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Subscriber

Subscriber is the least capable of the user roles in WordPress.

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By default, users that have the subscriber user role can do two things within the administration panel when logged in: edit their own profiles, and view the Dashboard – the front page of the administration panel.

Published May 23, 2018

Updated August 23, 2018

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