Title: User Role
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# User Role

 *  Resolved [Sailook](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sailook/)
 * (@sailook)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-role-16/)
 * Hey,
 * Is there a way to change the default user role from Subscriber to Author?
 * Thanks,
    Luke
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-membership/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-membership/)

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 *  Plugin Support [mbrsolution](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbrsolution/)
 * (@mbrsolution)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-role-16/#post-7370909)
 * Hi Luke are you referring to WordPress User Roles under WordPress Admin Users
   or Simple Membership plugin level set up? If you are referring to Simple Membership
   plugin, just go to **WP Members -> Membership Level** and select the level you
   wish to make changes to.
 *  Thread Starter [Sailook](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sailook/)
 * (@sailook)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-role-16/#post-7370921)
 * Hi,
 * When user subscribes to any level of WP Membership then he’s automatically added
   as a WordPress user in role “Subscriber”.
 * My questions is how to make the members the authors automatically instead of 
   the subscribers.
 * I tried to set up a default role in WP settings, but it didn’t make any difference.
 * Thanks
 *  Plugin Support [mbrsolution](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbrsolution/)
 * (@mbrsolution)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-role-16/#post-7370926)
 * Hi, try the following. Go to WordPress admin **Settings -> General -> New User
   Default Role** and make sure it is set to Author. Then try singing up as a new
   test user. Then let me know if it works for you.
 *  Thread Starter [Sailook](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sailook/)
 * (@sailook)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-role-16/#post-7370928)
 * I wrote you that I’ve done it before 🙂
 *  Plugin Support [mbrsolution](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbrsolution/)
 * (@mbrsolution)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-role-16/#post-7370929)
 * Yes that is true you did mentioned that above 🙂
 * Try the following test. Disable the plugin and re-enable the plugin? Before doing
   this can you also deactivate all your other plugins except this one?
 *  Thread Starter [Sailook](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sailook/)
 * (@sailook)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-role-16/#post-7370932)
 * OK, I solved this another way, so I’ll skip it for now as users use the website,
   but thank you for your hel and I’ll get back to you if I have any more questions.
 * I’m closing the thread.
 * Best & Thank you for the plugin.
    Luke
 *  [danereh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danereh/)
 * (@danereh)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-role-16/#post-8508676)
 * Selectively allowing access to certain levels of membership to some categories
   only serves for Posts? I can not enable static pages?
 * My need is the following: I did not find in the Plugin an option that allows 
   me to hide the menus according to the level of user connected to a certain page,
   that is, if I do not want that logged in user to see a specific page I did not
   find this one Option to inhibit / hide the page next to the menu etc. I had to
   do a maneuver by installing the plugins;
    Nav Menu Roles: To be able to hide 
   the pages of the menu User Role Editor: To create new role / user type Imagine
   the work I have to assign a page rs …
 * I would like to know if we can assign these functions without having to work 
   with 2 more Parallel Plugins in order …
    Thanks in advance and I await a possible
   return. Daniel Marques Country Brazil
 * * Note I had to translate the above text into English may have some word poorly
   explained but I believe that to understand. Thank you!
 *  Plugin Support [mbrsolution](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbrsolution/)
 * (@mbrsolution)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-role-16/#post-8509180)
 * [@danereh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danereh/), this support thread
   is marked as resolved. Can you open up a new one.
 * Thank you

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-role-16/#post-8509180)
 * Status: resolved