{"id":189714,"date":"2022-01-15T23:02:27","date_gmt":"2022-01-15T23:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/premium.wpmudev.org\/blog\/?p=189714"},"modified":"2022-01-19T12:15:38","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T12:15:38","slug":"limit-access-wordpress-dashboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/limit-access-wordpress-dashboard\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Limit Access to Your WordPress Dashboard"},"content":{"rendered":"

How many people would you hand your house keys to and let get into anything that they want? The same can be said about your WordPress account and its users. In this article, we explore some of the easiest ways to limit access for WP users using the admin, code, and plugins.<\/p>\n

If you considered your WordPress site like an online home, you wouldn’t always want everyone going through all of your drawers.<\/p>\n

The good news is, after reading this, you\u2019ll know how to hand out digital permission accordingly to your users and keep certain areas inaccessible.<\/p>\n

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WordPress has its own access capabilities — without having an actual access pass.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To kick things off…<\/p>\n

Why Limit Usage?<\/h3>\n

You trust everyone that has access to your WordPress account, right? Well, sure. Maybe. However, it doesn\u2019t mean they need to have TOTAL access to everything.<\/p>\n

There are times you don\u2019t want every user to access it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For example, if you\u2019re running a multi-author blog and just want editors to have access to write and publish — and nothing else. That way they can\u2019t change the themes or plugins while logged in.<\/p>\n

Or, maybe you don\u2019t want subscribers to access your dashboard at all.<\/p>\n

Whatever the case may be, it\u2019s nice to have control over who has access to what, and set your WordPress site up accordingly.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s start by limiting dashboard access in the WordPress dashboard.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Limiting Dashboard Access With Different User Roles and Permissions<\/h2>\n

If you\u2019re the site owner, you can assign user roles that control how much access to the dashboard they have<\/a>.<\/p>\n

WordPress roles come with different capabilities and actions that users are allowed to conduct, such as writing and editing posts, creating pages, moderating comments, and more.<\/p>\n

An easy way to limit access is to set up a new user as a Subscriber<\/strong>. The Subscriber role is very limited and only allows the user to read content on the frontend of the site and manage their profiles.<\/p>\n

This can all be done in the admin area of WordPress.<\/p>\n

To do this, simply go to Settings<\/strong> and then General<\/strong>. From there, just set any New User Default Role<\/strong> as a Subscriber<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Where you\u2019ll set up new user default settings.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

You can change the roles of any user that has access to your site at any time. So, any existing user roles can be modified under Users<\/strong> and then All Users<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

From there, click the box of the user whose role you\u2019d like to change or you can select numerous users in bulk.<\/p>\n

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The dropdown to change roles in WordPress\u2019 admin.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So what\u2019s the difference of roles? The WordPress role options are:<\/p>\n