how to Assign Multiple Roles for a user in wordpre

Question

I know how to assign a single role for a user. But coming to the multiple roles for a user is not working...Is wordpress gives this facility or not.Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Yes, WordPress allows this. You can do it in your code:

    $someone = new WP_User( $user_id );
    $someone->add_role( 'role-1' );
    $someone->add_role( 'role-2' );

You can also use a plugin such as Multiple Roles. The plugin will transform the select dropdown into checkboxes.

Answer 2

For completeness, this is possible!

 $theUser = new WP_User($userId);
 $theUser->add_role( $role );

Answer 3

This is not possible in Wordpress currently, as this is how the core role mapping is designed. You can however create "combination" roles, but this might lead to a large number of roles when you have a lot of core roles to combine.

Another option would be using a plugin such as User Role Editor, which can help you giving more control of Wordpress' role mapping.