A website owner must be familiar with WordPress default user roles and capabilities to provide access to the specific dashboard areas/admin panel to specific users. This is necessary to manage any WordPress site and define what users can do based on the role assigned to them.

WordPress comes with a complete user role management system with a variety of types of user roles. The system also defines what a particular user is allowed to do or what a user is not allowed to do. With the development of your WordPress website, it is necessary to understand user roles and permissions.

A website owner can easily limit a user to specific tasks such as installing a plugin, creating a page on the website, editing posts by other authors, moderating comments, and more. Preventing other users from having administrative access ensures the site’s security. This also keeps the website safe from any accidental changes that could result in the breakdown of the site.

Let’s examine what the user roles and capabilities are in WordPress and how you can use them while managing your WordPress site.