# 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:** ![tobiaseigen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tobiaseigen/32/539204_2.png) [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 3:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-an-admin-create-a-staged-user/382844/18 "2026-01-28T15:49:02Z")

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> [@tknospdr](#):
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> After further testing that only allows me to create plus addresses when there’s already another user (me for instance) using the normalized version of the address.

I’ve never noticed that but if it’s intentional then that is indeed very clever! That is kind of the point of it.. to allow you to use one email address to create a bunch of test user accounts.

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