Title: Create user is changing admin capability
Last modified: May 26, 2021

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# Create user is changing admin capability

 *  Resolved [myftcob](https://wordpress.org/support/users/myftcob/)
 * (@myftcob)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-user-is-changing-admin-capability/)
 * Hi Steve,
    We are experiencing a new issue when we are logged in as admin and
   create a new user with the customer role when the new user is saved the admin
   capability is changed to customer and then locked out of the dashboard. Any ideas
   why this might be happening? Thanks Myf

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 *  Plugin Author [Steve Burge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stevejburge/)
 * (@stevejburge)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-user-is-changing-admin-capability/#post-14487731)
 * Hi [@myftcob](https://wordpress.org/support/users/myftcob/)
 * Sorry, this is an issue we’ve not had reported before.
 * Does it still happen if you disable PublishPress Capabilities?
 *  Plugin Author [Steve Burge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stevejburge/)
 * (@stevejburge)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-user-is-changing-admin-capability/#post-14518545)
 * Hi [@myftcob](https://wordpress.org/support/users/myftcob/)
 * I’m closing this after a week with no replies. Please feel free to follow up 
   if this is still an issue.

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 * Last reply from: [Steve Burge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stevejburge/)
 * Last activity: [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-user-is-changing-admin-capability/#post-14518545)
 * Status: resolved