WordPress capabilities on single site installs
What are the Possible Roles for wp_capabilities in the Database?
There are only a handful of roles that can be found as meta_values in the wp_usermeta table, each corresponding to the meta_key of wp_capabilities.
Possible roles include:
- administrator
- editor
- author
- contributor
- subscriber
What are the WordPress Capabilities of Admins?
- activate_plugins
- add_users
- create Reusable Blocks
- create_users
- customize
- delete Reusable Blocks
- delete_others_pages
- delete_others_posts
- delete_pages
- delete_plugins
- delete_posts
- delete_private_pages
- delete_private_posts
- delete_published_pages
- delete_published_posts
- delete_site
- delete_themes
- delete_users
- edit Reusable Blocks
- edit_dashboard
- edit_files
- edit_others_pages
- edit_others_posts
- edit_pages
- edit_plugins
- edit_posts
- edit_private_pages
- edit_private_posts
- edit_published_pages
- edit_published_posts
- edit_theme_options
- edit_themes
- edit_users
- export
- import
- install_plugins
- install_themes
- list_users
- manage_categories
- manage_links
- manage_options
- moderate_comments
- promote_users
- publish_pages
- publish_posts
- read
- read Reusable Blocks
- read_private_pages
- read_private_posts
- remove_users
- switch_themes
- unfiltered_html
- update_core
- update_plugins
- update_themes
- upload_files
What are the WordPress Capabilities of Editors
- create Reusable Blocks
- delete Reusable Blocks
- delete_others_pages
- delete_others_posts
- delete_pages
- delete_posts
- delete_private_pages
- delete_private_posts
- delete_published_pages
- delete_published_posts
- edit Reusable Blocks
- edit_others_pages
- edit_others_posts
- edit_pages
- edit_posts
- edit_private_pages
- edit_private_posts
- edit_published_pages
- edit_published_posts
- manage_categories
- manage_links
- moderate_comments
- publish_pages
- publish_posts
- read
- read_private_pages
- read_private_posts
- unfiltered_html
- upload_files
What are the WordPress Capabilities of Authors?
- create Reusable Blocks
- delete Reusable Blocks (own)
- delete_posts
- delete_published_posts
- edit Reusable Blocks (own)
- edit_posts
- edit_published_posts
- publish_posts
- read
- read Reusable Blocks
- upload_files
What are the WordPress Capabilities of Contributors?
- delete_posts
- edit_posts
- read
- read Reusable Blocks
What are the Capabilities of Subscribers?
- read