Multiple people work in WP and roles aren't right.
WordPress ships six roles: Subscriber, Contributor, Author, Editor, Administrator, Super Admin. Don't give admin to anyone who doesn't need it.
Try this first
- 1Map per user: what do they actually do? Authors write, editors approve, marketers publish, admins manage tech.
- 2Default Editor for content teams. Editor can create and publish posts and pages, but not install plugins or themes.
- 3Author role for freelance bloggers: they publish their own work, not others'. No settings access.
- 4Custom roles via User Role Editor or Members when defaults don't fit. E.g., 'Marketing' can edit pages only.
- 5Delete unused accounts. Former employees with active sessions are a security risk.
- 6Audit half-yearly: who has which role, does it still fit. Roles linger after role changes.
When to bring us in
Editorial team of 20+ or a complex publishing flow with approvals? Workflow plugins (PublishPress, Edit Flow) are worth it.
See also
- WordPress, plugins and theme have gone 6+ months without updatesOut-of-date WP is the number-one entry for malware. Don't just hit 'update all', back up first.
- Theme update broke the layout or threw a fatal errorThemes overwrite custom CSS on update unless you use a child theme.
- WordPress shows a blank screen after a plugin install or updateWSOD (white screen of death) is usually one crashing plugin. You isolate it.
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