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Create a Magic Link for a WordPress User

Need to give one user instant access without a password reset? You can manually create a Magic Link for any registered WordPress user in two free ways: the Generate Magic Link button on the Users screen, or the Create Magic Link form on the Magic Links page. Both produce a secure one-click sign-in link you copy and send.

  • Customer support requests, where someone is locked out.
  • New user onboarding.
  • Testing user accounts.
  • Recovery situations where a user cannot log in.
  • Internal admin workflows.

Instead of resetting a password, you generate a Magic Link, send it, and the user logs in instantly.

Every user row on the Users list has a Generate Magic Link control in the Magic Link column.

  1. Go to Users → All Users in the WordPress admin.
  2. Find the user in the Magic Link column.
  3. Click Generate Magic Link.
  4. Copy the generated link from the copy field and send it to the user.

Create Magic Link button for Wordpress

Create a link from the Magic Links page

You can also create a link for a chosen user from the Magic Links admin page.

  1. Go to Magic Link → Magic Links in the WordPress admin.
  2. Use the Create Magic Link form to pick the user you want a link for.
  3. Submit the form to generate the link.
  4. Copy the new link with the per-row Copy button and send it to the user.

Create Magic Link page for Wordpress

See Manage Magic Links for the full list table, statuses, and bulk actions.

Conclusion

Creating a Magic Link by hand is the fastest way to get one user back into their account without a password reset. When you need to do this for many users at once, use the bulk claim emails feature instead, generate links from the terminal with WP-CLI, and track who used their link in the audit log.

FAQs

Go to Users → All Users and click Generate Magic Link in the Magic Link column for that user, then copy the link and send it. You can also use the Create Magic Link form under Magic Link → Magic Links to generate a link for any chosen user.

Yes. Both the Generate Magic Link button on the Users screen and the Create Magic Link form on the Magic Links page are part of the free Magic Link plugin. No PRO license is required to create links for individual users.

Do I need to reset the user's password to give them access?

No. A Magic Link logs the user in without a password, so you never touch their password. This is why it is useful for support and recovery — you hand the user a working link instead of walking them through a reset.

A generated link follows your global token lifespan and validity settings under Magic Link → Settings → General. See Magic Link expiry settings to control how long a link works and how many times it can be used.

Yes, but bulk sending is a PRO feature. On the Users screen you can select multiple users and send each their own claim email. See send Magic Links to many users at once.

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