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WordPress default roles and capabilities

Published 4 June 2020·UPD 25 October 2020·In Documentation

Table is current as of 8 August 2020, WordPress 5.5. See populate_roles().

Capability	Administrator	Editor	Author	Contributor	Subscriber
`read`	+	+	+	+	+
`delete_posts`	+	+	+	+
`edit_posts`	+	+	+	+
`delete_published_posts`	+	+	+
`edit_published_posts`	+	+	+
`publish_posts`	+	+	+
`upload_files`	+	+	+
`delete_others_pages`	+	+
`delete_others_posts`	+	+
`delete_pages`	+	+
`delete_private_pages`	+	+
`delete_private_posts`	+	+
`delete_published_pages`	+	+
`edit_others_pages`	+	+
`edit_others_posts`	+	+
`edit_pages`	+	+
`edit_private_pages`	+	+
`edit_private_posts`	+	+
`edit_published_pages`	+	+
`manage_categories`	+	+
`manage_links`	+	+
`moderate_comments`	+	+
`publish_pages`	+	+
`read_private_pages`	+	+
`read_private_posts`	+	+
`unfiltered_html`	+	+
`activate_plugins`	+
`create_users`	+
`delete_plugins`	+
`delete_themes`	+
`delete_users`	+
`edit_dashboard`	+
`edit_files`	+
`edit_plugins`	+
`edit_theme_options`	+
`edit_themes`	+
`edit_users`	+
`export`	+
`import`	+
`install_plugins`	+
`install_themes`	+
`list_users`	+
`manage_options`	+
`promote_users`	+
`remove_users`	+
`switch_themes`	+
`unfiltered_upload`	+
`update_core`	+
`update_plugins`	+
`update_themes`	+