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# semperos

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 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Search users by roles and/or capabilities](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-users-by-roles-andor-capabilities/)
 *  [semperos](https://wordpress.org/support/users/semperos/)
 * (@semperos)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-users-by-roles-andor-capabilities/#post-1130230)
 * Can anyone provide a **good** explanation as to why roles/capabilities are stored
   as a serialized string in the DB? Or point me to a link where that discussion
   has occurred already?
 * I see the trac link above, but it’s not quite satisfactory as to why such things
   were ever serialized in the DB instead of keeping a clear, query-able numeric
   id (like user_level).

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