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 |
|---|---|
| Role API & User Accessbility | 08:08 |
| Functions | 08:47 |
| Deep dive into Roles and Capabilities – Pt 1 | 07:56 |
| Deep dive into Roles and Capabilities – Pt 2 | 02:57 |
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 | 12:53 |
| Custom Roles | 10:47 |
Ideas to Explore:
- List out each capability and its usage/purpose
- How to add a custom Role? Add a custom role with the same capabilities as administrator but don’t allow him to add edit update delete posts?
- How to add custom capabilities? Add a custom capability and use that capability to restrict users from accessing the Administrative Menu Page