{"id":69324,"date":"2012-01-17T10:00:13","date_gmt":"2012-01-17T15:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wpmu.org\/?p=69324"},"modified":"2012-01-16T16:27:01","modified_gmt":"2012-01-16T21:27:01","slug":"custom-user-roles-profiles-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/custom-user-roles-profiles-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress Question: How Can You Set Up Customized User Roles?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"lightbox[69324]\" class=\"blog-thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Custom-User-Profiles-WordPress.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-69337\" src=\"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Custom-User-Profiles-WordPress-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Create custom user profiles on a WordPress site\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><strong>Our WordPress Question and Answer sessions continue this week. We&#8217;re asking WPMU readers to tell us about a tricky WordPress problem they&#8217;re trying to solve.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The most interesting questions we receive will be published here on the blog, and the author will receive a three month membership at WPMU DEV, free of charge. Please <a href=\"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/premium-wordpress-themes-for-free\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">submit your own WordPress question<\/a> for your chance to win.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s WordPress question was submitted by a WPMU reader named Andrew.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Is it possible to create a customized user profile on a WordPress site, where the site owner can specify what each user does and does not have access to? For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An administrator profile that does not allow access to page and post editing, or&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>A content creator profile that does not allow access to the admin functions in WordPress dashboard<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Instead of relying on the standard WordPress User Roles (contributor, author, editor etc.), is it possible to create my own?<\/p>\n<p>-Andrew<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Over to you, WordPress ninjas! Does anyone have a suggestion for Andrew? Have you ever tried something similar?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you can offer any wisdom on this subject, please leave a comment below this article and let us know. You can also check out some of our previous WordPress questions here:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/best-wordpress-cache-plugin\/\" target=\"_blank\">Which Cache Plugin Should You Use?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wordpress-plugins-disappear-auto-update-fails\/\" target=\"_blank\">Why Do Plugins Disappear When Auto-Update Fails?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wordpress-simplepie-memory-error\/\" target=\"_blank\">How To Fix \u2018Out of Memory\u2019 Issues With SimplePie?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wordpress-staging-environment\/\" target=\"_blank\">How to Create a Simple Staging Environment for WordPress Development?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And remember to <a href=\"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/premium-wordpress-themes-for-free\/\" target=\"_blank\">send us your own WordPress question<\/a>! There&#8217;s three months of WPMU DEV lovin&#8217; to be won, plus you can connect with WordPress experts to help solve your problems.<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><sub><em>Photo: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/carbonnyc\/6415460111\/sizes\/m\/in\/photostream\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Carbon NYC<\/a>.<\/em><\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A WPMU reader is trying to create their own tailored user roles in WordPress. 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