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.

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.

Additional References

• Roles and Capabilities Plugin Handbook
• John Blackbourn: A Deep Dive into the User Roles and Capabilities API from WordPress.tv | (CC BY-SA 4.0)