While many WordPress sites will be for an individual, you can create a Group Site by inviting others to collaborate with you and assign them access based on a Role. The site owner is the Administrator of the site and can assign rights.
Roles
A Role allows users to complete a set of tasks, called Capabilities. The Administrator role encompasses every possible task that can be performed within a WordPress site. On the other end of the spectrum, the role of Author only allows a small subset of tasks.
Best Practice
Only give your users the minimum role they need to accomplish their goals. While it may be tempting to give someone an administrator role, they can then do anything to the site including removing you.
Summary of Roles
- Administrator – Administrators manage the entire site. Administrators have access to all of the administration features including adding new users, changing the theme, modifying the menus, etc.
- Editor – Editors manage content. An editor can publish and manage pages and posts as well as manage other people’s pages and posts.
- Author – Authors can create and publish their own posts.
- Contributor – Contributors can write and manage their own posts but cannot publish posts. They can mark for review and an editor can publish for them.
- Subscriber-PrivateSite – This is a special role for Private Sites. They can read Private sites, but not write or publish posts or pages.
- Subscriber – Somebody who can read comments/comment/receive newsletters, etc. Cannot read Private sites.