Title: Adding new capabilities
Last modified: April 20, 2017

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# Adding new capabilities

 *  [elena.miteva](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elenamiteva/)
 * (@elenamiteva)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-new-capabilities/)
 * Dears,
 * I have installed the User Role Editor and have seen that has major functionalities
   for capabilities for WP and WooCommerce, but how I can add capabilities for additionally
   installed plugins as for example Jetpack, Responsive Slider, Easy Booking etc.
 * Thank you

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 *  Plugin Author [Vladimir Garagulya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shinephp/)
 * (@shinephp)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-new-capabilities/#post-9057787)
 * Hi,
 * Many plugins use WordPress built-in capabilities to protect its menus. For example,
   Jetpack does not create own user capabilities. It remaps them to the existing
   user capabilities: manage_options, read, etc.
 * Responsive Slider plugin protected its “Slides” menu this way:
    Slides edit_posts
   All Slides edit_posts Add New Slide edit_posts Settings manage_options
 * You have to check individually what capabilities are used by what plugin.
 *  Thread Starter [elena.miteva](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elenamiteva/)
 * (@elenamiteva)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-new-capabilities/#post-9101131)
 * How I can find what capabilities are used by the plugin Huge IT Responsive Slider?
   
   The plugin in /public_html/wp-content/plugins/slider is simply shown as slider
   and I have created all possible combinations of new capabilities as huge_it reslide
   reslide-edit-slider-view reslide_func reslide_view reslider reslider_func reslider_view
   slide slider edit_reslider edit_slider manage_reslider
 * but none has been working and shows the option for Huge IT Responsive Slider 
   for the selected Role???
 * Any help will be appreciated.

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 * Last reply from: [elena.miteva](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elenamiteva/)
 * Last activity: [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-new-capabilities/#post-9101131)
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