Understanding User Capabilities
As the site owner, you can decide who gets to write, edit, and publish content to your site. A critical aspect of using WordPress to manage content generated by multiple users is the permissions that you can assign to each user.
User Roles and Capabilities
WordPress provides a standard set of user roles, which specify what capabilities, or tasks, a user can perform. The standard roles are Administrator, Editor, Author, Contributor, and Subscriber/Follower. The Subscriber role is at WordPress.org; Follower is at WordPress.com.
Administrator Capabilities
If you set up the blog, you have Administrator capabilities. ...
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