WordPress sites display an admin toolbar for all logged-in users. This is visible on the frontend of your site and also in the WordPress admin area. This toolbar contains shortcuts to key features in WordPress. A user in the Subscriber role will only see a few features. A user in the Administrator role may see…
Did you know that every user role in WordPress has a level from 0 to 10? These levels are rarely visible in the WordPress admin area, but they have an important impact on how your site works. The very lowest user role level is given to the Subscriber role and that has a value of…
Several of our PublishPress plugins allow you to control what users can do on your WordPress site. These plugins allow you to change user permissions via the WordPress admin area. However, there’s a lot going on behind the scenes. PublishPress customers often have questions from users about WordPress permissions and where they are stored in…
This week, one PublishPress user asked us about an interesting WordPress problem. They could not see the “Author” dropdown option when they were writing posts. This screenshot below shows how the Author dropdown normally appears: