How to create different Wordpress usertypes

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I'm a newbie. What I ultimately need is a capability on Wordpress to create different usertypes where each user will have access to certain plugins. For example: students will have access to plugins A and B, teachers will have access to plugin B and C, schools will have access to plugins A, B , and C. So, each usertype will have to register through a dedicated form. I could not find such plugin with these features. I'd greatly appreciate any guidance to accomplish this.

Thank you!

This question appears to be off-topic because it is about wordpress. try wordpress.stackexchange.com — Daniel A. White, Aug 27 '14 at 01:10
there are many plugins to achieve this, try doing a search for "User Role Wp plugin" and you'll see many — Devin, Aug 27 '14 at 01:12

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 27 '14 at 02:19

Accessing individual plugins on a user-level basis is interesting. What kind of plugins would you want to protect? I would think it would be content pages?

But, to answer your question, look into the Groups plugin. It allows you to create a group that a user can belong to, and each group can be assigned capabilities (and create new capabilities) - it's far more thorough than the standard WordPress User Level.

How to create different Wordpress usertypes

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