I recently decided to use WordPress for a client’s site. The intention was to have a content management system running from day one to allow the client to enter in site content while I fleshed out the site’s look and converted it into a workable WordPress theme.

My biggest concern with this project was that as sleek as the new 2.5 admin is there are still some slight hiccups for less computer savvy individuals. I really wanted to find a way to trim down the options available to my client when they were logged into their WordPress account.

Luckily I found the Role Manager plugin which did exactly what I was looking for. With Role Manager I can define exactly what different levels of accounts can and can not do when they are logged in to the WordPress admin.

So I took my client’s account and made him an “Editor” with the capability to only manage the individual Pages of the site. This stops him from accidentally changing any of the other parts of the site like the theme or any of the other plugins we’ll be using. It’s the perfect solution to my problem because it hides the other parts of the admin that he can’t access as an Editor.