# Bulk Add Members

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-add-members/327062
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 18, 2024, 1:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-add-members/327062 "2024-09-18T13:46:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![mikaac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@mikaac](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mikaac)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2024, 1:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-add-members/327062/1 "2024-09-18T13:46:00Z")

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I need to upload a list (NOT to just a group) of members. Is there a way to do this?

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### Author: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2024, 1:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-add-members/327062/2 "2024-09-18T13:48:33Z")

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Is this what you are looking for?

> [@Sending bulk user invites](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sending-bulk-user-invites/16468):
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> bookmark This guide explains how to invite multiple users to your Discourse instance using a bulk invite feature. person_raising_hand Required user level: Administrator Inviting a large number of users to your Discourse instance can be time-consuming if done individually. Fortunately, Discourse offers a bulk invite feature that allows you to invite multiple users at once. This guide will walk you through the process of sending bulk invites. information_source It is not possible to in…

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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2024, 4:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-add-members/327062/3 "2024-09-18T16:23:45Z")

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How many? Dozens,hundreads, thousands? Once or regularly? Are the email addresses validated?

Maybe look at the import scripts?

Another potential solution is the API.

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### Author: ![mikaac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@mikaac](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mikaac)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2024, 9:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-add-members/327062/4 "2024-09-18T21:35:43Z")

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Thousands. What if they already opted-in? Is there a way to just make them members?

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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2024, 10:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-add-members/327062/5 "2024-09-18T22:18:44Z")

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You can do it with the API or a script like the import scripts.