Jerry Leventer

Explanation of Wordpress User Roles & Permissions: Administrator, Author, Editor, Contributor, & Subscriber

February 4th, 2009 · 12 Comments · Wordpress Issues: Installation, Upgrade, Themes, Widgets, & Plugins

A friend asked me to explain what the different user roles in Wordpress 2.7 were capable of and what permissions they had.
I decided to post my findings here so everyone can benefit.
Here’s a simple list:
from Hippo Web Solutions
By default there are five Roles, each of which has progressively more power:

Administrator
Editor
Author
Contributor
Subscriber

Capabilities represent the various tasks that [...]

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