MiaChiesaCreate a role with custom permissions
Duplicate a preset role or start from scratch, choose None, View or Manage for each feature, compare roles and delete the ones you don’t need.
Open Roles & permissions
Open People → Roles & permissions. You see the preset roles and the ones created by the community. Select New role.
Choose the starting point
In the New role dialog choose a preset role to duplicate (the fastest, safest way) or Start from scratch, with no permissions on.
Set name and permissions
In the editor write the Role name and pick a free Icon. For each feature choose None, View or Manage (“Manage” always includes “View”). Use Search a permission… to find a feature quickly.
Select Save role: Role saved appears and the new role is available when you assign someone.
Compare or delete
The Compare roles tab lays out every role’s permissions side by side. To delete a custom role use Delete: if someone holds it, choose whether to move them to another role or remove them from the staff.
What you have achieved
- The new role has exactly the permissions you chose.
- You can assign it when you give a collaborator a role.
Troubleshooting
I see “Permission denied: you can only grant permissions you already hold.”
You picked a permission your own assignment lacks. Remove it or ask someone with more permissions.
I see “This icon is already assigned to another role.”
Each role needs a different icon: pick another.
I can’t remove Manage collaborators
For safety you cannot remove this permission from your own assignment, nor from the last person who has it.