user access - How to Find The Email of a WP Admin Account

I recently started some freelance work, but the credentials my client gave me seem to have "Author" privileges at best. The section of the WP dashboard that usually has "Users", "Appearance", "Settings" etc. just shows "Profile".

How do I go about seeing which email is associated with the admin of the account (my client doesn't know either) so I can gain more access and help with their site?

Thank you.

I recently started some freelance work, but the credentials my client gave me seem to have "Author" privileges at best. The section of the WP dashboard that usually has "Users", "Appearance", "Settings" etc. just shows "Profile".

How do I go about seeing which email is associated with the admin of the account (my client doesn't know either) so I can gain more access and help with their site?

Thank you.

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Share Improve this question edited Dec 11, 2020 at 0:00 Tom J Nowell♦ 60.7k77 gold badges7777 silver badges147147 bronze badges asked Dec 10, 2020 at 22:40 JamesJames 11144 bronze badges 1

• 1 Hello! This stack is for programming/development questions, but this sounds like a user support question, I don't see that this question has an answer that involves coding or programming. These types of question are better asked on the .org support forums – Tom J Nowell ♦ Commented Dec 10, 2020 at 23:59

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That's easy, tell your client to go to the users page and filter by the admin role. Or better yet, ask them to create a user and assign it admin privileges (you shouldn't need to share account details)