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
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
Edit Entry
Whether or not the current user can edit an entry unmoderated.
Default roles assigned this capability are:
- Administrator
- Editor
- Author
Important
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
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.