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title: How Create WooCommerce Users Who Can Only View and Edit Products
description: "The [PublishPress Capabilities](https://publishpress.com/capabilities/) plugin is one of the most popular ways to control permissions for WooCommerce. One PublishPress user wrote to us and asked this question: > I'm using WooCommerce and want to create a role called \"Product Manager\" and…"
url: "https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/woocommerce-users-only-edit-products/"
updated: "2024-01-23"
category: "How-to Guides / WooCommerce"
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# How Create WooCommerce Users Who Can Only View and Edit Products

The [PublishPress Capabilities](https://publishpress.com/capabilities/) plugin is one of the most popular ways to control permissions for WooCommerce.

One PublishPress user wrote to us and asked this question:

> I'm using WooCommerce and want to create a role called "Product Manager" and the only thing I want this role to do is have access to Products.

This is possible with [PublishPress Capabilities](https://publishpress.com/links/capabilities). You can create a WordPress user who can access WooCommerce products, but nothing else

First, you will need to install WooCommerce and the [PublishPress Capabilities](https://publishpress.com/capabilities/) plugin.

- Go to "Capabilities" in your WordPress admin menu.
- Select the role in the top left corner. In this case I select Editor.

- Then, choose these capabilities

![](https://publishpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Product-editing-1024x579.png)
Edit Product Permissions

We're now going to add a new permission to give Product Managers access to the WordPress admin area. [Click here for more info on admin area access with WooCommerce](https://publishpress.com/blog/wordpress-admin-area-access-for-woocommerce-users/).

- Find the “view_admin_dashboard” capability in Woocommerce tab.

![](https://publishpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/view-admin-dashboard-1024x688.png)

- Select the “view admin dashboard” box.
- Click "Save Changes".

At this point, you can test the new user account: you could use [test user](https://publishpress.com/blog/capabilities/user-testing/) from [PublishPress Capabilities](https://publishpress.com/links/capabilities).

When your new user logs in, all they will see is the "Products" screen and the "Profile" area.

![Products Access](https://publishpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/products-access.png)
Products Access