# Can an admin create a staged user?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-an-admin-create-a-staged-user/382844>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [September 16, 2025, 3:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-an-admin-create-a-staged-user/382844 "2025-09-16T15:55:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![tknospdr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tknospdr/32/529762_2.png) [@tknospdr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tknospdr)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2026, 4:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-an-admin-create-a-staged-user/382844/13 "2026-01-27T16:40:19Z")

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I am logged in as the site admin when this error occurs.

I’m using a plus address to test with but the error first occurred when I tried to create a new user as I have done in the past and got the same result.

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