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title: User role and capability
description: "📘 User Roles & Project Permissions Taskbuilder allows you to assign **WordPress registered users** to projects and manage their access using role-based permissions. --- ## 👥 Add Users to Projects You can add any **WordPress registered user** to a project…"
url: "https://taskbuilder.net/docs/user-role-and-capability/"
updated: "2026-03-27"
category: installation
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# User role and capability

📘 User Roles & Project Permissions

Taskbuilder allows you to assign **WordPress registered users** to projects and manage their access using role-based permissions.

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## 👥 Add Users to Projects

You can add any **WordPress registered user** to a project and assign them one of the following roles:

- **Manager**
- **Co-worker**
- **Client**

### Key Points:

- Users must be added to a project before assigning them to tasks
- Only users within a project can be selected in that project's tasks

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## 🔐 Project Creation Permissions

### Who can create projects?

- **WordPress Administrator**
  - Can create projects by default
- **WPPM Administrator**
  - Can create and manage all projects
  - Has full system access
- **WPPM Manager**
  - Can create projects
  - Can manage all tasks within their created projects

👉 You can assign **WPPM Administrator** or **WPPM Manager** roles by editing a WordPress user.

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## 🏷️ WPPM Roles (Global Roles)

### 🔑 WPPM Administrator

- Full control over the entire system
- Can manage all projects and tasks

### 📊 WPPM Manager

- Can create new projects
- Can manage tasks within their projects

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## 📌 Project Roles (Per Project)

Each project supports **3 user roles**:

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### 👑 Manager

- Manages assigned projects
- Has full control over project tasks

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### 👨‍💻 Co-worker

- Can work on tasks assigned to them
- Can update task progress and status

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### 👤 Client

- Can create tasks
- Can view tasks assigned to them
- Limited access to project management

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## ✅ Summary

- Assign WordPress users to projects with specific roles
- Control access using **WPPM global roles** and **project-level roles**
- Ensure only relevant users can view and manage tasks

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