{"id":74399,"date":"2024-05-31T06:47:58","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T06:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.awardspace.com\/?p=74399"},"modified":"2024-06-07T10:49:10","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T10:49:10","slug":"wordpress-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.awardspace.com\/kb\/wordpress-users\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress Users"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You need to know what the roles of the WordPress users are in order to correctly define who in your team gets what role.<\/p>\n<p>By default, WordPress has the following user roles:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Subscriber<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Contributor<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Author<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Editor<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Administrator<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Naturally, each role has different capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the default users&#8217; powers in a nutshell:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Subscriber<\/h2>\n<p><strong>The subscriber<\/strong> is at the bottom of the hierarchy. They have only a few rights. If you are not using any plugins (or custom solutions) to change the <strong>subscriber&#8217;s\u00a0<\/strong>rights, these users can only change their profile&#8217;s information, and write comments, if\u00a0you didn\u2019t\u00a0<a href=\"\/kb\/remove-the-comment-section-of-wordpress-posts\/\">disable the comments<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Contributor<\/h2>\n<p>Contributors are users who are not exactly part of your business, or your website, but are helping you. Like the name suggests. <strong>Contributors<\/strong> are almost as limited as <strong>Subscribers <\/strong>are. Yet, they can <a href=\"\/kb\/create-wordpress-post\/\">create posts<\/a>. Contributors can only edit and delete their own content. Their abilities, however, are limited. They can only change the posts before they are published. Once that happens, the <strong>contributors<\/strong> no longer have the power to change the post.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Author<\/h2>\n<p>The users whom you assigned the <strong>author<\/strong> role will be able to write, edit, publish, and delete their content. On top of that, they can also upload files. Naturally, <strong>Authors<\/strong> can change their profiles. As it is important, let&#8217;s repeat, the users with the role of Author\u00a0<strong>can delete their content.\u00a0<\/strong>Unlike the <strong>contributors,<\/strong> who can do that only before the article is published, the Author can do it whenever.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Editor<\/h2>\n<p>Editors, as the name of the role suggests are almost like <strong>Administrators<\/strong> when it comes to the capabilities of managing content, that is. \u00a0<strong>Editors\u00a0<\/strong>are capable of writing, editing, publishing, and deleting posts.<\/p>\n<p>As opposed to the previously covered WordPress users, the <strong>Editor<\/strong> can manipulate any post on the site. Whoever the author is. After all, that&#8217;s the goal of having an Editor &#8211; someone knowledgeable and capable of fixing anyone else&#8217;s articles.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Administrator<\/h2>\n<p>The <strong>Administrator<\/strong> profile is automatically created when you <a href=\"\/kb\/install-wordpress\/\">install WordPress<\/a>. The users assigned the role of an Administrator can do everything the other can. What makes them different are the powers to install, delete, and edit themes and plugins.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Follow this link for a detailed explanation of <a href=\"\/wordpress-tutorials\/wordpress-user-roles\/\">WordPress Roles<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You need to know what the roles of the WordPress users are in order to correctly define who in your team gets what role. By default, WordPress has the following user roles: Subscriber Contributor Author Editor Administrator. Naturally, each role has different capabilities. 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