How to give dev access to ONLY staging site?

I have a business plan on wordpress, so I have a staging site included with my plan.

That would be WordPress.COM, a managed WordPress hosting provider.

You’re at www.ads-software.com, home of the free and open-souse WordPress software.

These are two different organizations.

I found this official WordPress.COM support article that may be relevant to your issue: https://wordpress.com/support/invite-people/

If that doesn’t fully address your issue, kindly login to your WordPres.COM account and open a support ticket, so a WordPress.COM support staff can help you.

Good luck!

Yes, you can provide developer access to your staging site without giving them access to your live site. Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to achieve this:

1. Create a separate user account: Log in to your WordPress dashboard and navigate to “Users” -> “Add New”. Create a new user account specifically for your developer. Make sure to set the role as “Administrator” for this account.
2. Limit access to the staging site: Install and activate a security plugin like “Members” or “User Role Editor” from the WordPress plugin repository. These plugins allow you to manage user roles and permissions. Once installed, go to the plugin settings and find the user you created in step 1. Adjust the permissions for this user so that they only have access to the staging site.Specifically, you’ll want to remove or restrict the following capabilities for the user:
   • Editing, publishing, or deleting content on the live site
   • Installing or deleting plugins or themes on the live site
   • Changing site settings on the live site
   Ensure that the user has sufficient permissions to fix the plugin conflict on the staging site.
3. Provide login credentials: Once you’ve set up the user account and adjusted the permissions, provide the developer with the username and password for the staging site’s admin account. Make sure to clearly communicate that they should only work on the staging site and not make any changes to the live site.
4. Monitor and revoke access: Keep an eye on the developer’s activities during the debugging process. Once the issue is resolved on the staging site, revoke the developer’s access by either disabling or deleting their user account.

By following these steps, you can give the developer admin access to the staging site while ensuring that they do not have any control over your live site.