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WP Integration: suggested user role mappings

  1. Hi, I've just installed a fresh install of WP and bbP and I've got to the point where I need to choose the user role mappings.

    However, although I've used WP extensively I've never used bbP before so I'm not sure what mappings I should use. I was thinking maybe something like the following:

    Administrator - Key Master
    Editor - Administrator
    Author - Moderator
    Contributor - Member
    Subscriber - Inactive

    Can anyone with experience give me any better suggestions? Also, can I easily change these roles later?

  2. It depends how much you trust editors with user records. I would tend to go with this.

    Administrator - Key Master
    Editor - Moderator
    Author - Member
    Contributor - Member
    Subscriber - Member

    As you can see, you don't need to have one-to-one relationships.

  3. Thank you Sam.

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