Below are user role management system which defines what a specific user can and cannot do in WordPress site.
- Subscriber
- Contributor
- Author
- Editor
- Administrator
Here's user role in details...
1. Subscriber
- Can only edit/manage his profile
2. Contributor
- Can write new post, but cannot publish (admin need to approved post)
- Cannot delete post (his or others)
- Did not have Media access (Cannot upload or view images)
- Can only view comment list
- Can edit/manage his profile
3. Author
- Can write & publish new post
- Can edit or delete his post, but not others
- Have Media access (can upload or delete images)
- Can only view comment list
- Can edit/manage his profile
4. Editor
- Can write & publish new post
- Can edit or delete any post
- Have Media access (can upload or delete images)
- Can create, edit or delete Categories
- Can create, edit or delete Pages
- Can manage comments (Unapprove, Reply, Quick Edit, Edit, Spam, Trash)
- Can edit/manage his profile
5. Admin
- Has access to all the administration features within the site