Title: User permissions setup
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# User permissions setup

 *  Resolved [dazbert](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dazbert/)
 * (@dazbert)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-permissions-setup/)
 * Hi,
 * Am using pods and am trying to set up pod user capabilities so that we can have
    -  contributors who can create content and submit it
 *  -  editors who can approve and publish
 *  -  admins who can do everything
 * Is this possible with pods? My current attempts end up with people trying to 
   submit content and getting a blank screen.
 * Help!
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/pods/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pods/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Josh Pollock](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shelob9/)
 * (@shelob9)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-permissions-setup/#post-5173197)
 * A white screen usually means a fatal error without error display enabled. In 
   order to help you, I need to know what that error is. Can you try again with 
   WP_DEBUG and WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY set to true in your wp-config.php:
 *     ```
       define('WP_DEBUG', true );
       define('WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY', true);
       ```
   
 * For more information on debugging in WordPress, see: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Debugging_in_WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Debugging_in_WordPress)
 * Please let us know what errors you are getting with WP_DEBUG enabled and what
   exactly you’re doing that causes these errors, so we can provide specific advice.
 *  Thread Starter [dazbert](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dazbert/)
 * (@dazbert)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-permissions-setup/#post-5173226)
 * Hi There,
 * Thanks for the reply, The error comes up as the user doesnt have pubish rights.
   We are trying to set it up so contributers can create content and submit it for
   review and was wondering if this is possible with pods roles and capabilities
 *  Plugin Contributor [Josh Pollock](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shelob9/)
 * (@shelob9)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-permissions-setup/#post-5173238)
 * What content type are these Pods? Also, are you using the roles and capabilities
   component? If so, what capabilities are you assigning to this role?
 *  Thread Starter [dazbert](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dazbert/)
 * (@dazbert)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-permissions-setup/#post-5173263)
 * We are using the roles and capabilities component yes. The content is pretty 
   kmuch all custom post types. Ive assigned the contributor the following capabilities:
 * edit_posts
    edit_pages delete_posts read edit_files edit_published_pages edit_published_posts
 * Im guessing im missing something to get them to be able to submit content rather
   than publish it on the site..
 *  Plugin Contributor [Josh Pollock](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shelob9/)
 * (@shelob9)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-permissions-setup/#post-5173279)
 * Since you’re using custom post types, I don’t think you need to edit roles. Custom
   post types follow regular post roles. So if you assign users to the contributor
   role than those users will be able to submit, but not publish posts.
 * The only thing that doesn’t cover is editing posts they wrote and have been published.
   See this article for how to handle that:
    [http://justintadlock.com/archives/2010/07/10/meta-capabilities-for-custom-post-types](http://justintadlock.com/archives/2010/07/10/meta-capabilities-for-custom-post-types)
 *  Thread Starter [dazbert](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dazbert/)
 * (@dazbert)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-permissions-setup/#post-5173340)
 * HI Again,
 * Managed to solve the issue. It turns out that a plugin we had for running polls
   on the site was causing caching problems, meaning people submitting content for
   review got the white page of death.
 * In other news Ive used a plugin called revisionary to allow users to submit changes
   to content for review and then schedule them for future publishing.
 * A win all round. Thanks for your posts!
 *  Plugin Contributor [Josh Pollock](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shelob9/)
 * (@shelob9)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-permissions-setup/#post-5173341)
 * Glad to help. Let us know if you ever need any additional help with Pods.

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 * Last reply from: [Josh Pollock](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shelob9/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-permissions-setup/#post-5173341)
 * Status: resolved