WordPress Capabilities allows you to set personalized access levels for users

Posted on 08. Jul, 2011 by in Software, Tips

This is a screenshot of the capabilities screen with a few notes embedded

Click on the image to get a large view of the Capabilities screen.

I posted a week or so ago a handout that explained the different User levels (Administrator, Contributor, Author, etc.) on WordPress. If you find that those preset user roles aren’t exactly what you want, no worries, Capabilities allows you to set whatever permissions you want.

You can find Capabilities under the Users menu. There, you can make changes to the preset roles, or even create your own unique user level, name it what you want, and give it the specific permissions you want it to have.

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5 Responses to “WordPress Capabilities allows you to set personalized access levels for users”

  1. Michelle Harmon

    08. Jul, 2011

    Very useful. Last year, I had to bump all my staff to Editor level versus contributor level because contributors weren’t allowed to upload images. I like this.

  2. Chase

    14. Jul, 2011

    Is this the plugin that is tied to?

    http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/capsman/

  3. Aaron Manfull

    15. Jul, 2011

    Capabilities are actually built in to WordPress 3.2 update. You should see them in the User menu.

  4. Jill Williams

    27. Jul, 2011

    We’re running 3.2 but I don’t see Capabilities under the Users menu. It doesn’t appear that anything has changed. Advice?

  5. Aaron Manfull

    27. Jul, 2011

    Jill – have you upgraded to 3.2.1? If you have the most recent version of WordPress it should be the fourth item under the “User” drop-down menu. If you have still can’t find it, let me know.

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