Title: Capabilities: edit_private_posts
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Capabilities: edit_private_posts

 *  [MarkOlbert](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markolbert/)
 * (@markolbert)
 * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/capabilities-edit_private_posts/)
 * I would like to define a role where the user can read and edit private posts,
   but not regular posts. I set up the role via User Role Editor.
 * However, when the user visits the site, they can’t see the Posts submenu in the
   administrative menu (on the left-hand side of the page).
 * It occurs to me that maybe the problem is that edit_private_posts requires edit_posts.
   In other words, it’s an additional capability, not a separate one.
 * Is that the case? Or am I doing something else wrong?
 * – Mark

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 * [role](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/role/)

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 * Last activity: [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/capabilities-edit_private_posts/)
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