Members – Role Hiearchy

Members – Role Hierarchy is an add-on plugin for the Members plugin, which adds a hierarchical role system.

Hierarchical roles are important when you want to allow “lower” level users, such as Editors, to create, edit, promote, or delete users without giving them access to a higher role, such as Administrator.

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1. Upload members-role-hierarchy to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
3. Go to “Settings > Members” to select which settings you’d like to use.

More detailed instructions are included in the plugin’s readme.html file.

Why was this plugin created?

A hierarchical role system is one of the most-requested features that I’ve gotten over the years from Members’ users. Fortunately, an awesome client had me build this add-on and allowed me to release it back for free to the community.

How do I use it?

Most things should be fairly straightforward if you’ve used Members, but I’ve included an in-depth guide in the plugin download. It’s a file called readme.md in the plugin folder.

You can also view the readme online.

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   Role Position meta box on edit role screen

The change log is located in the changelog.md file in the plugin folder. You may also view the change log online.