{"id":1128349,"date":"2016-06-17T05:14:08","date_gmt":"2016-06-17T12:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/wp-user-role-event-coordinator\/"},"modified":"2016-06-17T05:14:08","modified_gmt":"2016-06-17T12:14:08","slug":"wp-user-role-event-coordinator","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/wp-user-role-event-coordinator\/","title":{"rendered":"WP User Role &#8211; Event Coordinator?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Is it possible to create a WP user role that allows someone only to add events and not have access to the rest of the back end of the site? And if so, is it possible that they can then only edit the events that they have made and not any other events?<\/p>\n<p>I have a website with a calendar for an organization that has several sub-groups. Each sub group has it&#8217;s own schedule of meetings. 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