Sync roles across several plugins
Something you may use to accomplish this a plugin with a role and capability manager. You could then assign whatever permissions to either role you want, or create a new role altogether.
capabilities
No one can edit post/pages by Administrator
Download User Role Editor and uncheck the edit others post
I don’t have permission to save the theme options I created myself?
You’re adding the menu page using the “administrator” role. Is the account you’re using an administrator? Note: 1) You should be using an appropriate capability, rather than a user role. Generally, the appropriate capability for editing Theme options is edit_theme_options. 2) There is a known bug with WordPress, in that currently, manage_options is required for … Read more
Restrict editing of a custom post type based on status and user capabilities
There’s another great article here. They walk you through the 4-step process that they used to set it up.
Read-Only custom post type
You are correct that the read capability is intended for the frontend. The capability you’re looking for does not exist. Additionally, if it did exist ( which it does not ), the WP Admin user interface does not provide a UI for viewing/reading posts, only addition and editing. If you want it, I’m afraid you … Read more
Want to add post to user dashboard
Please update the code as below add_action( ‘admin_menu’, ‘remove_menus’ ); function remove_menus(){ $user = wp_get_current_user(); $role = ( array ) $user->roles; if($role[0]==subscriber) add_menu_page( ‘edit.php’ ); //dashboard }
Not able to give editors acess to new admin menu item
Must be a problem with the surrounding code, your add_menu_page code works fine inside my test code, i can see the item as an admin or editor. add_action( ‘admin_menu’ , ‘admin_menu_new_items’ ); function admin_menu_new_items() { add_menu_page(‘Calendar’, ‘Calendar’, ‘edit_posts’, ‘wp-eventcal/eventcal-manager.php’); } Works just fine for me.. Are you using any plugins for managing the admin menu, … Read more
How to add post of custom type to a category with custom type capabilities
I have found the cause of this problem. The reason is due to the capabilities argument in the category taxonomy. i.e. array( ‘manage_terms’ => ‘manage_categories’, ‘edit_terms’ => ‘manage_categories’, ‘delete_terms’ => ‘manage_categories’, ‘assign_terms’ => ‘edit_posts’, ); So one work around (though not a very good one – and certainly not for use in plugins!) is to … Read more
Best Roles and Capability on a site with review features using a front end custom post
My fist suggestion to this type question is to use Justin Tadlock’s Members Plugin. It should handle what you are asking, and it’s easy to set up. It has several pre-defined roles and capabilities that will probably cover what you need. If not, check out the forums and doc’s for how to customize it even … Read more
Custom post type & role issues
So I figured out the problem here. When you use the members plugin and create roles for custom post types you need to create a function which maps out your meta capabilities. http://justintadlock.com/archives/2010/07/10/meta-capabilities-for-custom-post-types