When you install WooCommerce, you’ll gain two user roles: Customer: Assigned to new customers when they create an account on your website. This role is basically equivalent to that of a normal blog subscriber, but customers can edit their own account information and view past or current orders.
Owning an online store comes with a lot of responsibility, especially when it comes to assigning access to the back-end of your site. Thankfully, WordPress and WooCommerce make it easy to assign specific user roles, lock down permissions, keeping customers’ information and your digital property safe.
Shop Manager: This allows the user to run the operations side of your WooCommerce store without the ability to edit back-end functionality like files and code. A manager has the same permissions as a customer, plus they’re also granted the ability to manage all settings within WooCommerce, create/edit products,...
The user management system is based on two aspects: roles and capabilities. A role is the classification title assigned to a group of users on your WordPress site. Each role correlates with its own set of capabilities. A capability is a specific action that a user is permitted to complete.
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Roles and Permissions for WooCommerce is a powerful role management and account management plugin for B2B online stores.
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