{"id":75,"date":"2020-08-03T10:06:53","date_gmt":"2020-08-03T07:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/?p=75"},"modified":"2026-01-20T11:23:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T09:23:12","slug":"role-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/role-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"Control user permissions with Role Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As a website administrator, you can manage and limit what your users can edit with Elementor. You can add users to their site, assigning them various roles.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about roles, and what roles WordPress allows you to create, see <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/how-to-add-new-wordpress-user\/\">Add A User<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The number and type of roles available for your site depends on your setup and what plugins you install. Apart from the permissions allowed by WordPress, the Elementor Role Manager allows you to limit what users can access and edit with the Elementor Editor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can grant or limit the following permissions using the <strong>Role Manager<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>No access to editor<\/strong>: Users with this role cannot open the Elementor Editor.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Access to edit contents only<\/strong>: Users with this role can open the Elementor Editor, but can only change existing content. They can\u2019t add new elements.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Enable the option to upload JSON files<\/strong>: Users with this role can upload JSON files.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>To grant or limit permissions, follow these steps:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>From WP Admin navigate to <strong>Elementor&gt;Editor&gt;Home<\/strong>.<br><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"336\" class=\"wp-image-158853\" style=\"width: 280px;\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Select-Elementor-Editor-home-1.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Select-Elementor-Editor-home-1.png 694w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Select-Elementor-Editor-home-1-250x300.png 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>From the panel, select <strong>Role Manager<\/strong>.<br><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"300\" class=\"wp-image-160202\" style=\"width: 680px;\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Click-role-Manager-scaled.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Click-role-Manager-scaled.png 2560w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Click-role-Manager-300x132.png 300w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Click-role-Manager-1024x451.png 1024w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Click-role-Manager-768x338.png 768w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Click-role-Manager-1536x677.png 1536w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Click-role-Manager-2048x902.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><br>The Role Manager page displays with the available roles for your website.<br><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"657\" height=\"677\" class=\"wp-image-48220\" style=\"width: 500px\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Role-Manager-1.png\" alt=\"Role Manager 1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Role-Manager-1.png 657w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Role-Manager-1-291x300.png 291w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 657px) 100vw, 657px\" \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To manage permission for a role, click the down arrow to expand.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mark the checkboxes to grant or limit permissions for that role.<br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"648\" height=\"480\" class=\"wp-image-48221\" style=\"width: 500px\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Role-Manager-2.png\" alt=\"Role Manager 2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Role-Manager-2.png 648w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Role-Manager-2-300x222.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Save Changes<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n<p>[callout type=&#8221;warning&#8221;]JSON files can potentially contain malware. Take care when granting permission to upload these files.[\/callout]<\/p>\n\n\n<p>[callout type=&#8221;warning&#8221;]The code in HTML widgets can contain malware. Take care when granting permission to use this widget.[\/callout]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how to manage and limit what logged-in users can edit with Elementor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_elementor_kustomer_id":["65a3e9d65f9729347088a4c1"],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1431],"tags":[1389,1388,1390,1398,1235],"class_list":["post-75","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wordpress-dashboard","tag-advanced","tag-agency","tag-expert","tag-legacy-essential","tag-pro"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Control user permissions with Role Manager | Elementor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn everything about Control user permissions with Role Manager in this article from Elementor&#039;s Knowledge Base. 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