[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #46716: Site owner unable to control admin level users in Word Press dashboard

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#46716: Site owner unable to control admin level users in Word Press dashboard
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 Reporter:  anu24            |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  feature request  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Role/Capability  |     Version:
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                   |     Focuses:
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Changes (by knutsp):

 * type:  defect (bug) => feature request
 * severity:  critical => normal


Comment:

 Hello @anu24 and very welcome to Trac!

 Thank you for the report and suggestions.

 I can't comment on all your suggestions, but mention that all capabilities
 can be customized to fit your needs. This is regarded plugin territory for
 now, and core only provides a basic set of roles and corresponding set of
 capabilities. Example: A contributor may be given `edit_pages` and then be
 able to create new pages for review, as for posts (not necessary publish
 them).

 As it is, a user with the role Administrator, will have all capabilities.
 It is, however, possible to create a role with all capabilities, except
 `edit_users`, `delete users` and similar. A thing could be to include such
 a role among the built in roles.

 Tickets here are best when they deal with one specific issue, and is not
 so good for listing a lot of enhancements and/or feature requests.

 I take that the most important thing here is the concept of "site owner",
 as a role or special capability, one single user, preferably. That is
 very good suggestion. It should be connected to the site admin email
 setting, which is considered to be a kind owner (email only). A user with
 the same `user_email` as this setting could be defined as the site owner
 and this user be excluded from editing by general administrators. Some
 logic to handle this must be created.

 This, and all the other suggestions, should probably be separate tickets,
 more tidy ones, separating concerns.

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