Title: Difference between add_users() and create_users()?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Difference between add_users() and create_users()?

 *  [mmanske](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mmanske/)
 * (@mmanske)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/difference-between-add_users-and-create_users/)
 * I’m creating addition user roles through a plugin and I’m a little curious what
   the difference between the add_users() and create_users() capabilities are.
 * Specifically, I’m attempting to give a user role the capability to create (or
   add!?!?) new users, but not as administrators (everything I’ve tried thus far
   allows them to create new administrator roles, which kind of defeats the point)
 * Also, I know of the various plugins that could do this for me, but in the interest
   of self-improvement and knowledge gain, I’ve got no interest in using them.

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 *  [deblopper.sumanta](https://wordpress.org/support/users/debloppersumanta/)
 * (@debloppersumanta)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/difference-between-add_users-and-create_users/#post-1808072)
 * Use this plugin **_User Role Editor_** instead of any other else.
    This plugin
   allows you to create many role/user group as like as Administrator , Editor etc.
   You can give access to the group.
 *  Thread Starter [mmanske](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mmanske/)
 * (@mmanske)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/difference-between-add_users-and-create_users/#post-1808075)
 * I appreciate the help, but the question still stands
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/difference-between-add_users-and-create_users/#post-1808092)
 * IIRC they’re the same thing, but one came from WPMU and one from WordPress regular.
 *  [Andy Potanin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andypotanin/)
 * (@andypotanin)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/difference-between-add_users-and-create_users/#post-1808182)
 * create_users seems to be the one used by WP.
 * ‘add_users’ is not actually used anywhere in WP, it’s only added as a default
   capability.
 * So, when developing for WP (don’t know about WPMU), use ‘create_users’

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 * Last reply from: [Andy Potanin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andypotanin/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/difference-between-add_users-and-create_users/#post-1808182)
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