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General
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- How to Find the Latest Versions of PublishPress Plugins
- Changelogs for Free PublishPress Plugins
- Changelogs for PublishPress Authors
- Changelogs for PublishPress Blocks
- Changelogs for PublishPress Capabilities
- Changelogs for PublishPress Checklists
- Changelogs for PublishPress Future
- Changelogs for PublishPress Permissions
- Changelogs for PublishPress
- Changelogs for PublishPress Revisions
- Changelogs for PublishPress Series
- Changelogs for the PublishPress Theme
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PublishPress Authors
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PublishPress Blocks
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- Advanced Accordion Block
- Advanced Button Block
- Advanced Icon Block
- Advanced Image Block
- Advanced List Block
- Advanced Table Block
- Advanced Tabs Block
- Advanced Video Block
- Columns Manager Block
- Content Display Block
- Contact Form Block
- Countdown Block
- Count Up Block
- Images Slider Block
- Info Box Block
- Login / Register Form Block
- Map Block
- Newsletter Block
- Search Bar Block
- Social Links Block
- Summary Block
- Testimonial Block
- Woo Products Block
- Feature List block
- Pricing Table block
- Core Blocks
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PublishPress Capabilities
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- The Admin Menus Screen
- Control Access to WooCommerce Admin Menus
- Control Access to Contact Form 7 Admin Menus
- Control Access to Yoast SEO Admin Menus
- Control Access to Elementor Admin Menus
- Control Access to Jetpack Admin Menus
- Control Access to WPForms Admin Menus
- Control Access to The Events Calendar Admin Menus
- Control Access to Gravity Forms Admin Menus
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PublishPress Checklists
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- Number of characters in title
- Numbers of words in content
- Number of categories
- Number of tags or taxonomy terms
- Number of characters in excerpt
- Number of internal links in content
- Number of external links in content
- All links use a valid format
- ALT Text for all images
- Featured image
- Latin characters in permalink
- Approved by a user in this role
- Yoast SEO tasks
- WooCommerce product tasks
- Featured image height and width
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PublishPress Future
- Introduction to PublishPress Future
- Ways to Expire Posts
- Defaults for Post Types
- PublishPress Future Email Notifications
- Shortcodes to Show Expiration Date
- Automatic Footer Display for Expiry Dates
- Scheduling in PublishPress Future: Cron Jobs
- Technical Details for PublishPress Future
- Troubleshooting in PublishPress Future
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PublishPress
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- Getting Started With Notifications in PublishPress
- Understanding the PublishPress Notification Options
- Get PublishPress Notifications by Email or Slack
- How to Customize PublishPress Notifications With Shortcodes
- How to Use Reminder Notifications
- Notify Me: How to Manually Add Yourself to Notifications
- The PublishPress Notifications Log
- Hooks and Filters for Notifications
- Troubleshooting Email Notifications in PublishPress
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PublishPress Permissions
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- Control Access to Custom Post Types
- Control Viewing Access to Specific Categories
- Allow Editing of Specific Pages
- Force Users to Create Posts in a Category or Parent Page
- Block Users from Seeing Non-Editable Posts
- Control Viewing Permissions for WordPress Content
- Control Editing Permissions for WordPress Content
- Block Access to WordPress Category and Tag Archives
- Configure Who Can See Other People's Posts
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- Developer Information for Permission Groups
- PublishPress Permissions Database Tables and Settings
- pp_create_group()
- pp_delete_group()
- pp_get_group()
- pp_get_group_by_name()
- pp_get_metagroup
- pp_get_groups()
- pp_get_group_members()
- pp_get_groups_for_user()
- pp_add_group_user()
- pp_remove_group_user()
- pp_update_group_user()
- ppc_get_roles()
- ppc_assign_roles()
- ppc_get_exceptions()
- ppc_assign_exceptions()
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PublishPress Revisions
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- Does My Plugin Support PublishPress Revisions?
- A List of Some Plugins Supported by PublishPress Revisions
- PublishPress Revisions Pro and The Events Calendar
- PublishPress Revisions Pro and WooCommerce
- PublishPress Revisions Pro and Advanced Custom Fields
- PublishPress Revisions Pro and WPML
