By default, there are five users roles in WordPress. Everyone with an account on your site will be placed into one of these five roles: Subscriber, Contributor, Author, Editor, Administrator.
It is possible to place users into multiple roles thanks to the PublishPress Capabilities plugin.
- Install the PublishPress Capabilities plugin.
- Go to Setting > Roles and make sure you enabled both settings.
- Go to the “Users” link in your WordPress admin menu.
- Either edit existing users or create new users.
- The “Role” field will now be able to accept more than one choice: