The WordPress User Roles

Whenever you add new users, you have to assign them a role. Different roles do do different things! I made a small table below for you:

Administrator – These have complete control over your blog, from deleting it – to editing it’s CSS.
Editor – These are able to create, edit, and delete and post/page.
Author - These can only edit, manage, and delete their own posts only – as well as make new ones.
Contributor – All these can do is edit their own posts. After they submit a new post, the admin must approve it before it shows up on the blog. After it’s been approved, they can’t edit it anymore.

WARNING!
Be very careful who you make different roles. An Admin can turn around and delete every single post you have. Choose wisely!

For more detailed information, please see the following support docs:

http://en.support.wordpress.com/topic/users/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/

Thanks,
wpadvanced.

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