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title: How to add users for our ChurchTools website?
description: "An important part of public relations work is maintaining the website so that the information there is always up-to-date and accessible to many people. To do this, you can add users in ChurchTools who take on this maintenance in different…"
url: "https://staging.churchtools.academy/en/help/website-and-finder/public-relations/how-to-add-users-for-our-website/"
updated: "2025-11-25"
category: Public Relations
---

# How to add users for our ChurchTools website?

An important part of public relations work is maintaining the website so that the information there is always up-to-date and accessible to many people. To do this, you can add users in ChurchTools who take on this maintenance in different roles.

The users added here can log in [to the admin area of your website](https://staging.churchtools.academy/en/help/website-and-finder/first-steps-website/how-do-i-log-in-to-the-admin-area-of-my-website/) with their ChurchTools login. They will automatically receive the permissions for the website that they need according to their role that you select here.

## How it works

In your ChurchTools, go to *Public Relations* (2) > *ChurchTools website* (3). Go to *Users* (4) and click on the blue button *+ Add user* (5).

[![](https://staging.churchtools.academy/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Public-relations-ChurchTools-Website-add-user-CleanShot-2025-09-05-at-14.39.01@2x-1024x405.png)](https://staging.churchtools.academy/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Public-relations-ChurchTools-Website-add-user-CleanShot-2025-09-05-at-14.39.01@2x.png)

**Note**

If you cannot see the menu item *Public relations*, please contact the admin of your ChurchTool so that you can be assigned the appropriate permissions.

Here you first select the *new user* (1) from the people in your ChurchTool and select them from the list (2), then specify which *role* (3) this user should have for editing your website and complete the addition by *saving* (4).

**Tip**

You can also select multiple roles for a user.

[![](https://staging.churchtools.academy/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Public-relations-Website-find-User-to-add-CleanShot-2025-09-15-at-10.48.13@2x.png)](https://staging.churchtools.academy/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Public-relations-Website-find-User-to-add-CleanShot-2025-09-15-at-10.48.13@2x.png)

[![](https://staging.churchtools.academy/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Public-relations-Website-set-role-for-user-CleanShot-2025-09-15-at-10.51.15@2x.png)](https://staging.churchtools.academy/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Public-relations-Website-set-role-for-user-CleanShot-2025-09-15-at-10.51.15@2x.png)

## Which website roles can I select?

### Admin

A user with this role has all rights and can therefore make all settings and changes on the website and also create and publish content.

### Editor

An editor has the right to publish all content created by all other users. The user with this role may not edit or change any settings for the website.

### Author

An author may publish the content that he has created himself.

### Staff

A user with this role may create their own content, but this must be published by an editor.

### Sidebar, navigation and keyword editor

These roles are responsible for the areas mentioned and can edit or create here and publish the changes at the same time.

#### Read more

- [How to get started with ChurchTools Website?](https://staging.churchtools.academy/en/help/website-and-finder/erste-schritte-website/how-to-set-up-the-start-page/)
- [What options are there for importing data from ChurchTools to the website?](https://staging.churchtools.academy/en/help/website-and-finder/first-steps-website/what-options-are-there-for-importing-data-from-churchtools-to-the-website/)
- [How to manage the approvals for the ChurchTools website?](https://staging.churchtools.academy/en/help/website-and-finder/public-relations/how-do-i-manage-the-approvals-for-the-churchtools-website/)