{"id":5606,"date":"2024-07-29T11:33:17","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T11:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kb.cloudhostgeek.com\/?p=5606"},"modified":"2025-11-05T10:45:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T10:45:33","slug":"types-of-users-in-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bigcloudy.com\/knowledge-base\/types-of-users-in-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"Types of users and roles in WordPress explained for site admins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ae79255835de7c7e2065c1f5b1dbbc57\">In WordPress, <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#7a00df\" class=\"has-inline-color\">&#8220;Users&#8221;<\/mark><\/strong> refers to the individuals who have access to the website&#8217;s backend and can perform various actions based on their assigned roles. This Users section in the WordPress Dashboard allows website admins to manage user accounts, set their roles and responsibilities, and control their permissions.\u00a0Learn the types of users in WordPress in a few minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-beac2c665ea07a518f1030c531ff9338\"><strong>Different Types of Users on WordPress<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-54e531892b082fe20a93d54c6d7d3014\">There are several user roles in WordPress, each with different levels of access and capabilities. The primary user roles include:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1015\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\/\/kb.cloudhostgeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/user-roles.png\" alt=\"Types of Users in WordPress | BigCloudy KB \" class=\"wp-image-5608\" style=\"width:751px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bigcloudy.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/user-roles.png 1015w, https:\/\/www.bigcloudy.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/user-roles-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/www.bigcloudy.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/user-roles-768x439.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1015px) 100vw, 1015px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-06823bcd7ad5be0006d0d279f6e3fc03\">\n<li><strong>Administrator<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4e8cc4247d1124374e66957b290b4d92\">The highest level of access in WordPress. Administrators have full control over the website and can perform tasks like managing other users, installing and deleting plugins\/themes, editing any content, and changing site settings.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8c103646b8aae736271b618aeedcb5c9\">\n<li><strong>Editor<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f21c2e46012afdaa8d0c58b956c1810e\">Editors have the ability to create, edit, publish, and delete all posts and pages on the website. They can moderate comments, but they do not have access to plugin and theme management.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-afee745a67d59f2bd4fed90d4cb38b0e\">\n<li><strong>Author<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-263eda655c75b723f84d2c3c6137e005\">Authors can create, edit, publish, and delete their own posts, but they do not have access to other users&#8217; content.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-aed140a45cb0d2bdac0ba63d4d0b66e4\">\n<li><strong>Contributor<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e671579dcd3e5a347b91806b3149b866\">Users who can write and edit their posts but they cannot publish them are known as Contributors. Instead, their content needs to be reviewed and published by someone with higher privileges.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b8de78fd5617d327a849ef7a837e2203\">\n<li><strong>Subscriber<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9ddbd113b962201d5410c4f98ad5ece6\">Subscribers have the least level of access. They can only manage their own profiles and leave comments on the site.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e7ab3651160a3da21f12e99568690300\">By assigning <a href=\"https:\/\/kb.cloudhostgeek.com\/wordpress\/add-users-on-wordpress\/\" style=\"color:#7a00df;\"><strong>specific roles to users<\/strong><\/a>, site administrators can control what each user can do within the website, ensuring that different responsibilities are appropriately distributed. This is especially important in websites with multiple contributors, where different team members may have different content creation and management responsibilities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-466f55e6b24a5ea26de217a7ecd8c328\"><strong>Additional Resources<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a style=\"color:#7a00df;\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/\">WordPress Documentation<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In WordPress, &#8220;Users&#8221; refers to the individuals who have access to the website&#8217;s backend and can perform various actions based on their assigned roles. This Users section in the WordPress Dashboard allows website admins to manage user accounts, set their roles and responsibilities, and control their permissions.\u00a0Learn the types of users in WordPress in a few minutes. Different Types of Users on WordPress There are several user roles in WordPress, each with different levels of access and capabilities. The primary user roles include:&nbsp; The highest level of access in WordPress. Administrators have full control over the website and can perform tasks like managing other users, installing and deleting plugins\/themes, editing any content, and changing site settings.&nbsp; Editors have the ability to create, edit, publish, and delete all posts and pages on the website. They can moderate comments, but they do not have access to plugin and theme management.&nbsp; Authors can create, edit, publish, and delete their own posts, but they do not have access to other users&#8217; content.&nbsp; Users who can write and edit their posts but they cannot publish them are known as Contributors. Instead, their content needs to be reviewed and published by someone with higher privileges.&nbsp; Subscribers have the least level of access. They can only manage their own profiles and leave comments on the site.&nbsp; By assigning specific roles to users, site administrators can control what each user can do within the website, ensuring that different responsibilities are appropriately distributed. This is especially important in websites with multiple contributors, where different team members may have different content creation and management responsibilities.&nbsp; Additional 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