Title: Super Admin Role
Last modified: May 28, 2021

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# Super Admin Role

 *  [morriswanchuk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/morriswanchuk/)
 * (@morriswanchuk)
 * [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/super-admin-role-2/)
 * I’m just checking out the plugin to see if it will work for our use case. I want
   to remove the ability for regular administrators to _add or edit_ roles and/or
   capabilities, but I do want regular administrators to be able to _assign_ capabilities
   and roles to users.
 * Is it possible? What ure_ capabilities would allow for assignment but not add/
   edit of roles and capabilities to users?
 * Thought here is to create a new role cloned from the Administrator role (Super
   Duper Admins) that has all the ure_ capabilities assigned to it, then adjust 
   the ure_ capabilities for the Administrator role until admins can only assign
   but not add/edit roles and capabilities.
 * I notice some funky behaviour when editing the ure_ capabilities for administrators.
   When I use the User Role Editor admin screens and edit the admin role, the ure_
   capabilities are always checked, and i cannot uncheck them in the UI individually.
   I can click the (unlabeled) ‘check/uncheck all’ checkbox beside the Quick Filter
   label in the URE admin panel header and it will uncheck all. Then I click on 
   an individual urd_ capability and save. This appears to work, as the admins can
   no longer see the User Role Editor link in the Users admin menu. However, if 
   as a Super Duper Admin I edit the ure_ capabilities for admins again, all will
   be checked for the admin role.
 * Hope that’s clear. Bit difficult to explain in words what a screen cap or two
   would show much quicker.

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 *  Plugin Author [Vladimir Garagulya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shinephp/)
 * (@shinephp)
 * [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/super-admin-role-2/#post-14501038)
 * Revoke from a role all ‘ure_’ capabilities. It will prohibit editing roles and
   capabilities, but if user has list_users, promote_users, edit_users, such user
   will can grant/revoke roles as user admin.
 * In order to grant capabilities directly to users (via ‘Capabilities’ link under
   the user row) currently user should can ‘ure_manage_options’ – superadmin capability
   for URE plugin.
 * URE tries to prevent the accidental revoking capabilities from the administrator
   role as this role is a superadmin for single site WordPress and user can lose
   access to the site after revoking critical capabilities from it. It seems you
   found a way how to make this. Thank you. I will close it with the next update.
 *  Thread Starter [morriswanchuk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/morriswanchuk/)
 * (@morriswanchuk)
 * [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/super-admin-role-2/#post-14503657)
 * I figured that I had discovered a likely bug after I realized that the plugin
   really doesn’t want the admin role to be edited (which makes perfect sense).
 * Thanks for the reply!

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