Today, clients want to have more control over their WordPress installations. Their long-term goal is to acquire enough skills and resources to be able to manage their websites. WordPress developers understand these goals are sometimes a bit aspirational. However, as good partners, it is our job to configure WordPress towards that end. With that in mind, we will be looking at how to configure WordPress for both collaboration and scale. The session includes discussions, demos, and content related to the following topics:
* Understanding the authentication, authorization, and accounting methods of WordPress.
* Analyzing WordPress's default roles and capabilities
* Creating roles that align with business requirements
* Enforcing the "least amount of access required" policy
About the Facilitator
Jermain Allen is the founder of RTR Digital LLC, a company that specializes in assisting non-profits and small businesses in completing the digital transformation using open source platforms. Before starting his technology consulting business, Jermain was the top-rated technical trainer at the two largest consumer electronics companies in the world. He spent the majority of the last decade traveling the country, training third parties about the technologies that power many of today's most popular devices.
