wp cap

Adds, removes, and lists capabilities of a user role.

See references for Roles and Capabilities and WP User class.

EXAMPLES

# Add 'spectate' capability to 'author' role.
$ wp cap add 'author' 'spectate'
Success: Added 1 capability to 'author' role.

# Add all caps from 'editor' role to 'author' role.
$ wp cap list 'editor' | xargs wp cap add 'author'
Success: Added 24 capabilities to 'author' role.

# Remove all caps from 'editor' role that also appear in 'author' role.
$ wp cap list 'author' | xargs wp cap remove 'editor'
Success: Removed 34 capabilities from 'editor' role.