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Remove Capabilities from WP admin for specific user role

You can add a condition on capabilities in order to exclude the admin from the unset action for example add_filter( ‘post_row_actions’, ‘remove_row_actions’, 10, 2 ); function remove_row_actions_staff( $actions, $post ){ //This line stops function execution if user has some admin capabilities if( current_user_can( ‘administrator’ ) ): return $actions; endif; if( $post->post_type() === ‘wiki-testimonials’ ) unset( … Read more

Add, edit specific CPT with custom role

There’s no such hook named load-themes.php in WordPress. One of the hooks you can use to add custom capabilities is after_setup_theme. Also, there’s no need to use ‘themes.php’ == $pagenow && isset($_GET[‘activated’]) condition there. What are you trying to achieve this way? Try to use this code instead: add_action( ‘after_setup_theme’, function() { $role = get_role( … Read more

Applying roles to an admin sub-menu (eg Appearance -> Menus)

Upon further searching and after discovering the $submenu global variable, I’ve managed to find a helpful tutorial on removing sub-menus from the WordPress admin. I’ll post with code when I get a full solution implemented and integrated with the plugin.

Allow Contributor to edit published post and filter by page id

You can use user_has_cap filter to check and grant capabilities dynamically. add_filter(‘user_has_cap’, ‘contributor_can_edit_published_posts’, 10, 4); function contributor_can_edit_published_posts($allcaps, $caps, $args, $user) { global $post; // Do we have a post? if ( ! $post ) { return $allcaps; } // Is the user a contributor? if ( ! isset( $allcaps[‘contributor’] ) || true !== $allcaps[‘contributor’] ) … Read more

Theme option editing capability problems

You should be posting your data (via <form action=”” …> to your theme options page, rather than to the wp-admin/options.php file. The latter is for the stuff under Settings. Also, I don’t mean to be tossing dirt at anyone in particular, but always take the tips that you read on the web with a grain … Read more

Define new user capability for custom post types?

Use ‘capability_type’ & ‘capabilities’ when you register_post_type().

Does an AJAX call on the Admin Side Automatically include the User Data/Capabilities?

You don’t need to send any additional data, since the user cookies (which are used for authentication) will be sent by default. You have access to all the WP functions, including current_user_can().

WordPress bug with capabilities?

Activate the plugin again, reset your caps to default. I guess the problem is the plugin – not wp. Maybe it misses to add some capability. Best would be to try to take a look at the capabilites that are assigned to the different roles. How-to inspect current user data the smart way Create an … Read more

How come I see a manage_categories capability but not a manage_tags capability for any users?

You need to check out codex page regarding roles and caps to see the list of default capabilites that exist, you can always create your own custom capabilites

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