create_users capabilities on a role on multisite

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I’m having some issues regarding a user’s capability on a multisite. So, I have a network of sites and on each site I want a role (Local Admin) to be able to create users.

I’ve added the capabilities to that role and added a user to that role. When I log in as the user and dump their the returned data from get_userdata function I see the correct role and create_users is set to true. However when I use current_user_can( 'create_users', wp_get_current_user() ) I get false.

What am I missing? Are there any specific capabilities I need to add because I’m using multisite? Any help appreciated!

Thanks.

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I ran into the same problem. It’s easily solved by going into the Network Admin > Settings page. Look for the label “Add New Users” and make sure this option is checked: Allow site administrators to add new users to their site via the “Users → Add New” page.

Once you do this, the local admin will be able to add users. This is assuming they also have the capabilities list_users and create_users. I recommend this full list of related user capabilities be given:

  • list_users
  • create_users
  • promote_users
  • edit_users
  • remove_users
  • delete_users

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