Title: Specifying user roles
Last modified: November 12, 2025

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# Specifying user roles

 *  [walterfulmizi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/walterfulmizi/)
 * (@walterfulmizi)
 * [6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/specifying-user-roles/)
 * A website was created by a colleague who used someone in Pakistan to create our
   website, that was all good. But the colleague no longer is associated with us.
   I have organised for a new WordPress developer to assist with fixing, updating
   and modifying the website, but it seems that the only role I can add him in to
   do that is as ‘Administrator’. Does that sound correct?

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 *  Moderator [Yui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fierevere/)
 * (@fierevere)
 * 永子
 * [6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/specifying-user-roles/#post-18716169)
 * [https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/roles-and-capabilities/](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/roles-and-capabilities/)
   
   Administrator is the maximum role for a not-networked WordPress installation.
   For multi-site install there is Super-Administrator role. But its unlikely that
   you have WordPress-network install.There are additional accesses possible and
   likely needed for developer – i.e. access to files on server, using server means(
   ssh,sftp)/ and hosting/domain registrar access

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 * Last activity: [6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/specifying-user-roles/#post-18716169)
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