Set New User Default Role in WordPress

User role on WordPress :

User roles are very important for WordPress blogs with multiple authors. With the roles option in WordPress, we can control blog/site users by assigning specific permissions to each user. It is better to set a default role for all users on WordPress. By setting a default role, after creating a new user on your WordPress blog, the default role will be assigned to the new user. This will help you to assign the same role to new users automatically.

Generally, bloggers use the Author role as the default role in WordPress blogs. In this post, I'm going to show you how to set the default role for new users on your WordPress blog. You can also change the default role at any time easily.

How to Set New User Default Role in WordPress :

It is simple to set a default role for new users on your WordPress blog. Go to the WordPress admin area or dashboard and click on "Settings", where you can find "User Roles". Just choose the one you want to set as the default for all new users.

Follow below steps to set default role to new user in WordPress.

Step 1 : Go to WordPress Dashboard

Step 2 : Click on Settings

Step 3 : Click on General under Settings.

Step 4 : On New User Default Role : Select any role to set as default.

Step 5 : Click on Save Changes.

Like this you can easily add default role to your WordPress users.