Using the CiviCRM Group Sync Extension for Membership and Access Control
Both WordPress and CiviCRM allow for the grouping of users either to provide special access to content on the front-end, e.g., a special membership area; or to grant administrative privileges on the back-end. CiviCRM also uses Groups for email subscription lists. By default, WordPress comes with five basic user groups: Subscriber, Contributor, Author, Editor, and Administrator; these are all meant for providing access control to the WordPress Dashboard. However, if you want to restrict content…