{"id":19442,"date":"2018-06-18T16:41:39","date_gmt":"2018-06-18T21:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/?p=19442"},"modified":"2019-07-26T15:29:37","modified_gmt":"2019-07-26T20:29:37","slug":"wordpress-user-roles-improve-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wordpress-user-roles-improve-security\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Use WordPress User Roles To Improve Security"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/how-to-use-wordpress-user-roles-to-improve-security.png\" alt=\"how to use wordpress user roles to improve security\" width=\"1200\" height=\"629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/how-to-use-wordpress-user-roles-to-improve-security.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/how-to-use-wordpress-user-roles-to-improve-security-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/how-to-use-wordpress-user-roles-to-improve-security-768x403.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/how-to-use-wordpress-user-roles-to-improve-security-1024x537.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>How To Use WordPress User Roles To Improve Security<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019re just a single person running your site, then you probably haven\u2019t thought twice about <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WordPress user roles<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. However, if you ever want to give someone else access to your site, now or into the future, then knowing how to use these is paramount.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Essentially, with user roles, you can give people access to certain areas of your site. With this, you only give them access to the portions of the site they require to do their work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Below you\u2019ll learn what WordPress user roles are, why they\u2019re important, and how using them alongside your supportive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/web-hosting\">web hosting service<\/a> can help to improve your site\u2019s security.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/managed-wordpress-hosting\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18313\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Wordpress.png\" alt=\"best WordPress hosting\" width=\"470\" height=\"60\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Wordpress.png 470w, https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Wordpress-300x38.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>What are WordPress User Roles?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/top-10-reasons-to-power-your-website-with-wordpress\/\">WordPress<\/a> is equipped with a role management system that allows you to specify what users can and can\u2019t do on your website. As your site grows knowing how to use WordPress user roles is absolutely invaluable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each role can be specified based on certain capacities. For example, you can give one user the role to publish a post, while you can give another a role to update your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/3-security-plugins-for-wordpress-to-keep-your-blog-safe\/\">WordPress security plugins<\/a> and themes. In total there are six default user roles you can use.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>1. The Administrator Role<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You\u2019re probably already familiar with the <strong>administrator role<\/strong>. It\u2019s the role you\u2019ve been assigned when you created your site. Usually, there is only one administrator role and it has access to everything related to your site. They can even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/website-safety-check-guide\/\">conduct a website safety check<\/a> to ensure the site is free of any malicious malware or viruses.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This role is very powerful and you should rarely give anyone this high-level access to your website. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>2. The Super Admin Role<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is a user role that\u2019s technically one step higher than the admin role and it\u2019s called the <strong>super admin role<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The super admin role only applies when you have a network of connected WordPress sites using the WordPress multisite installation. This role is responsible for the entire network of sites and has the same privileges and permissions as an admin, but it extends out across the entire network of sites.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you have a super admin role, then the role of the admin is diminished and you can no longer modify or install plugins and themes, or change user information. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>3. The Editor Role<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <strong>editor role<\/strong> has pretty high-level access to your site. This role is responsible for content management, so they\u2019ll be able to do things like creating and editing pages and posts. Along with moderating comments and changing categories.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They won\u2019t have access to plugins or themes, but everything related to publishing content is under their jurisdiction and capabilities. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>4. The Author Role<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <strong>author role<\/strong> is responsible for creating content. They\u2019ll be able to create, edit, and publish posts, but that\u2019s about it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They won\u2019t have access to any pages and will have no level of administrative access. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>5. The Contributor Role<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <strong>contributor role<\/strong>\u00a0has even less access than the author role. With this role, they\u2019ll be able to read the posts on the site, plus edit and delete their posts. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This role doesn\u2019t allow post publishing or the uploading of media files.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>6. The Subscriber Role<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <strong>subscriber role<\/strong> is commonly used for subscription-based sites. Subscribers usually have access to a stripped down WordPress dashboard where they\u2019ll be able to manage their own profiles. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This role is useful if you want users to sign up to gain access to certain content. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Why User Roles Matter<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When your site grows and you have multiple people working in the backend of your site, you need a way to manage these users without getting overwhelmed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">User roles are important for two reasons:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. They can simplify your workflow.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you have a developer who maintains your plugin functions and themes, a team of writers, and an editor you can assign them specific roles based upon the job they\u2019re doing. This will make their jobs easier and prevent them from accessing parts of the site not related to their work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. They make your site more secure.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>By defining user roles you\u2019re giving people access to limited portions of your site. The last thing you want is an untrusted user installing plugins, or themes, or modifying your existing code.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>How to Use WordPress User Roles to Improve Security<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By assigning different users roles based upon how they\u2019ll be using your site, you will help ensure your site&#8217;s overall security. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you give every single site user an admin role you essentially give them full access to your site. Even though you might trust the person you\u2019re assigning an admin role to there are things that can still compromise the security for your site.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, they could be using a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/setting-secure-password-remember\/\">password that isn&#8217;t very secure<\/a>. In that case, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/3-easy-steps-that-protect-your-website-from-hackers\/\">if the password is hacked<\/a> then whoever is doing the hacking will have a full range of your site. However, if you\u2019ve assigned them a specified user role (such as author or contributor) the damage the hacker will be able to do is minimal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You also never know if another person\u2019s computer is infected. They might not even know, but their computer could have malware or another virus installed. If you give them admin access, instead of a defined user role, this puts your site at risk. In these specific cases, it is also critical that your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/small-business-using-virus-removal-tool\/\">virus removal tool<\/a> runs routine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/benefits-using-website-security-checker\/\">website security check<\/a>s as well.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Overall, by specifying user roles you end up improving the security of your site and help to safeguard it against any user errors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hopefully, you see the advantages of utilizing WordPress user roles as your site grows. It\u2019ll not only improve your overall workflow but will improve your security in the process.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How To Use WordPress User Roles To Improve Security If you\u2019re just a single person running your site, then you&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[134],"class_list":["post-19442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-web-and-hosting-tips","tag-next-level-wordpress"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.2 (Yoast SEO v23.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How To Use WordPress User Roles To Improve Security - HostGator<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Understand the different WP user roles and how you can use them to improve your website security.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wordpress-user-roles-improve-security\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How To Use WordPress User Roles To Improve Security\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Understand the different WP user roles and how you can use them to improve your website security.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wordpress-user-roles-improve-security\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"HostGator\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HostGator\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-06-18T21:41:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-07-26T20:29:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/how-to-use-wordpress-user-roles-to-improve-security.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kevin Wood\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@HostGator\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@HostGator\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kevin Wood\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wordpress-user-roles-improve-security\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wordpress-user-roles-improve-security\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Kevin Wood\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/85675aae4bde46f0f85654ce61827f5a\"},\"headline\":\"How To Use WordPress User Roles To Improve Security\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-06-18T21:41:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-07-26T20:29:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wordpress-user-roles-improve-security\/\"},\"wordCount\":1004,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wordpress-user-roles-improve-security\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/how-to-use-wordpress-user-roles-to-improve-security.png\",\"keywords\":[\"Next Level WordPress\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Web Hosting Tips\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wordpress-user-roles-improve-security\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wordpress-user-roles-improve-security\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wordpress-user-roles-improve-security\/\",\"name\":\"How To Use WordPress User Roles To Improve Security - 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