What Is an Author

An author is a user who can publish content on your site. You can have multiple authors, and each one will have its own login to the WordPress dashboard. An author can create posts, manage pages and other content types, and even moderate comments from other users.

Types of Authors

There are types of roles that have the authority to act as an author. All of them can edit and write different posts. Those 

Administrator:

Gives the user full access to all aspects of your site, including the ability to install and delete plugins, themes, and other features. If you’re given a role as an administrator, then you have access to all the different sections of a site.

Editor:

Allows users to publish posts and manage pages on your site. This role does not allow them to install plugins or themes.

Contributor:

Allows users to write and publish posts on your site. This role does not allow them to install plugins or themes.

Subscriber:

Allows users to view your site but does not give them any editing access. 

Roles of an Author

There are several roles associated with authors. You may be an author or editor for your site, depending on the role you have been assigned to do.

• Author: The user who writes and edits a post is known as an author.
• Editor: An editor can edit existing posts but does not have the ability to publish them. Editors cannot create new posts on their own; they need to be assigned by someone else with that power in order for them to be able to contribute content.

In conclusion, we have seen that the author’s role in WordPress is a very important one. The authors can be either users or admins of your website, but even if they are not moderators of comments and posts, their role as writers and content creators is vital to the success of any website. They are responsible for writing and editing content on your site before it gets published.