Member Role

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  sarahkenny18 · Member · Oct 4, 2018 at 4:07 pm

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  What happens if I change a subscriber to an author on a site? What functions will they gain or lose

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  yashitamittal · Member · Oct 5, 2018 at 7:03 am

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  Hi there,

  Here is an excerpt from the support document which lists the differences between the user roles.

  Followers do not have any editing privileges on your site whatsoever; they are simply people who have signed up to receive updates each time you publish a new post. The only thing they can do on your site is leave comments (if you have them enabled), though they do not have to be a Follower to do so.

  A subscriber is the same as follower on WordPress.com website.

  An Author can create, edit, publish, and delete only their own posts, as well as upload files and images. Authors do not have access to create, modify, or delete pages, nor can they modify posts by other users. Authors can edit comments made on their posts.

  https://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/