Title: User level access control
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# User level access control

 *  [wc5b](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wc5b/)
 * (@wc5b)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-level-access-control/)
 * I know I am just skipping over this topic somewhere in DOCs, but I just can’t
   seem to find it. What is the difference (most notably security access) between
   Contributor, Editor, and Author?
 * Also, what I would like to do is assign access rights individually to individual
   pages but not all pages, is this possible in the default or via some add on at
   all? Is it even worth trying to do or is it a headache since I don’t see the 
   obvious tools to do so.

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-level-access-control/#post-1401049)
 * [Roles_and_Capabilities](http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities)
 *  Thread Starter [wc5b](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wc5b/)
 * (@wc5b)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-level-access-control/#post-1401240)
 * OK, I understand the normal rolls, and I have installed UAM plug-in, but I still
   cant get a user to do anything other then his normal rolls.
 * I.E., I want a single user to have access to a single “page” (not main page”).
   I have set a UAM group with that user and admin only, and gave ownership to that
   user of the post on that page. Yet when user logs into dashboard, he has ZERO
   access to even click on the pages link. There seems to be no way for him to edit
   posts on any page other then the main page. Nothing even seems to change outside
   of the normal user settings, and only editor and above seem to be able to edit
   or post to “other” pages.
 * Any advice on how to do what I need to do? Looking to have 10 pages setup for
   10 individuals is the goal, but not be able to edit outside of their pages.
 *  [Shane G.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shane-g-1/)
 * (@shane-g-1)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-level-access-control/#post-1401259)
 * Hi,
 * Check with these plugins:
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/user-access-manager/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/user-access-manager/)
   
   [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/log-user-access/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/log-user-access/)
   [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/role-scoper/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/role-scoper/)
 * Thanks,
 * Shane G.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [Shane G.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shane-g-1/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-level-access-control/#post-1401259)
 * Status: not resolved

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