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The 5 WordPress User Roles

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If more than one person helps with your WordPress site, user roles are very important. In this post, let’s take a look at the five different WordPress user roles, the different levels of permission you can assign, and consider when you might choose these different roles.

Purpose of User Roles

WordPress sites have multiple authors who create content. Or you might have a tech expert who manages the technical backend of your site.

Each of these users needs permission to make changes on your site, and the user roles limit what they can do.
Out of the box, your WordPress installation comes with 5 user roles. Additional user types can be defined by adding plugins.

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