Title: Subscriber vs. Contributor
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Subscriber vs. Contributor

 *  Resolved [lemur](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lemur/)
 * (@lemur)
 * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/subscriber-vs-contributor/)
 * I’m reading the reference book “WordPress Complete.” I was curious – a contributor
   can both make blog posts and comments, but a subscriber can only read.
 * Is there no designation for someone who can read and comment but not post original
   blog posts?
 * Thanks!
 * Chris

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 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/subscriber-vs-contributor/#post-583005)
 * You could set **Allow people to post comments on the article** via [Administration](http://codex.wordpress.org/Administration_Panels)
   > [Options](http://codex.wordpress.org/Administration_Panels#Writing) > [Writing](http://codex.wordpress.org/Writing_Options_SubPanel)
   so posts you write get set so anyone can comment.
 * See also:
    [Roles and Capabilities](http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities)
   and the Role Manager Plugin listed under Resources there.
 *  Thread Starter [lemur](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lemur/)
 * (@lemur)
 * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/subscriber-vs-contributor/#post-583006)
 * OK – yes, I have that set already – so that will override the designation?
 * Therefore, if I set someone up as subscriber, and have the above checked, they
   will be able to read and comment, but not post something new?
 * If so, then that will work exactly as I want. Thanks!
 * Chris
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/subscriber-vs-contributor/#post-583016)
 * The “only read” basically means they can comment.
    Actually, who can comment 
   is determined by the settings in Options > General: Membership. If nothing is
   checked – any visitor (not registered) can comment. That’s the ideal, in my opinion,
   requiring registration for a simple comment is annoyance and most people don’t
   bother… If you set it to “they must be logged in…” then any registered member/
   user, regardless of their level would be able to comment.
 *  [folgerj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/folgerj/)
 * (@folgerj)
 * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/subscriber-vs-contributor/#post-583509)
 * Well I think one of my subscribers from (mail.ru) domain has managed to hack 
   in but I’m still trying to determine the damage. He managed to be listed on 3-
   4 of my old posts as him posting them and when I went in to create an entry my
   post window has no text modifiers (paragraph, bold etc..) so I think they wrote
   over one or more pieces of code.
 * I may do away with the subscriber since I don’t see a benifit from having it.
   
   Jeff

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