Each blog site offers a series of user levels that determine what tasks can be completed. This document outlines the specific role levels and capabilities for each role.
Subscriber:
- Read posts
Contributor:
- All of subscriber capabilities
- Edit own posts
- Delete own posts
- Write posts (must be moderated)
Author:
- All of contributor capabilities
- Publish posts
- Upload files
- Edit published posts
- Delete published posts
Editor:
- All of author capabilities
- Create / edit / delete private pages & posts
- Create / edit / delete pages
- Edit / delete all posts
- Moderate comments
- Manage categories
- Manage links
- Use unfiltered HTML
Administrator:
- All of editor capabilities
- Edit dashboard
- Change themes
- Update theme settings
- Activate plugins
- Change site settings
- Edit uploaded files
- Import / export site
- Edit site users
For a more technical description of the user roles and capabilities in WordPress, visit the WordPress Codex.