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title: Beaver Builder Capabilities
description: The Beaver Builder plugin is a flexible drag and drop page builder that works on the front end of your WordPress website. Whether you’re a beginner or a professional, you’re going to love taking control of your website. Stop writing…
url: "https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/beaver-builder-capabilities/"
updated: "2026-10-14"
category: WordPress Permissions / WordPress Plugins
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# Beaver Builder Capabilities

The Beaver Builder plugin is a flexible drag and drop page builder that works on the front end of your WordPress website. Whether you’re a beginner or a professional, you’re going to love taking control of your website. Stop writing HTML or wrestling with confusing shortcodes. With Beaver Builder, building beautiful, professional WordPress pages is as easy as dragging-and-dropping.

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## About [Beaver B](https://wordpress.org/plugins/beaver-builder-lite-version/)uilder Capabilities

The Beaver Builder plugin use a core WordPress capability to control user access:

- [edit_posts](https://publishpress.com/links/edit_posts)

It will also be very helpful for users to have this other core WordPress capability. The [Beaver Builder documentation](https://docs.wpbeaverbuilder.com/beaver-builder/troubleshooting/common-issues/error-settings-not-saved/#the-disallow_unfiltered_html-setting-is-in-use) explains the importance of this capability.

- [unfiltered_html](https://publishpress.com/links/unfiltered_html)

If you want to give users access the Beaver Builder settings, you will need to give users this core WordPress capability:

- [manage_options](https://publishpress.com/links/manage_options)

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## How to Give Beaver Builder Capabilities to User Roles

If you use the [PublishPress Capabilities](https://publishpress.com/links/capabilities) plugin, you can choose which user roles have the [edit_posts](https://publishpress.com/links/edit_posts) capability.

- Go to the "Capabilities" screen and click the "Editing" tab. You will be able to grant this capability to a new user role.

![Beaver Builder plugin capabilities](https://publishpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/edit-posts-1024x502.png)

You can also use the [PublishPress Capabilities](https://publishpress.com/links/capabilities) plugin, go grant access to the [unfiltered_html](https://publishpress.com/links/unfiltered_html) and [manage_options](https://publishpress.com/links/manage_options) capabilities.

- Go to the "Capabilities" screen and click the "Admin" tab. You will be able to grant these capabilities to a new user role.

![Beaver Builder unfiltered_html and manage_options capabilities](https://publishpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/beaver-builder-role-capabilities-1024x555.png)

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## Helpful links for Beaver Builder Capabilities

- [The official Beaver Builder plugin page](https://wordpress.org/plugins/beaver-builder-lite-version/).
- [Beaver Builder user role documentation](https://docs.wpbeaverbuilder.com/beaver-builder/management-migration/control-user-access-by-role/).