how to Assign Multiple Roles for a user in wordpress?

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1. For completeness, this is possible!

    $theUser = new WP_User($userId);
    $theUser->add_role( $role );
   

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2. Yes, WordPress allows this. You can do it in your code:

       $someone = new WP_User( $user_id );
       $someone->add_role( 'role-1' );
       $someone->add_role( 'role-2' );
   

   You can also use a plugin such as Multiple Roles. The plugin
   will transform the select dropdown into checkboxes.

   

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3. This is not possible in WordPress currently, as this is how the core role mapping is designed. You can however create “combination” roles, but this might lead to a large number of roles when you have a lot of core roles to combine.

   Another option would be using a plugin such as User Role Editor, which can help you giving more control of WordPress’ role mapping.

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