But now my project is going to be eliminating the wp_usermeta table and putting data only in wp_users. And in normal columns. None of this key-value stuff.

After that, I plan to eliminate wp_post2cat and just have a single category for each post, in the wp_posts table.

The fewer tables, the better.

Not only is it separated out, it’s also in a horrible format of keys and values, so you can’t even do table joins with wp_users. Ugh. Keeping user data in meta tables were a really bad decision by someone.

Here’s the page in the Codex:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities

I would also suggest you refer to the Codex.Wordpress.org forums for a more detailed answer, if that doesn’t work. Please report back here if you find out anything. Thanks! :)

I see that promoting a single user from subscriber to author changes this line in wp_usermeta:

wp_capabilities | a:1:{s:10:”subscriber”;b:1;}

to

wp_capabilities | a:1:{s:6:”author”;b:1;}

And it adds a new field to user_meta for that guy:

wp_user_level | 2

I’d be grateful if you could explain these cryptic fields so I can make this mass change with one or two sql calls.

Thanks!

Perhaps I’m not understanding your question but…

If the Plugin itself has permission settings, use those. Otherwise, you need to create a user with the proper permissions to access it.

I’ve installed a plugin but I need change the permission to work wth it, because is only for Administrators but I need it for Editor or Author…. How can I edit these permissions ?

thanks

Rodrigo

If you are the owner of the blog, login to the Dashboard, find the User area, and change the user access there.

can you tell me, how to enable this acess?
thanks