How to Create a WordPress Website – Lesson 3 – User Roles and Capabilities

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User Roles and Capabilities

WordPress uses a concept of Roles, designed to give the site owner the ability to control what users can and cannot do within the site.

Summary of User Roles

Summary of Roles

• Super Admin – somebody with access to the site network administration features and all other features. See the Create a Network article.

• Administrator (slug: ‘administrator’) – somebody who has access to all the administration features within a single site.

• Editor (slug: ‘editor’) – somebody who can publish and manage posts including the posts of other users.

• Author  (slug: ‘author’)  – somebody who can publish and manage their own posts.

• Contributor (slug: ‘contributor’) – somebody who can write and manage their own posts but cannot publish them.

• Subscriber (slug: ‘subscriber’) – somebody who can only manage their profile.