WordPress 5 Cookbook

How to do it...

Follow these steps to create a new user role and assign it as a default role:

1. Log in to the Dashboard as an administrator.
2. Click the Users menu item.
3. Click the User Role Editor option to get the user role and capability editor.
4. Click the Add Role button.

5. Add Role name and Display Role Name values. We will use basic_member and Basic Member as values.
6. Click the Add Role button to create the new user role.
7. Click the Settings menu item to see the default role setting, as shown in the following screenshot:

8. Select Basic Member for the New User Default Role setting.
9. Click the Save Changes button to save the settings with the ...