Support Documentation
Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about Sites at Penn State and WordPress, from basic WordPress features to theme and plugin set-up instructions.
Transferring Ownership of a Site to Another User
As an Administrator of a site, you can make another user an Administrator by following the steps below:
- Go into the Dashboard of the site on which you want to change ownership
- Click on Users→All Users Dashboard
- Check the box next to the user for whom you’d like to change the role
- Using the Change role to… dropdown menu, select Administrator
- Click the Change button
Transferring Site Admin email address
The email address in Settings > General is where all comment moderation emails are sent.
You transfer the admin email address as follow:
- Go to Settings > General.
- Add the new email address.
- Click Save Changes.
- The person is sent an email and needs to confirm the change.
- The person needs to log into their PSU Sites account and then click on the confirmation link to confirm the change of email address.
Remove Myself from a Site
You can remove yourself from the site by following the remove yourself from multiple sites support documentation.