Role

In a WordPress website, each user can have one or more roles. These roles define the actions that a user is permitted to perform on the website.

By default, WordPress offers six types of roles:

• Super Admin (multisite only)
• Administrator
• Editor
• Author
• Contributor
• Subscriber

Each role is associated with specific capabilities, which are individual actions that a user can undertake, such as creating a page, editing a page, installing a theme, or removing a plugin.

It is possible to add custom roles and modify the capabilities assigned to each role using custom code or plugins.

Furthermore, a user can have multiple roles simultaneously.

Visitors who browse the site without logging in (without a username and password) are generally referred to as visitors. Although not an official role, this distinction helps determine the range of possibilities available to individuals browsing the website.