{"id":2893,"date":"2026-10-20T08:37:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T07:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/listing-owners-reviewers-user-roles\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T08:37:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T07:37:17","slug":"listing-owners-reviewers-user-roles","status":"publish","type":"gd_place","link":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/core-features\/listing-owners-reviewers-user-roles\/","title":{"rendered":"Listing owners, reviewers and user roles in GeoDirectory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GeoDirectory doesn&#8217;t add its own user roles. It works with normal WordPress accounts, and the person who submits a listing becomes its owner (the post author). Customers who leave reviews and business owners who manage listings can have the same kind of account: a user is an owner for the listings they added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What listing owners can do<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Edit or delete their own listings from the front end, using the actions shown by <a href=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/core-widgets\/gd-author-actions\/\">GD &gt; Author Actions<\/a>. See <a href=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/core-features\/how-can-my-users-edit-or-delete-their-listings\/\">How can my users edit or delete their listings?<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reach their listings and favorites from the <a href=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/core-widgets\/gd-dashboard\/\">GD &gt; Dashboard<\/a> block, which shows a dashboard to logged in users.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reply to reviews on their listings. Replies from the owner get a &#8220;Listing Owner&#8221; badge, and you can change that label in each post type&#8217;s settings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An admin can give a listing to another user, see <a href=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/how-tos\/how-to-change-the-owner-of-a-listing\/\">How to change the owner of a listing?<\/a>. With the <a href=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/claim-listings\/claim-listings-setup-guide\/\">Claim Listings<\/a> add-on, business owners can claim listings you added and become their owner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Control who can register, post and review<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Settings &gt; General &gt; Membership, &#8220;Anyone can register&#8221;, decides whether people can sign up.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Settings &gt; Discussion decides whether people must be logged in to comment and leave reviews.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>GeoDirectory &gt; Settings &gt; General has &#8220;New listing default status&#8221; (choose Pending Review to approve each new listing), &#8220;Allow posting without logging in?&#8221; and &#8220;Restrict wp-admin&#8221;, which keeps the roles you choose (subscribers by default) out of wp-admin.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Extra roles and profiles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you need roles with different permissions, such as a separate shop owner role, a role editor plugin can create them. For front end registration, login and profile pages, our UsersWP plugin works with GeoDirectory and can show each user&#8217;s listings on their profile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GeoDirectory doesn&#8217;t add its own user roles. It works with normal WordPress accounts, and the person who submits a listing becomes its owner (the post author). Customers who leave reviews and business owners who manage listings can have the same kind of account: a user is an owner for the listings they added. 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