Roles

Roles and Capabilities

The roles will be the WordPress predefined roles plus any custom roles other plugins may have registered with WordPress. More information on WordPress Roles and Capabilities can be found in the Codex.

Capabilities

 The following capabilities are registered by Connections with WordPress in order to allow you to control which user roles have which capabilities within Connections.

View Admin Menu

Whether or not the current user can view the admin menu.

Default roles assigned this capability are:

  • Administrator
  • Editor
  • Author

View Dashboard

Whether or not the current user can view the Dashboard admin page.

Default roles assigned this capability are:

  • Administrator
  • Editor
  • Author

Requires the following capabilities:

View List (Manage)

Whether or not the current user can view the Manage admin page.

Default roles assigned this capability are:

  • Administrator
  • Editor
  • Author

Requires the following capabilities:

Add Entry

Whether or not the current user can add an entry unmoderated.

Default roles assigned this capability are:

  • Administrator
  • Editor
  • Author

Important

A role should have either the Add Entry capability OR the Add Entry Moderated capability, not both.

Add Entry Moderated

Whether or not the current user can add an entry that must be moderated by a user which has the Add Entry capability.

Default roles assigned this capability are:

  • Administrator
  • Editor
  • Author

Important

A role should have either the Add Entry capability OR the Add Entry Moderated capability, not both.

Edit Entry

Whether or not the current user can edit an entry unmoderated.

Default roles assigned this capability are:

  • Administrator
  • Editor
  • Author

Important

A role should have either the Edit Entry capability OR the Edit Entry Moderated capability, not both.

Edit Entry Moderated

Whether or not the current user can edit an entry. The edit will require moderation by a user with the Edit Entry capability.

Default roles assigned this capability are:

  • Administrator
  • Editor
  • Author

Important

A role should have either the Edit Entry capability OR the Edit Entry Moderated capability, not both.

Delete Entry

Whether or not the current user can delete an entry.

Default roles assigned this capability are:

  • Administrator
  • Editor
  • Author

Requires the following capabilities because presently the only way to delete an entry in the directory is from the Manage admin page.

View Public Entries

This capability will only be an option if the directory has been set to require login before it can be viewed by the user. If the directory does not require the user to login before being viewed, then the WordPress Subscriber role will have this capability.

Default roles assigned this capability are:

  • Administrator
  • Editor
  • Author
  • Contributor
  • Subscriber

View Private Entries

Whether or not the current user can view entries with a visibility status of Private.

Default roles assigned this capability are:

  • Administrator
  • Editor
  • Author

View Unlisted Entries

Whether or not the current user can view entries with a visibility status of Unlisted.

Default roles assigned this capability are:

  • Administrator
  • Editor
  • Author

Edit Categories

Whether or not the current user can view the Categories admin page. If the current user has this capability, they will also be able to add and edit categories.

Default roles assigned this capability are:

  • Administrator
  • Editor
  • Author

Requires the following capabilities:

Change Settings

Whether or not the current user can view the Settings admin page. If the current user has this capability, they will also be able to change the settings.

Default roles assigned this capability are:

  • Administrator
  • Editor
  • Author

Requires the following capabilities:

Manage Templates

Whether or not the current user can view the Templates admin page. If the current user has this capability, they will also be able to manage the templates.

Default roles assigned this capability are:

  • Administrator
  • Editor
  • Author

Requires the following capabilities:

Change Role Capabilities

Whether or not the current user can view the Roles admin page. If the current user has this capability, they will also be able to manage the role capability settings.

Default roles assigned this capability are:

  • Administrator
  • Editor
  • Author

Requires the following capabilities:

Reset Capabilities

Enabling this option and then clicking the Update button will cause the role in which this option was selected to have their capabilities reset to their defaults.