- PublishPress Revisions Pro and Custom Post Type UI
- PublishPress Revisions Pro and Yoast SEO
- PublishPress Revisions Pro and the PODS Framework
- Submit and Moderate Revisions with the Divi Theme
- Create Revisions Using an API
- PublishPress Revisions Pro and Elementor
- PublishPress Revisions Pro and Beaver Builder
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PublishPress Series
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PublishPress Theme
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How-to Guides
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- A WordPress Editorial Workflow for Writing, Reviewing and Publishing
- A WordPress Workflow for Editing and Reviewing
- Create a Workflow for University Departments in WordPress with PublishPress
- Create a Multi-Step Workflow in WordPress
- How to Create a Publishing Workflow for Authors in WordPress
- How to Get 2 People to Approve Content in WordPress
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- How to Allow WordPress Admin Area Access for WooCommerce Users
- How to Manage Permissions for WooCommerce Products
- Allow WooCommerce Users to Edit Only One Product
- How to Approve and Schedule Changes to WooCommerce Products
- WooCommerce Users Can Edit Products Only in Some Categories
- How Create WooCommerce Users Who Can Only View and Edit Products
- How to Create and Schedule Revisions for WooCommerce Products
- How to Control Who Can Duplicate WooCommerce Products
- Create WooCommerce Users Who Can Only View Reports
- How to Control Who Can Access WooCommerce Coupons
- How to Create WooCommerce Users Who Can Only View and Edit Orders
- How to Manage Permissions for WooCommerce Orders
- How to Control Permissions for WooCommerce Refunds
- How to Create Checklists with WooCommerce
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WordPress Permissions
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- activate_plugins
- add_users
- create_users
- delete_others_pages
- delete_others_posts
- delete_pages
- delete_posts
- delete_plugins
- delete_private_pages
- delete_private_posts
- delete_published_pages
- delete_published_posts
- delete_themes
- delete_users
- edit_dashboard
- edit_others_pages
- edit_others_posts
- edit_pages
- edit_plugins
- edit_posts
- edit_private_pages
- edit_private_posts
- edit_published_pages
- edit_published_posts
- edit_theme_options
- edit_themes
- edit_users
- erase_others_personal_data
- export
- export_others_personal_data
- import
- install_plugins
- install_themes
- list_users
- manage_categories
- manage_links
- manage_options
- manage_privacy_options
- moderate_comments
- promote_users
- read
- read_private_pages
- read_private_posts
- remove_users
- switch_themes
- unfiltered_html
- unfiltered_upload
- update_core
- update_plugins
- update_themes
- upload_files
Subscriber
What Permissions do Subscribers Have in WordPress?
The “Subscriber” role is one of the default user roles in WordPress, alongside “Contributor”, “Author”, “Editor” and “Administrator”.
Subscribers are at the bottom of the permissions ladder in WordPress. They have very few permissions.
Here's a rundown of what Subscribers can do on a default WordPress site:
- Read posts
- Write comments
That's really about it! Subscribers can log in to the admin area of a WordPress site, but this image shows all they can see. They are able to edit their profile, but that's it.

If Subscribers try to access any other admin pages, they'll see this message: “Sorry, you are now allowed to access this page.”

This next image shows a chart taken from the WordPress Explained book which shows how Subscribers fit in alongside other WordPress user roles.

Can You Change the Subscriber Permissions?
Yes, you can give the Subscribers more permissions than they have with a default WordPress installation.
The PublishPress Capabilities plugin is an excellent way to view and change the permissions for each user role.
This next image shows the permissions available to Subscribers for Posts and Pages. Notice that Subscribers are not allowed to do anything!

If you do want to give Subscribers a small boost in permissions, consider giving them the Edit Posts permission. This allows them to write (although not publish) Posts and upload Media.
If you're interested in the technical details, read this guide to where users and permissions are stored in the WordPress database.
How Does PublishPress Work With Subscribers?
PublishPress has a ton of different features available to improve the experience for WordPress users.
The key to everything for Subscribers is PublishPress Capabilities. This allows you to increase the permissions for the Subscribers so they are allowed to create content.
- You can create publishing workflows for Subscribers, including automatic notifications.
- You can set up a pre-publishing checklist so Subscribers know exactly what to include in each post.