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What each team role can do
Viewer, Contributor, Author, Editor, Admin and the owner, side by side.
The roles
Contributor, Author, Editor and Admin are the roles an invitation offers; their lines are the ones "What this grants" shows. Viewer comes only through SCIM, and its line is the one "Change role" shows.
| Role | In the product's words | Publishes | Visitor data, form submissions, exports and consent | The team | Billing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viewer | "Reads site content; cannot create, edit or publish." | No | No | No | No |
| Contributor | "Writes drafts that editors review; cannot publish." | No | No | No | No |
| Author | "Creates and edits their own content; can publish it in the content editor." | Own | No | No | No |
| Editor | "Edits and publishes site content; cannot manage the team or privileged account data." | Yes | No | No | No |
| Admin | "Publishes content, manages settings, privileged data, and the team; billing stays owner-only." | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Owner | The one person who holds billing authority. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
In detail
- Viewer reads the site's content and cannot create, edit or publish. Every member your directory creates through SCIM joins as a Viewer, and an Admin can raise a Viewer to another role.
- Contributor and Author read the site's content and settings, create and edit content, and manage media. Contributors cannot publish. Authors can publish their own content in the content editor, but not through the Composer or the copilot.
- Editor holds what a site's content needs day to day, publishing included: pages and posts, media, forms, SEO, taxonomies, analytics, audiences, experiments, personalization and the store. An Editor does not hold visitors' personal data, erasing visitor data, reading form submissions, exporting data, the consent policy, integrations other than Google Analytics, redirects, the team or the account.
- Admin holds everything an Editor holds, and all of those as well. Billing stays with the owner.
- The owner holds billing authority. The owner can pass ownership to another member of the team. Coming soon.
Good to know
- "Change role" shows exactly what a person gains and what they lose before you confirm.
- Your store's customer names and emails, and your connected Stripe account, are visible to Editors and Admins only.
- EmDash's own administration screens, such as Content Types, Users, Plugins and Redirects, are for Admins.
- "Open admin →" signs each person into a site at their own role.
- The copilot works within the role of the person using it, and never offers an action beyond that role.
In a sentence
Ask the copilot "Make sales@yourbrand.com an Editor". It pauses on an approval card before the role changes.
Still stuck?
Email support@amadalis.ai. We aim to reply within one business day; at busy times it can take an extra day. Testers come first: we always give them priority so that they are unblocked.