Title: [Plugin: External DB authentication] User Roles
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: External DB authentication] User Roles

 *  [doub1ejack](https://wordpress.org/support/users/doub1ejack/)
 * (@doub1ejack)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-external-db-authentication-user-roles-1/)
 * So it looks like this plugin will only acknowledge a single user role right? 
   You can set up a single test in the plugin settings, but no more. However I have
   a variety of users on my site with my own hierarchy of roles. I would like to
   map my user’s roles to the Word Press roles.
 * This isn’t currently possible is it?
 * I’ve been tinkering with wp_usermeta table in the database, but I’m having a 
   hard time figuring which fields control the user’s role. There’s wp_capabilities(
   a serialized array I don’t understand yet) and wp_user_level that both look relevant.
   But I still haven’t been able to convert a subscriber to an administrator so 
   maybe I’m still missing something? Any ideas?
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/external-database-authentication/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/external-database-authentication/)

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 * Last reply from: [doub1ejack](https://wordpress.org/support/users/doub1ejack/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-external-db-authentication-user-roles-1/)
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