Title: Role control in wordpress has problems
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Role control in wordpress has problems

 *  [hal9000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hal9000/)
 * (@hal9000)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/role-control-in-wordpress-has-problems/)
 * Hi there, I have mentioned this issue in other forums but so far don’t have any
   conclusions. I am beginning to think this is because there is a problem that 
   nobody wants to really look at.
    Anyway here goes. There is no role or as far
   as i can tell any possibiblty or setting up a role that: Allows a user to comment
   on posts Allows a user to start posts (threads) Allows a user to edit their own
   comments on other peoples posts (thread) Not allow a user to edit everyone elses
   comments Not allow a user to edit somebody elses posts (threads)
 * None of the default roles have this ability (although i would have though contributor
   would have) This is probably how i would have described a contributor, as somebody
   that can contribute and edit their own posts or comments.
    I have tried role 
   scoper, which comes close but even when set correctly (as far as it should be
   according to the tick boxes) it doesn’t work. I have tried playing around with
   adminize as well and even a combo of the above two plugin don’t bear fruit. Is
   this an issue with the core? It seems like a bit of an oversight as I would certainly
   want user to be able to login post a comment and be able to edit their own comment,
   no matter what post it was on (the closest i come to this seem to only allow 
   editing their own comments when they started the post.?
 * Please help , i am sure I’m not the only person with this issue
    Also i am using
   P2 but it is the same on themes i have tried.

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 *  [Gene53](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gene53/)
 * (@gene53)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/role-control-in-wordpress-has-problems/#post-1228815)
 * Hi Hal, have you tried [Role Manager](http://www.im-web-gefunden.de/wordpress-plugins/role-manager/)?
   Even though it says for WP version 2.6, it seems to work well on my 2.8.4 installation.
 * Cheers,
    Gene
 *  Thread Starter [hal9000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hal9000/)
 * (@hal9000)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/role-control-in-wordpress-has-problems/#post-1228841)
 * hi gene
    yeah i have tried role manager but still you can’t assign a user the
   ability to edit their own comments on any post no matter weather they started
   the post or not. It just doent work. There needs to be the following settings
 * Add/reply own Comment
    Edit own comment Delete own comment Read own comment Read
   others comments Add own post Edit own post Delete own post Read own post Read
   others posts
 * Currently there isn’t the whole ‘own’ focus to roles
    There is private & others.
 * This is stopping useres from being able to edit their own comments.
    Unless anyone
   else can work this out cos it’s not obvious to me. I like role manager but it
   doesn’t quite go far enough.
 *  [rien2plus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catalpa/)
 * (@catalpa)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/role-control-in-wordpress-has-problems/#post-1228895)
 * Hello
    Try to install role-scoper. Do nothing else and perhaps … It’s good for
   me.
 *  [rien2plus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catalpa/)
 * (@catalpa)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/role-control-in-wordpress-has-problems/#post-1228902)
 * Hello
    Plugin capability manager is better and easier. Work fine and post category
   for author.(omarvellous)
 * [[
    [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/capsman/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/capsman/)

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [rien2plus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catalpa/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/role-control-in-wordpress-has-problems/#post-1228902)
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