ClassicPress uses a concept of roles, designed to give the site owner the ability to control what users can and cannot do within the site.
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A role defines a set of tasks a user assigned the role is allowed to perform. For instance, the Administrator role includes every possible task that can be performed within a (single) ClassicPress site. The Author role allows the execution of just a small subset of tasks within this site.
Via the Settings > General screen the “New User Default Role” can be set. This default role will be assigned to newly registered members or users added via the Users screen. If necessary, the administrator is able to change this role afterwards, via the Users Profile screen.
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- Super Admin – somebody with access to the site network administration features and all other features. See the WordPress Create a Network article.
- Administrator – somebody who has access to all the administration features within a single site.
- Editor – somebody who can publish and manage posts including the posts of other users.
- Author – somebody who can publish and manage their own posts.
- Contributor – somebody who can write and manage their own posts but cannot publish them.
- Subscriber – somebody who can only manage their profile.
This user role is useful if you have a membership site, eCommerce store, or another site where users can register and log in.
Plugins may add additional roles with custom capabilities. For example, an eCommerce plugin may add a Shop Manager role, that gives that user other capabilities than, for instance, an Editor.
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The following section will list the default roles and their capabilities. The name of most of these capabilities is straightforward, so doesn’t require explanation. Moreover, in dept information about all of these capabilities goes beyond the purpose of this user guide.
Super AdminLink to this section
Multisite Super Admins have, by default, all capabilities. The following Multisite-only capabilities are therefore only available to Super Admins:
- create_sites
- delete_sites
- manage_network
- manage_sites
- manage_network_users
- manage_network_plugins
- manage_network_themes
- manage_network_options
- upgrade_network
- setup_network
AdministratorLink to this section
The capabilities of Administrators differs between single site and Multisite ClassicPress installations. All administrators have the following capabilities:
- activate_plugins
- delete_others_pages
- delete_others_posts
- delete_pages
- delete_posts
- delete_private_pages
- delete_private_posts
- delete_published_pages
- delete_published_posts
- edit_dashboard
- edit_others_pages
- edit_others_posts
- edit_pages
- edit_posts
- edit_private_pages
- edit_private_posts
- edit_published_pages
- edit_published_posts
- edit_theme_options
- export
- import
- list_users
- manage_categories
- manage_links
- manage_options
- moderate_comments
- promote_users
- publish_pages
- publish_posts
- read_private_pages
- read_private_posts
- read
- remove_users
- switch_themes
- upload_files
- customize
- delete_site
Additional capabilities
Only Administrators of single site installations have the following capabilities. In Multisite, only the Super Admin has these abilities:
- update_core
- update_plugins
- update_themes
- install_plugins
- install_themes
- delete_themes
- delete_plugins
- edit_plugins
- edit_themes
- edit_files
- edit_users
- add_users
- create_users
- delete_users
- unfiltered_html
EditorLink to this section
- delete_others_pages
- delete_others_posts
- delete_pages
- delete_posts
- delete_private_pages
- delete_private_posts
- delete_published_pages
- delete_published_posts
- edit_others_pages
- edit_others_posts
- edit_pages
- edit_posts
- edit_private_pages
- edit_private_posts
- edit_published_pages
- edit_published_posts
- manage_categories
- manage_links
- moderate_comments
- publish_pages
- publish_posts
- read
- read_private_pages
- read_private_posts
- unfiltered_html (not with Multisite)
- upload_files
AuthorLink to this section
- delete_posts
- delete_published_posts
- edit_posts
- edit_published_posts
- publish_posts
- read
- upload_files
- Contributor
- delete_posts
- edit_posts
- read
SubscriberLink to this section
- read