wp cap <command>

Adds, removes, and lists capabilities of a user role.

See references for Roles and Capabilities and WP User class.

EXAMPLES EXAMPLES

# Add 'spectate' capability to 'author' role.
$ wp cap add 'author' 'spectate'
Success: Added 1 capability to 'author' role.

# Add all caps from 'editor' role to 'author' role.
$ wp cap list 'editor' | xargs wp cap add 'author'
Success: Added 24 capabilities to 'author' role.

# Remove all caps from 'editor' role that also appear in 'author' role.
$ wp cap list 'author' | xargs wp cap remove 'editor'
Success: Removed 34 capabilities from 'editor' role.

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SUBCOMMANDS SUBCOMMANDS

Name Description
wp cap add

Adds capabilities to a given role.

wp cap list

Lists capabilities for a given role.

wp cap remove

Removes capabilities from a given role.

Command documentation is regenerated at every release. To add or update an example, please submit a pull request against the corresponding part of the codebase.