Title: Change User Permissions Without Plugin
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Change User Permissions Without Plugin

 *  [saptree](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saptree/)
 * (@saptree)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-user-permissions-without-plugin/)
 * Hi,
 * My WP installation only has a small number of users. There is only one administrator
   and the others are all contributors whose permissions I like to change permanently.
   I know there are plugins to do that, but installing a plugin is an overkill for
   my purpose. I just like to change once and forget about it. How can I change 
   a user permissions without using any plugin? Thanks for any advice!

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 *  [Dynamic Design Firm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dynamic-design-firm/)
 * (@dynamic-design-firm)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-user-permissions-without-plugin/#post-4435684)
 * If all that you’d like to do is change your websites user permissions WordPress
   has that built in. Were you wanting something else?
 *  [Pioneer Web Design](https://wordpress.org/support/users/swansonphotos/)
 * (@swansonphotos)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-user-permissions-without-plugin/#post-4435686)
 * Admin Dashboard>Users>All Users>click on a username>Edit the role.
 * Note: Granting folks, **without an exceptional reason to do so**, a role greater
   _than required_ is not a good idea. Why? They can post _spam links, adult images_,
   etc.
 * This has nothing to do with you personally or your allowed users. It is just 
   a note of _what can happen when we let just anyone post and edit a site_.
 * Of course, basic information such as this is always found at the Codex:
 * [https://codex.wordpress.org/Users_Screen](https://codex.wordpress.org/Users_Screen)
 *  Thread Starter [saptree](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saptree/)
 * (@saptree)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-user-permissions-without-plugin/#post-4435687)
 * Thanks for the prompt reply. Sorry I didn’t make myself clear. I like to have
   more granular control over the user permissions. I understand that the admin 
   dashboard only allows me to set roles but does not allow me to change the permissions
   within each role. In fact, I like to limit the permissions further, not to expand
   them. Thanks.
 *  Moderator [cubecolour](https://wordpress.org/support/users/numeeja/)
 * (@numeeja)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-user-permissions-without-plugin/#post-4435690)
 * Installing Justin Tadlock’s [members](http://wordpress.org/plugins/members/) 
   plugin & directly selecting the capabilities for the role as required would be
   my first choice for the best way to achieve this. However if you want to roll
   your own solution, you would use the remove_cap function: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/remove_cap](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/remove_cap)
 *  Thread Starter [saptree](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saptree/)
 * (@saptree)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-user-permissions-without-plugin/#post-4435696)
 * Thank you @cubecolour. This is what I need. Cheers.
 *  [Pioneer Web Design](https://wordpress.org/support/users/swansonphotos/)
 * (@swansonphotos)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-user-permissions-without-plugin/#post-4435697)
 * > This is what I need.
 * There were two options..Which was ‘what you need’.?

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## Tags

 * [permissions](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/permissions/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 6 replies
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 * Last reply from: [Pioneer Web Design](https://wordpress.org/support/users/swansonphotos/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-user-permissions-without-plugin/#post-4435697)
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