You probably need to add 3 capabilities: edit_published_posts publish_posts delete_published_posts but at the very least, you need to add publish_posts as that is the capability WordPress uses to determine what users are shown in Authors drop-down. Note: Changing capabilities is stored in the database so the recommendation is to modify these values via a plugin … Read more
Send a password to a user who has just registered for a member area
Yes, there are tons of plugins to realize this. In my opinion, the most reliable, streamlined and bugfree plugin is “members” by Justin Tadlock. As I’ve said, there are hundrets if not thousands of plugins which can do this. Just browse the plugin directory. On the other hand, building some custom redirects is not that … Read more
I am guessing your are talking about customizing the look of the output from the shortcode to match the design of the page better is that correct? If so then I would style it using Firebug and CSS.
You cannot find the capability because it does not exist. In WP out of the box, the paradigm is not post creation, but post publishing. Users can be adjusted to edit and create drafts and pending posts, but not publish. Setting users to only edit however is not possible at the roles and capabilities level, … Read more
I fixed it already. I used the ACF User role selector to select roles per page. Then i made a checker for every page that matches the current logged in role with the role selected on the page.
You shouldn’t use Roles to handle permissions for your menu page. Instead, use capabilities, and then assign those capabilities to whichever roles should have access. For example, instead of creating a customrole role, use a custom capability like manage_custom_plugin: add_menu_page( ‘Custom-Plugin’, ‘Custom-Plugin’, ‘manage_custom_plugin’, ‘custom-plugin’, ‘init_custom_menu_page’ ); Now, using the Members plugin you can enter manage_custom_plugin … Read more
You can use BuddyPress to create groups, manage groups, allow users to join groups and search them. BuddyPress is like a Social Network plugin for WordPress. Has it’s own sub-section/ecosystem of plugins and add-ons and code snippets that you can apply. https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress/ There’s an active developer community and lots of documentation too: https://codex.buddypress.org
this did the trick. it doesnt need to redirect, but just changes landing page. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/54068617/custom-buddypress-profile-page-set-as-landing-page-bp-default-component
You can achieve this with no subscription or payment features using the free Restrict User Access plugin together with WordPress User Roles (a bulit in feature). You set the roles you want for each user, and each role defines access to particular set of content on your site. The plugin’s very flexible and granular, so … Read more