Authors
Roles
Authors can have various roles that allow you, the Owner, to decide on their level of engagement.
Admin
The Admin role has permission to access every area besides Payments and Newsletter Credits.
Editor
The Editor role has permission to access every area besides Settings and Payments. They can send out Newsletters. However, they cannot remove subscribers or purchase Newsletter Credits.
Writer
The Writer role has permission to access only Posts and Categories—their own and others.
Contributor
The contributor role can access only Posts they have created.
Role | Settings | Authors | Newsletter | Posts | Categories | Pages |
Admin | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Editor | 👤 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
Writer | 👤 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ||
Contributor | 👤 | ✏️ |
👤 = can only view and edit their own author profile
✏️ = can only view and edit their own posts
Additional notes
Admin: Can invite and remove authors and transfer posts between them.
Writer: Can create categories but cannot delete them.
Contributor: Cannot — publish, unpublish, delete a post, or access "Post Settings"
Newsletters: Only Admin and Editor can send out Newsletters.
Trash: Only Admin has access to the Trash.