Change WordPress user roles and capabilities › Forums › How to or FAQ › how to assign a custom role as an author ? › Reply To: how to assign a custom role as an author ? 10/09/2020 at 14:03 #7021 VladimirKeymaster Hi, Turn on “deprecated” ‘level_0’, ‘level_1’, ‘level_2’ user capabilities for your custom role. Detailed explanation is here.