Title: WP_Role::__construct
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: April 28, 2025

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# WP_Role::__construct( string $role, bool[] $capabilities )

## In this article

 * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_role/__construct/?output_format=md#description)
 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_role/__construct/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_role/__construct/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_role/__construct/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_role/__construct/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Constructor – Set up object properties.

## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_role/__construct/?output_format=md#description)󠁿

The list of capabilities must have the key as the name of the capability and the
value a boolean of whether it is granted to the role.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_role/__construct/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$role`stringrequired

Role name.

`$capabilities`bool[]required

Array of key/value pairs where keys represent a capability name and boolean values
represent whether the role has that capability.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_role/__construct/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    public function __construct( $role, $capabilities ) {
    	$this->name         = $role;
    	$this->capabilities = $capabilities;
    }
    ```

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## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_role/__construct/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_Roles::init_roles()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_roles/init_roles/)`wp-includes/class-wp-roles.php` |

Initializes all of the available roles.

  | 
| [WP_Roles::add_role()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_roles/add_role/)`wp-includes/class-wp-roles.php` |

Adds a role name with capabilities to the list.

  |

## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_role/__construct/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [2.0.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.0.0/) | Introduced. |

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