Title: user restiriction
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# user restiriction

 *  [roakin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/roakin/)
 * (@roakin)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-restiriction/)
 * i need to have a user that only can write, edit and publish posts within a given
   category and subpaged of a given parent page. how can i achieve this? thx in 
   advance

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 *  [shane-g](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shane-g/)
 * (@shane-g)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-restiriction/#post-1070969)
 * Hi,
 * in wordpress you can only assign the predefined role to the user..so you need
   to prefer the one and apply it to the user..you can not create a new with your
   desired one..
 * Thanks,
 * Shane G.
 *  Thread Starter [roakin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/roakin/)
 * (@roakin)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-restiriction/#post-1070970)
 * i don’t need to create a new role … because i only need 1 admin and one role 
   that could be restricted. so i just need to manipulate a role, i don’t have to
   create a new one. but how can i change a role in order to achieve the necessary
   restrictions?
 *  [Ryan S](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ryan_accuwebhosting/)
 * (@ryan_accuwebhosting)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-restiriction/#post-1070978)
 * Login to your dashboard
 * Go to settings –> General
 * There you will find the option: New User Default Role. Select the desired role
   and save.
 *  Thread Starter [roakin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/roakin/)
 * (@roakin)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-restiriction/#post-1071001)
 * that’s not the problem … the problem is that i need a role that restricts a user
   to certain categories and certain subpages … in other words i need to avoid that
   a user can publish posts in wrong categories or publish pages under wrong parent
   pages.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 4 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [roakin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/roakin/)
 * Last activity: [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-restiriction/#post-1071001)
 * Status: not resolved

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