Vendor Roles

Woo Sell Services uses WordPress user roles to distinguish vendors (service providers) from customers. Configure which roles have vendor capabilities to control who can create and manage service products.

Setting Vendor Roles

1. Go to WP Admin > WB Plugins > Woo Sell Services > General.
2. Find the Seller User Roles setting.
3. Select one or more roles that should act as vendors.
4. Save.

Users with a selected role can:

• Create service products.
• Receive service orders.
• See the Service Provider tab in My Account.
• Send and receive conversation messages as the vendor.
• Submit deliveries.
• See vendor-specific notifications.

Roles Commonly Used as Vendors

Role	Source
Administrator	WordPress core
Shop Manager	WooCommerce
Vendor	Dokan
Store Vendor	WC Vendors
WCFM Vendor	WCFM

Role Capabilities

A vendor role needs these WordPress capabilities to work:

Capability	Purpose
edit_products	Create and edit WooCommerce products
upload_files	Attach files in conversations
edit_posts	Required for the WordPress media uploader

If you use a custom role, make sure these capabilities are assigned.

Customer Roles

Any WooCommerce customer can purchase service products; no special role is needed for buyers. Customer-side features (requirement submission, conversations, delivery review, ratings) are available to authenticated users who have purchased a service.

Role Filters

Filter	Purpose
wss_allowed_vendors	Override the list of vendor roles
wss_allowed_customers	Override the list of customer roles

// Add a custom "freelancer" role as a vendor.
add_filter( 'wss_allowed_vendors', function( $roles ) {
    $roles[] = 'freelancer';
    return $roles;
} );