Administrator

Administrators have full power over the site and can do practically everything. They have complete control over posts, pages, uploaded files, comments, settings, themes, imports, users – the whole shebang – including activating already installed plugins. (Site Administrators cannot install new plugins, though.) Administrators can even delete the entire site, which is why we recommend having only one administrator per site.

Editor Plus

Editors Plus can do most of the things an Administrator can with regard to the management of themes, widgets, menus, and other customization tools. Editors Plus cannot, however, manage users or delete the site. Editor Plus is a good role for someone who is administering a site on behalf of someone else.

Editor

Editors can create, edit, publish, and delete any post or page (not just their own), as well as moderate comments and manage categories, tags and links.

Page Author

Page Authors can create, edit, publish and delete their own pages and posts. They cannot modify other users’ content.

Author

Authors can create, edit, publish and delete only their own posts. Authors do not have access to create, modify or delete pages, nor can they modify posts by others.

Contributor

Contributors can create, edit and delete their own posts, but cannot publish them. (A site Administrator must approve a Contributor’s post before it is published.)

Subscriber

A Subscriber can read posts, even on a site that might otherwise not be open to the public.