Title: Contributor role cant remove post
Last modified: June 26, 2021

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# Contributor role cant remove post

 *  [pend00](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pend00/)
 * (@pend00)
 * [4 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/contributor-role-cant-remove-post/)
 * I have a site where users can create accounts and upload posts (it’s a custom
   post type, not the wp standard post type). Currently, I have a problem with users
   not being able to delete their own posts. Users can click a link to delete a 
   post, I’m using `get_delete_post_link( get_the_ID() );` to do this. However, 
   this only works for Admin roles. New users on the site get the Contributor role
   by default.
 * I have the “Members” plugin and have checked for the Contributor role:
    – Edit
   posts – Delete posts – Publish posts – Delete private posts – Delete published
   posts – Edit private posts – Edit published posts
 * I have also tried to give these rights through code and then specified the custom
   post type, but it’s the same result.
 * What am I doing wrong? My understanding is that I should be able to give Contributors
   the right to remove their own posts.
 * Thank you!

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 *  [Samuel O.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpcoworker/)
 * (@wpcoworker)
 * [4 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/contributor-role-cant-remove-post/#post-14598882)
 * Your roles & privileges might have got corrupt. You may want to reset the roles
   to default first and then refresh the backend and see if that works.
 * To reset roles you can either try `wp role reset --all` command but if you don’t
   know much about that then you can try this [plugin to reset the roles](https://wordpress.org/plugins/reset-roles-and-capabilities/).
    -  This reply was modified 4 years, 10 months ago by [Samuel O.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpcoworker/).
 *  Moderator [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * (@bcworkz)
 * [4 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/contributor-role-cant-remove-post/#post-14598910)
 * Are you sure the post type was registered to use “*_posts” capabilities? It’s
   possible for post types to require their own unique capabilities like “delete_my-
   cpts”, etc.
 *  Thread Starter [pend00](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pend00/)
 * (@pend00)
 * [4 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/contributor-role-cant-remove-post/#post-14598955)
 * [@bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/) I’ve made my custom 
   post types with the Pods plugin. In the Pods settings for that custom post type,
   it was set to use Posts capabilities. I’ve changed it to have its own custom 
   post type capabilities and selected the appropriate ones in Members, but it still
   doesn’t work.
 * [@wpcoworker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpcoworker/) I will try and
   see if that works. What will the outcome be? That the Contributor role will lose
   all capabilities or does it go deeper than that?
 * Thank you for your replies.
 *  Thread Starter [pend00](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pend00/)
 * (@pend00)
 * [4 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/contributor-role-cant-remove-post/#post-14599051)
 * If I give Contributors the right to “Manage Options” it works. What do Manage
   Options do? Would it be a risk to allow site users to have that right? I’m hiding
   the Dashboard menu bar at the top and they are not allowed to edit the dashboard.
 *  Moderator [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * (@bcworkz)
 * [4 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/contributor-role-cant-remove-post/#post-14600326)
 * I’d advise against allowing option management. It would give them access to all
   admin settings through the backend left side menu. Hiding it will deter a lot
   of users, but knowledgeable users can work around that.
 * Manage options cap isn’t normally required to manage one’s own posts. I suspect
   your theme or a plugin is adding this requirement. It might make sense in certain
   situations, or it could be an accidental, unintentional restriction.
 *  Thread Starter [pend00](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pend00/)
 * (@pend00)
 * [4 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/contributor-role-cant-remove-post/#post-14600457)
 * Thank you for your help! I’ll try to find another way, not using wp’s delete 
   post link.

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