Concept of Roles and Capabilities
When you are managing a business, you don’t want everyone working on the website to have administrative privileges. WordPress solves this problem by implementing the concept of roles. Each role has only a certain set of capabilities.
This prevents unwanted access to confidential information and prevents websites from falling into the wrong hands. 🔐
You can see what capabilities each role has from this support article – Roles and Capabilities.
User roles and capabilities are stored in the user_meta table. They can most easily be edited with a plugin, such as Members.
Watch & Learn all about roles and capabilities
Role API and User Accessibility
Explore the videos for insights and tutorials on Role API and User Accessibility. This section comprises 4 modules with a combined duration of 38 minutes.
| Video Content | Time |
|---|---|
| Overview | 12:00 |
| Functions | 12:16 |
| Deep dive into Roles and Capabilities – Pt 1 | 13:28 |
| Deep dive into Roles and Capabilities – Pt 2 | 09:36 |
Overview of Custom Capabilities and Adding/Removing Roles
Explore the videos for insights and tutorials on Custom Capabilities and Roles. This section comprises 2 modules with a combined duration of 35 minutes.
| Video Content | Time |
|---|---|
| Custom Capabilities | 16:18 |
| Custom Roles | 18:26 |