Settings

Members’ options live under Members → Settings. You need the manage_options capability (Administrators have it) to see this screen.

Roles and Capabilities

Setting	What it does	Default
Role Manager	Turns on the Roles screens, where you create, edit, clone, and delete roles.	On
Multiple User Roles	Lets users have more than one role. See Multiple User Roles.	On
Capabilities: Denied capabilities should always overrule granted capabilities	When a user’s roles disagree about a capability, the denial wins. See Explicitly Deny Capabilities.	On
Capabilities: Show human-readable capabilities	Shows “Edit Posts” instead of edit_posts where Members knows the name. Capabilities from other plugins show their code name unless the plugin registers a label.	On
Role Hierarchy	Appears when the Role Hierarchy add-on is active. Choose whether users manage roles lower than, or lower than or equal to, their own.	Lower

Turning off the Role Manager hides the Roles screens. Your roles stay exactly as they are.

Content Permissions

Setting	What it does	Default
Enable Permissions	Turns on Content Permissions for your posts and pages.	On
Hide Protected Posts from WP REST API	Keeps protected posts out of the REST API for people who can’t view them. See Content Permissions: The REST API.	On
Error Message	The default message shown in place of protected content. Each post can override it. Shortcodes work here, including [members_login_form].	“Sorry, but you do not have permission to view this content.”

If you turn off Enable Permissions, nothing is protected, but the roles you ticked on each post are kept for when you turn it back on.

Private Site

Setting	What it does	Default
Enable Private Site	Sends every logged-out visitor to the login page. See Private Site.	Off
REST API	Requires visitors to be logged in to use your site’s REST API. See Private Site: The REST API option.	Off
Disable Feed	Replaces the content of every item in your RSS feed with the Feed Error Message.	Off
Feed Error Message	The text feed readers see when Disable Feed is on.	“You must be logged into the site to view this content.”

Miscellaneous

Setting	What it does
Disable Review Prompt	Tick “Permanently remove Members review prompt” to stop the occasional request to review Members.
Reset Roles	The Reset to Default WordPress Roles button. See Reset Roles.

Other tabs

• Add-Ons: turn add-ons on and off.
• Admin Access: appears when the Admin Access add-on is active.

Moving settings to another site

Export All on the Roles screen saves your Members settings along with your roles. See Import / Export Roles.