Imho that’s one of the most important things regarding users:
/**
* Deny access to 'administrator' for other roles
* Else anyone, with the edit_users capability, can edit others
* to be administrators - even if they are only editors or authors
*
* @since 0.1
* @param (array) $all_roles
* @return (array) $all_roles
*/
function deny_change_to_admin( $all_roles )
{
if ( ! current_user_can('administrator') )
unset( $all_roles['administrator'] );
if (
! current_user_can('administrator')
OR ! current_user_can('editor')
)
unset( $all_roles['editor'] );
if (
! current_user_can('administrator')
OR ! current_user_can('editor')
OR ! current_user_can('author')
)
unset( $all_roles['author'] );
return $all_roles;
}
function deny_rolechange()
{
add_filter( 'editable_roles', 'deny_change_to_admin' );
}
add_action( 'after_setup_theme', 'deny_rolechange' );