Title: "Master" Administrator Setting Needed
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# "Master" Administrator Setting Needed

 *  Resolved [Jefferson1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jefferson1/)
 * (@jefferson1)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/master-administrator-setting-needed/)
 * – I am the Administrator to a site I own.
    – I have a contractor who I want do
   anything to the site other than to control Users. I and only I or my assignees
   should be able to control Users. If I make the contractor an administrator they
   have complete control as far as I can tell.
 * WordPress needs a Master Administrator classification so one like me can manage
   all users even those with full design, coding, editing permissions. I cannot 
   imagine any responsible company giving complete control to any employee or contractor.
   This is a very important issue we need to be resolved before continuing to continue
   commitment to a relatively large WP undertaking. Thank you for your help.

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 *  [Clayton James](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytonjames/)
 * (@claytonjames)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/master-administrator-setting-needed/#post-1930348)
 * “Administrator,” in most applications, generally means just that. The Administrator.
 * There are lots of plugins available for managing roles and capabilities.
 * Maybe you could create a new role and assign just the capabilities you want to
   it with this plugin.
    [ User Role Editor
 * It looks fairly promising.
 * [edit] ..here is a guide for reference as well.
    [ Roles and Capabilities

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 * Last reply from: [Clayton James](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytonjames/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/master-administrator-setting-needed/#post-1930348)
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