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`wp_set_default_user_role`

WordPress tool. Set the default role for new user registrations

This is a write tool: it sets default user role in your WordPress account. Claude asks you to confirm before it runs.

Ask Claude

You do not call this tool yourself. Ask for the outcome and the client picks the tool:

Set default user role in my WordPress account for [role].

It takes 1 required and 0 optional parameters.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`role`	string	Yes	Role

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Before you can call it

This tool needs a connected WordPress account. The WordPress connect guide covers how to authorize it and what it unlocks, and the quickstart gets a client talking to the server in about five minutes.

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