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How To Change User Role Capabilities

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Are you looking for a way to change user role capabilities? This snippet will let you change user role capabilities in order to create your own customized user roles.

Instructions:

All you have to do is add this code to your theme’s functions.php file or in a site-specific plugin.

IMPORTANT: Capabilities are stored in the database, so if you want to give a capability back to a role after deleting it, you have to use and run the add_cap() function.

<?php
# Get the user role #
$edit_contributor = get_role('contributor');
# Contributor can upload media #
$edit_contributor->add_cap('upload_files');
# Contributor can no longer delete posts #
$edit_contributor->remove_cap('delete_posts');
?>

For more information about roles and capabilities, check out the WordPress Codex.

Note: If this is your first time adding code snippets in WordPress, then please refer to our guide on how to properly copy / paste code snippets in WordPress, so you don’t accidentally break your site.

If you liked this code snippet, please consider checking out our other articles on the site like: How to Create a Custom User Registration Form in WordPress.

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  1. i tried this not working i need to list user based on the login

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