Roles and Capabilities - WordPress

The following WordPress roles and privileges pertain only to sites using sites.evergreen.edu. Users at blogs.evergreen.edu have standard WordPress roles and capabilities.

Manual Roles

Roles for manual interaction. These roles are not handled by the automatic enrollment translator service.

• student (Student)
  • default subscriber capabilities
  • added capability: read_private_posts
  • added capability: read_private_pages
• student_contributor (Student Contributor)
  • default contributor capabilities
  • added capability: read_private_posts
  • added capability: read_private_pages
• student_author (Student Author)
  • default author capabilities
  • added capability: read_private_posts
  • added capability: read_private_pages
• student_editor (Student Editor)
  • default editor capabilities
  • added capability: read_private_posts
  • added capability: read_private_pages
• student_ta (Student TA)
  • default admininistrator capabilities
  • removed capability: promote_user
• faculty (Faculty)
  • default admininstrator capabilities
  • removed capability: promote_user

Automated Roles

Roles for automation. These roles are automatically assigned by the enrollment translator service.

• auto_student (Student (Auto))
  • default subscriber capabilities
  • added capability: read_private_posts
  • added capability: read_private_pages
• auto_student_contributor (Student Contributor (Auto))
  • default contributor capabilities
  • added capability: read_private_posts
  • added capability: read_private_pages
• auto_student_author (Student Author (Auto))
  • default author capabilities
  • added capability: read_private_posts
  • added capability: read_private_pages
• auto_student_editor (Student Editor (Auto))
  • default editor capabilities
  • added capability: read_private_posts
  • added capability: read_private_pages
• auto_faculty (Faculty (Auto))
  • default admininstrator capabilities
  • removed capability: promote_user