---
title: "Creating a View Editor role"
date: 2026-04-23
author: "GravityKit"
link: "https://www.gravitykit.com/docs/gravityview/edit-entry/non-administrator-edit-view/"
---

A View Editor role will allow certain users to access your website's Dashboard and have access to create a new View or edit existing Views. This way, you won't need to assign them the Administrator role.

### 1) Install and Activate the [Members plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/members/)

![Members plugin with options to activate or delete; aids in user role management](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/file-iSSqUOJxGz-1.png)

### 2)
Go to the Members menu > Roles![Sidebar menu with Roles, Add New Role, Settings, Add-Ons, Payments, and About Us options highlighted](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/file-Dtt0d4qUW9.png)

### 3)
*Clone the Editor role*![Roles list with options to edit, delete, clone, or view users for the "Editor" role](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/file-hYyxvYtnay.png)

### 4)
*Rename the role name and add capabilities*
Start by renaming the role to something easy to identify, like "View Editor."

Editing a View requires permissions that are normally only assigned to Administrators.

This is because Views allow users to display HTML, which is a capability that is restricted in WordPress. The required [unfiltered\_html](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/roles-and-capabilities/#unfiltered_html) is already included in the Editor role.

Here's a list of the capabilities necessary to be added to this role:

- edit\_others\_gravityviews
- edit\_private\_gravityviews
- edit\_published\_gravityviews
- gravityforms\_create\_form
- gravityforms\_delete\_forms
- gravityforms\_edit\_forms
- gravityforms\_view\_entries
- gravityforms\_edit\_entries
- gravityforms\_delete\_entries

![Clone Role interface showing options to rename "View Editor" and edit capabilities](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/file-o2UwXrQZX8.png)
*GravityView-specific capabilities:*![View Editor role settings; grants editing capabilities for others', private, and published GravityViews](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/file-Mu1m9kJQzp.png)
*Also, when creating new Views, you can create a new Gravity Forms form directly from the View editor. These capabilities are required to create new forms when using the View editor*![View Editor role capabilities: create, delete, edit forms, view, edit, delete entries; all granted](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/file-FwkhwCbHIX.png)

### 5)
*Save your new Role*!["Add Role button with stats: Users 0, Granted 1, Denied 0 under Role section."](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/file-KJ9LljWukh.png)

### 6)
*Add users to this role*
Now, you just need to go to the Users menu and assign your users the new View Editor role.

![In WordPress, a user is assigned the "View Editor" role in the Users section](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/file-FnYUIZFYh5.png)