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WordPress 5 Complete

You're reading from   WordPress 5 Complete Build beautiful and feature-rich websites from scratch

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789532012
Length 432 pages
Edition 7th Edition
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: WordPress FREE CHAPTER
2. Introducing WordPress 3. Getting Started with WordPress 4. Creating Blog Content 5. Pages, Media, and Importing/Exporting Content 6. Section 2: Customizing WordPress
7. Plugins - What They Are and Why You Need Them 8. Securing your WordPress Website 9. Choosing and Installing Themes 10. Customizing your Website Appearance/Design 11. Developing your Own Theme 12. Social Media Integration, Podcasting, and HTTPS 13. Developing Plugins, Widgets, and an Introduction to REST API 14. Section 3: Non-Blog Websites
15. Creating a Non-Blog Website Part One - The Basics 16. Creating a Non-Blog Website Part Two - E-Commerce Websites and Custom Content Elements 17. Other Books You May Enjoy

User roles and abilities

WordPress allows you to work with an unlimited number of user accounts on your website. Each user can be assigned one of five different roles. Let's look at these roles one at a time, starting with the most powerful one.

Administrator

When you installed WordPress, it automatically created a user with administrative powers for you. This role is called administrator, and every WordPress site must have at least one admin account (you will not be allowed to delete them all). As you have already seen in the earlier chapters, administrators can do everything.

The administrator's primary purpose is to manage everything about the website.

In general, you don't want to have a lot of administrators...

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