same email that you used in the previous admin account. If you do not have a spare email address enter the same one but with a number at the end, e.g.  name1@example.com
  • Uncheck Send User Notification. It is important to uncheck if you have entered an email address that does not exist because you will not be able to confirm the address via email.
  • Optionally enter a first name, last name, and website
  • Select the Administrator role
  • Click Show password and copy the password to a safe place
  • Click Add New User

    • Change your Gravatar

    In your user profile screen (Users->Your Profile) you can change your Gravatar (the little picture that is displayed against your name when you comment). A Gravatar is associated with an email address, so setting it will allow the same picture to show on all sites where you leave comments using that address.

    Gravatars can be useful when you have a community but are linked to slowing down websites. It's up to you whether you use them or not. If you do want to use Gravatar, you can choose anything, your image, company logo, or a visual icon you will prefer for your identity.

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    How to Get a Gravatar

    To upload an image, sign up at www.gravatar.com and add your desired picture. You should use the email that you used for WordPress.

    Click on Add a new image and upload an image from your computer. That's it. It may take a few minutes before it starts to show in your WP admin.

    If you don't want to use Gravatar select Settings > Discussions and uncheck the box next to Avatar Display.

    Add a favicon

    Favicons, or site icons, are the little icons that appear to the left of the title in the browser tab and in bookmark bars. It looks much more professional if you have one. If you don¡¦t have an icon yet, this is something that you can make a note to do later.

    How to add a WordPress favicon

    Site icons should be a minimum size of 512px X 512px.

    Having a favicon allows you to use rich pins on Pinterest, so it is very worth having one. You can design one quite easily using Canva.

    • Go to Appearance->Customise
    • Select Site Identity from the Customiser
    • Scroll down to Site Icon
    • Click on Select Image
    • Select your favicon from your Media gallery or upload one

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