No, you’re right, in my free version, there is no capability for “create_posts” or “create_pages” listed.
You said in your message above that “‘Posts -> Add New’ is under control of ‘edit_posts’ capability by default.”
The problem is that my “contributor” role has the edit_posts” capability, but they cannot add new posts. See what I mean?
Actually, I do not have Pro. How can I add “create_posts” without the PRo version?
I’m having this same problem. My “contributors” cannot add posts.
In the “contributor” role, the “edit_posts” option is selected, but they still cannot add new posts.
There is now “create_posts” option in the list of capabilities.
How can I make it so that they can create new posts? Thanks.