Roles in WordPress, what do they mean?

[master412160]

Admin role i know but what about the others ?

-Subscriber
-Editor
-Author
-Contributor

Thanks, I kind of know but I would like to know it better.

 

[Gimgak]

Subscribers can comment and are like site users, can't write articles though.
An editor can publish articles and edit others.
An author can publish articles, edit their own.
A contributor can write articles, but can't publish them.

If I remember correctly those are roughly the permissions.

 

[master412160]

Thanks a ton mate, very useful.

 

[OscarG]

I think contributors have their entries moderated first too.

 

[AnAccount]

Subscribers can comment and are like site users, can't write articles though.
An editor can publish articles and edit others.
An author can publish articles, edit their own.
A contributor can write articles, but can't publish them.

If I remember correctly those are roughly the permissions.

So say, If I were to work for this blog, and I wanted to contribute an article, I would have to forward it to the author before it can be published, correct? Or would it go to the editor and then the author?

 

[OscarG]

Subscribers can comment and are like site users, can't write articles though.
An editor can publish articles and edit others.
An author can publish articles, edit their own.
A contributor can write articles, but can't publish them.

If I remember correctly those are roughly the permissions.

So say, If I were to work for this blog, and I wanted to contribute an article, I would have to forward it to the author before it can be published, correct? Or would it go to the editor and then the author?

Contributers contribute to the blog by posting their entry, publishers publish the entry. Kind of.

 

[Joe 2]

Subscribers can comment and are like site users, can't write articles though.
An editor can publish articles and edit others.
An author can publish articles, edit their own.
A contributor can write articles, but can't publish them.

If I remember correctly those are roughly the permissions.

So say, If I were to work for this blog, and I wanted to contribute an article, I would have to forward it to the author before it can be published, correct? Or would it go to the editor and then the author?

It would show up in a list waiting for an editor to publish it. It will be hidden until then.

 

[Gimgak]

Thanks a ton mate, very useful.

No problem, glad to help 🙂

 

[Creativebot]

De Power of Google. 😎

Super Admin - Someone with access to the blog network administration features controlling the entire network (See Create a Network).
Administrator - Somebody who has access to all the administration features
Editor - Somebody who can publish and manage posts and pages as well as manage other users' posts, etc.
Author - Somebody who can publish and manage their own posts
Contributor - Somebody who can write and manage their posts but not publish them
Subscriber - Somebody who can only manage their profile

For more information on each role and their full capabilities visit:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities

 

[master412160]

Thank you to sir.