{"id":12707,"date":"2018-05-09T15:14:58","date_gmt":"2018-05-09T15:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/?p=12707"},"modified":"2025-12-06T00:34:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T22:34:02","slug":"role-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/role-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Role Manager &#8211; Protect Your Design"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"12707\" class=\"elementor elementor-12707\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0f50793 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0f50793\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d094c8c\" data-id=\"d094c8c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3b090b elementor-blockquote--skin-clean elementor-blockquote--align-center elementor-blockquote--button-view-icon elementor-blockquote--button-skin-bubble elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"e3b090b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\tIntroducing Role Manager: The Feature Designers Want &amp; Clients Need #Elementor #NewFeature\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Introducing+Role+Manager%3A+The+Feature+Designers+Want+%26amp%3B+Clients+Need+%23Elementor+%23NewFeature&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Felementor.com%2Fblog%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F12707&amp;via=elemntor\" class=\"elementor-blockquote__tweet-button\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fab-twitter\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M459.37 151.716c.325 4.548.325 9.097.325 13.645 0 138.72-105.583 298.558-298.558 298.558-59.452 0-114.68-17.219-161.137-47.106 8.447.974 16.568 1.299 25.34 1.299 49.055 0 94.213-16.568 130.274-44.832-46.132-.975-84.792-31.188-98.112-72.772 6.498.974 12.995 1.624 19.818 1.624 9.421 0 18.843-1.3 27.614-3.573-48.081-9.747-84.143-51.98-84.143-102.985v-1.299c13.969 7.797 30.214 12.67 47.431 13.319-28.264-18.843-46.781-51.005-46.781-87.391 0-19.492 5.197-37.36 14.294-52.954 51.655 63.675 129.3 105.258 216.365 109.807-1.624-7.797-2.599-15.918-2.599-24.04 0-57.828 46.782-104.934 104.934-104.934 30.213 0 57.502 12.67 76.67 33.137 23.715-4.548 46.456-13.32 66.599-25.34-7.798 24.366-24.366 44.833-46.132 57.827 21.117-2.273 41.584-8.122 60.426-16.243-14.292 20.791-32.161 39.308-52.628 54.253z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Tweet<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ebac34 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1ebac34\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Imagine this scenario:\u00a0<\/p><p>You get a call in the middle of the night &#8211; It&#8217;s your client. Apparently, they played around with your design, and ended up destroying what used to be a beautiful project.\u00a0<\/p><p>This is a common problem for many designers and web professionals.<\/p><p>Luckily, there&#8217;s finally a solution. You hand off a completed project to your client, and restrict their access, so the client can only edit the content and doesn&#8217;t mess up your design.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abe9a42 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"abe9a42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Introducing Role Manager<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df0699b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"df0699b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Role Manager is a new feature in Elementor, enabling you to designate different access privileges for each user role.<\/p><p><b>In the free version of Elementor<\/b>, you can choose to restrict certain user roles from accessing the Elementor editor.<\/p><p><b>In the Pro version<\/b>, you can either prevent certain user roles from accessing Elementor, or only allow them to edit existing content inside the editor. In this case, your user will be able to change images, alter text and so on, but the styling and layout of the page will be inaccessible. The user won&#8217;t be able to add, delete or drag and drop elements &#8211; just edit the current content.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-593e70e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"593e70e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c2a5f45\" data-id=\"c2a5f45\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b28eacb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b28eacb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/elementor-role-manager-r4q6zjd75wdnx580wpbx4dit4uetr8hjhro0dfex80.png\" title=\"elementor-role-manager\" alt=\"elementor-role-manager\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-68e68e2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"68e68e2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dd415ec\" data-id=\"dd415ec\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c81a41a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c81a41a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">More on User Roles<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b544fcc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b544fcc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>There are several levels of users in WordPress, each with a different set of privileges. A user role defines the permissions for users to perform specific tasks. In Elementor&#8217;s Role Manager, you can determine the permissions of these default roles:<\/p><ul><li><strong>Editor<\/strong> &#8211; Can publish and manage their own posts and other&#8217;s posts<\/li><li><strong>Author<\/strong> &#8211; Can publish and manage their own posts<\/li><li><strong>Contributor <\/strong>&#8211; Can manage their own posts but cannot publish them<\/li><li><strong>Subscriber<\/strong> &#8211; Can only manage their profile<\/li><\/ul><p>Some plugins add new user roles, and these will also be included in Elementor&#8217;s Role Manager. <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/features\/woocommerce-builder\/\"   title=\"WooCommerce Builder\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"26928\">WooCommerce<\/a>, for example, adds the customer and shop manager user roles. You can read more about user roles in the <a href=\"https:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Roles_and_Capabilities\">WordPress Codex<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cf3f4d1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cf3f4d1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-164af01\" data-id=\"164af01\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-608dfc4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"608dfc4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;hosted&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;play_on_mobile&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;mute&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-hosted-video elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-video\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/05\/role-manager.mp4\" autoplay=\"\" loop=\"\" muted=\"muted\" playsinline=\"\" controlsList=\"nodownload\" poster=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/05\/elementor-role-manager-1.png\"><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9741908 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9741908\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0937062\" data-id=\"0937062\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-232ba24 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"232ba24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How it Works<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5514c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b5514c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you go to Elementor &gt; Role Manager, you will see a list of user roles, with two permission options for each role:<\/p><ul><li><strong>No access to the editor <\/strong>&#8211; This restricts the user altogether from entering the Elementor editor.<\/li><li><strong>Access to edit content only <\/strong>&#8211; This lets the user change the content and not the style or layout.<\/li><\/ul><div>Switch on one of these settings for the user role you want to restrict, and you&#8217;re done!<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-915ce20 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"915ce20\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65c8202 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"65c8202\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Save Time with Fewer Revisions<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3c4fbb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f3c4fbb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The advantages of the new Role Manager feature include:<\/p><ol><li>Better hand off of projects<\/li><li>An easy way for your clients to edit their website<\/li><li>Better management of multiple sites and multi-author websites<\/li><li>Less design maintenance and client support<\/li><li>Faster design workflow and more focus on bigger issues<\/li><\/ol><p>Role Manager helps you hand off designs to your clients without worry. Once they approve your work, they can log in to their new website and edit their site content as they see fit. The layout and structure of every page they edit will be fixed, so your design remains intact.<\/p><p>Start using Role Manager to protect your designs, work less on maintenance, and focus more on future projects.<\/p><p><b>Final note &#8211; I&#8217;d love to read any of your past examples of handing off completed projects, only to have your client completely destroy them. 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