User Roles and Permissions in WordPress

WordPress is a powerful content management system that allows multiple users to manage and contribute to a website. However, not all users need the same level of access. To control what different users can and cannot do on your site, WordPress uses a system of user roles and permissions.

What Are User Roles in WordPress?

A user role in WordPress determines the capabilities (permissions) a user has on your website. Each role has a predefined set of actions that the user assigned to that role can perform. For example, an Administrator has full control over the site, while a Subscriber has limited access, like reading posts.

Here are the default user roles in WordPress:

• Administrator
• Editor
• Author
• Contributor
• Subscriber