WordPress Roles and Group Sites

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One benefit of using WordPress is that you may create a Group Site by inviting others to collaborate with you and assigning them access rights based on their Role. By default, as the site owner, you are the Administrator and can assign rights.

Roles

The identity a particular user assumes in a site is called their Role. A Role essentially describes the set of tasks, called Capabilities, a person is allowed to perform. For instance, the role of Administrator encompasses every possible task that can be performed within a WordPress site. On the other hand, the role of Author only allows the execution of a small subset of tasks.

Summary of Roles

  • Administrator – Somebody who has access to all the administration features.
  • Editor – Somebody who can publish and manage posts as well as manage other people’s posts, etc.
  • Author – Somebody who can publish and manage their own posts.
  • Contributor – Somebody who can write and manage their posts but not publish posts.
  • Subscriber – Somebody who can read comments/comment/receive newsletters, etc.

Group Sites