Title: Backend Access Setup
Last modified: September 8, 2018

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# Backend Access Setup

 *  Resolved [Worthdesigning](https://wordpress.org/support/users/auntypizza/)
 * (@auntypizza)
 * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backend-access-setup/)
 * Hi,
 * How do I restrict backend access to only 2 of our users?
 * Thanks

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 *  Plugin Author [AAM Plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vasyltech/)
 * (@vasyltech)
 * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backend-access-setup/#post-10672146)
 * Hi [@auntypizza](https://wordpress.org/support/users/auntypizza/),
 * Please check this article [https://aamplugin.com/help/how-to-lockdown-wordpress-backend](https://aamplugin.com/help/how-to-lockdown-wordpress-backend)
 * So basically you need to make sure that those 2 users do not have _access\_dashboard_
   capability checked while everybody else should have it checked.
 * Regards,
    Vasyl
 *  Thread Starter [Worthdesigning](https://wordpress.org/support/users/auntypizza/)
 * (@auntypizza)
 * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backend-access-setup/#post-10672205)
 * Sorry – I wrote my question badly.
 * I meant to ask how to make it so that only 2 users have access!
 * The rest don’t.
 * I think the problem with that is we get new users on a regular basis and would
   have to go in and manually uncheck that capability? Or am I wrong – is it a once-
   off action?
 * Thanks so much for your help.
 *  [Noel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/noelalvarez/)
 * (@noelalvarez)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backend-access-setup/#post-10749669)
 * If you want only 2 users to have access to the back-end of your site just make
   sure you only have 2 user SET as Administrator and all other users (NEW or OLD)
   set to Subscriber. Also insure that new Registrations/Users are set to Subscriber(
   WordPress Backend –> Settings –> General ).
 * And make sure you have Subscriber’s capabilities set by Default ( which means
   you have not added any capability.
 * Hope this helps.
 *  Plugin Author [AAM Plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vasyltech/)
 * (@vasyltech)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backend-access-setup/#post-10751648)
 * [@auntypizza](https://wordpress.org/support/users/auntypizza/),
 * To also follow-up with [@noelalvarez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/noelalvarez/)
   answer. When you create a custom capability **access_dashboard**. It will be 
   automatically assigned to _Administrator_ role while unchecked for all other 
   roles and users that do not belong to Administrator role.
 * So technically this means that all new users and existing users that are not 
   administrators, will not have access to the Backend.
 * You can explicitly switch to any user on [Users/Roles Manager](https://aamplugin.com/help#users-roles-manager)
   panel and check access_dashboard capability for desired user that you want to
   give access to the backend.
 * Feel free to ask more questions.
 * Regards,
    Vasyl
 *  Thread Starter [Worthdesigning](https://wordpress.org/support/users/auntypizza/)
 * (@auntypizza)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backend-access-setup/#post-10751735)
 * We have another role – Super User – and we don’t want to give access to our 6
   administrators (long story).
 * I’ll try the above – thanks.

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