WordPress comes with a user role management system that defines what a specific user can and cannot do on your website. Knowing these user roles and permissions is essential as your WordPress site grows. In this beginner’s guide to WordPress user roles, we will compare each WordPress user roles and permissions in an easy to follow infographic.

Out of the box when you install WordPress, there are five default WordPress User Roles:

Administrator
Editor
Author
Contributor
Subscriber
You can see a full comparison between each user role by viewing the infographic below:

Alternatively, you can read the summary of each user role permissions below. We will also cover how to create new user roles and/or customize existing WordPress user roles.

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Let’s start by looking at each default user role and their permissions.
1. Administrator
On a regular WordPress install, the Administrator is the most powerful user role. Users with the administrator role can add new posts, edit any posts by any users on the site, and even delete those posts.

They can install, edit, and delete plugins as well as themes. Most importantly an administrator user can add new users to the site, change information about existing users including their passwords as well as delete any user (yes other administrators too).

This role is basically reserved for site owners and gives you full control of your WordPress site. If you are running a multi-user WordPress site, then you READ MORE https://techevangelistseo.com/beginners-guide-to-wordpress-user-roles-and-permissions/