Summary of Roles

There are several WordPress roles you can give them beginning with the lowest

The Subscriber

Basically all they a can do is edit their site profile

The Contributor

Here they can ‘contribute’ to the site by adding and editing their own WordPress posts, but the finally say on whether they appear is yours.

The Author

This user can do everything a contributor can do, but they are able to publish the post themselves so that it appears on the site.

The Editor

Again, this user has the abilities of the earlier ones, but they can also edit other Author and Contributors posts.

The Administrator

Everything is possible by this type of users, including post and page additions and managagement, site design and menu maintenance.

The Super Admin

As for the Administrator, with the ability to manage WordPress Network features