Authors can't access our Calypso features

[hannahkane]

Steps to reproduce

1. Starting here: https://mofo-calypso-test.herokuapp.com/stats/insights/teachmozillaorg.wordpress.com
2. When logged in as an Author (not an Editor), I do not see the custom post type options (e.g. "Add 3 Boxes page")

I do see the options when logged in as an Editor

[hannahkane]

Would be good for someone else to test this and make sure it wasn't just user error on my part.

[alicoding]

User Roles

User roles determine the access level or permissions of a person authorized (invited by an Administrator) to use a WordPress.com site.

Summary

Administrator – nothing is off limits Editor – has access to all posts, pages, comments, categories, tags, and links. Author – can write, upload photos to, edit, and publish their own posts. Contributor – has no publishing or uploading capability, but can write and edit their own posts until they are published Follower (public sites) / Viewer (private sites only) – can read and comment on posts and pages

[alicoding]

I think we can't do anything here from the technical part, but you can set their role to Editor to be able to use our custom template feature (which fall under pages).

[hannahkane]

Got it. Thanks, @alicoding.

This might pose a problem at some point if we want to let community members create content, but want to limit their access to other people's content. We can see if that need/constraint emerges before discussing further. It may not be a real use case.

cc @simonwex