{"id":1953461,"date":"2022-06-29T08:42:38","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T12:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.theeventscalendar.com\/knowledgebase\/?post_type=tribe-knowledgebase&#038;p=1953461"},"modified":"2022-06-29T09:21:56","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T13:21:56","slug":"roles-and-permissions-with-the-events-calendar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.theeventscalendar.com\/knowledgebase\/roles-and-permissions-with-the-events-calendar\/","title":{"rendered":"Roles and Permissions with The Events Calendar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With WordPress, you can define the roles and permissions assigned to your users in order to give them certain capabilities. These roles and permissions also apply to <a href=\"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/products\/wordpress-events-calendar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Events Calendar and Events Calendar Pro<\/a>. As the site owner, you can control what users can and cannot do with your events, using WordPress&#8217;s built-in <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#roles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">user roles<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ll show you the available roles and how they apply to your event capabilities for your users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-roles-and-permissions\">Roles and permissions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-super-admin\">Super Admin<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This role only applies to <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.theeventscalendar.com\/knowledgebase\/k\/licenses-for-multisites\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">multi-site installations<\/a> and encompasses all of the capabilities possible with WordPress. This includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#create_sites\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">create_sites<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#delete_sites\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">delete_sites<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#manage_network\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">manage_network<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#manage_sites\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">manage_sites<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#manage_network_users\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">manage_network_users<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#manage_network_plugins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">manage_network_plugins<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#manage_network_themes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">manage_network_themes<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#manage_network_options\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">manage_network_options<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#upgrade_network\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">upgrade_network<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#setup_network\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">setup_network<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-administrators\">Administrators<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The capabilities of Administrators differ between single site and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/glossary\/#multisite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Multisite<\/a>&nbsp;WordPress installations. All administrators have the following capabilities:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#activate_plugins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">activate_plugins<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#delete_others_pages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">delete_others_pages<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#delete_others_posts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">delete_others_posts<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#delete_pages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">delete_pages<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#delete_posts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">delete_posts<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#delete_private_pages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">delete_private_pages<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#delete_private_posts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">delete_private_posts<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#delete_published_pages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">delete_published_pages<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#delete_published_posts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">delete_published_posts<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#edit_dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">edit_dashboard<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#edit_others_pages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">edit_others_pages<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#edit_others_posts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">edit_others_posts<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#edit_pages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">edit_pages<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#edit_posts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">edit_posts<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#edit_private_pages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">edit_private_pages<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#edit_private_posts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">edit_private_posts<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#edit_published_pages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">edit_published_pages<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#edit_published_posts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">edit_published_posts<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#edit_theme_options\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">edit_theme_options<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#export\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">export<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#import\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">import<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#list_users\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">list_users<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#manage_categories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">manage_categories<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#manage_links\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">manage_links<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#manage_options\">manage_options<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#moderate_comments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">moderate_comments<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#promote_users\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">promote_users<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#publish_pages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">publish_pages<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#publish_posts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">publish_posts<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#read_private_pages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">read_private_pages<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#read_private_posts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">read_private_posts<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#read\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">read<\/a><\/li><li>create Reusable Blocks<\/li><li>edit Reusable Blocks<\/li><li>read Reusable Blocks<\/li><li>delete Reusable Blocks<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#remove_users\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">remove_users<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#switch_themes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">switch_themes<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#upload_files\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">upload_files<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#customize\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">customize<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#delete_site\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">delete_site<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For single-site installations, Admins also have the following capabilities:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#update_core\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">update_core<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#update_plugins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">update_plugins<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#update_themes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">update_themes<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#install_plugins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">install_plugins<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#install_themes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">install_themes<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#delete_themes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">delete_themes<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#delete_plugins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">delete_plugins<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#edit_plugins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">edit_plugins<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#edit_themes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">edit_themes<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#edit_files\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">edit_files<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#edit_users\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">edit_users<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#add_users\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">add_users<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#create_users\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">create_users<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#delete_users\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">delete_users<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#unfiltered_html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">unfiltered_html<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s worth noting that all of the above capabilities apply to events as well. So Administrators can add their own events, as well as edit and delete all events on the site itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-editor\">Editor<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>An editor user role can modify, read, and delete other post types (like events). Though the editor role is limited for other post types, they can add new events as well by default. The limitations of the Editor role include not being able to add, update, and delete plugins and themes or manage other users. This is the full list of WordPress capabilities for the Editor role:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#delete_others_pages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">delete_others_pages<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#delete_others_posts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">delete_others_posts<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#delete_pages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">delete_pages<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#delete_posts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">delete_posts<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#delete_private_pages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">delete_private_pages<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#delete_private_posts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">delete_private_posts<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#delete_published_pages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">delete_published_pages<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#delete_published_posts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">delete_published_posts<\/a><\/li><li>delete Reusable Blocks<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#edit_others_pages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">edit_others_pages<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#edit_others_posts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">edit_others_posts<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#edit_pages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">edit_pages<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#edit_posts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">edit_posts<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#edit_private_pages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">edit_private_pages<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#edit_private_posts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">edit_private_posts<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#edit_published_pages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">edit_published_pages<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#edit_published_posts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">edit_published_posts<\/a><\/li><li>create Reusable Blocks<\/li><li>edit Reusable Blocks<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#manage_categories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">manage_categories<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#manage_links\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">manage_links<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#moderate_comments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">moderate_comments<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#publish_pages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">publish_pages<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#publish_posts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">publish_posts<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#read\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">read<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#read_private_pages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">read_private_pages<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#read_private_posts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">read_private_posts<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#unfiltered_html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">unfiltered_html<\/a>&nbsp;(not with Multisite)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#upload_files\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">upload_files<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-author\">Author<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Authors can add new events, but cannot modify or delete events other users&#8217; events. They also do not have access to Event Settings. This is a great option if you&#8217;d like to let users add new events from the WordPress backend, without giving them other capabilities. When it comes to WordPress in general, these are the capabilities:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#delete_posts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">delete_posts<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#delete_published_posts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">delete_published_posts<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#edit_posts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">edit_posts<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#edit_published_posts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">edit_published_posts<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#publish_posts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">publish_posts<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#read\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">read<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#upload_files\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">upload_files<\/a><\/li><li>create Reusable Blocks<\/li><li>read Reusable Blocks<\/li><li>edit Reusable Blocks (own)<\/li><li>delete Reusable Blocks (own)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-contributor\">Contributor<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Contributors can create new events and submit them for review with an Editor or above role. This differs from the Author role, since they can publish their own events without review. Here is the complete list of WordPress capabilities:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#delete_posts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">delete_posts<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#edit_posts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">edit_posts<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#read\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">read<\/a><\/li><li>read Reusable Blocks<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-subscriber\">Subscriber<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Subscribers can only read and view events. They cannot add, edit, or delete events. When it comes to WordPress, the only capability is <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/roles-and-capabilities\/#read\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">read<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Editing user roles and capabilities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Lastly, you can customize user roles to contain the capabilities that you&#8217;re looking for. The best way to do this is with a <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/members\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">third-party plugin<\/a>. Learn more about how to customize user roles in our <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.theeventscalendar.com\/knowledgebase\/k\/admin-roles-and-permissions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Knowledgebase article<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With WordPress, you can define the roles and permissions assigned to your users in order to give them certain capabilities. These roles and permissions also apply to The Events Calendar and Events Calendar Pro. 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