There are two different types of users in UpStream:

- Clients: who are not expected to do any work.
- Users: who do the work in the project.

If you want to add a users to an UpStream Project, by default, they should have one of these WordPress user roles:

- Administrator
- [UpStream User](https://support.upstreamplugin.com/hc/upstream-plugin/articles/upstream-users)
- [UpStream Manager](https://support.upstreamplugin.com/hc/upstream-plugin/articles/upstream-managers)

However, you can expand this to other roles. Go to Settings > General and choose in the “Project User Roles” area.

![image](https://support.kelsiem.com/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBamdQIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--6dbb8c51e03fce93ef98473b37b99470f7af17c2/upstream-users.png)

If a user does not have one of these roles, you will not be able to add them to projects or assign them items.

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## Adding Users to UpStream

- To add a user to a particular role, go to “Users” and then edit a user.

![edit WordPress user](https://support.kelsiem.com/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBa1VPIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--ae7ad84ad6c2a96f834fbc9f9276b50c5d59374a/edit-user.png)

- You can choose the user’s role via the “Role” dropdown:

![choose the WordPress users role](https://support.kelsiem.com/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBa1lPIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--c568197777590f74fe599f194a231e1bb17c0de5/upstream-roles.png)