I discovered that by adding a call to get_currentuserinfo(); in header.php the problem appears to be solved. I still do not know why it happened, but at least this is a working solution for anyone else who happens to have this problem. Note: Following @jgraup’s suggestion above, I’m posting this as an answer. However, I … Read more
Use the function current_user_can( $capability ). Where $capabilty applies. For example: If ( current_user_can( ‘update_plugins’ ){ //do some update plugin stuff }
In my experience WP doesn’t like being accessed from anywhere that’s not the site url in the wp_config table. If you want to change the URL to your new(?) one this codex page should help, however it will probably prevent you from accessing by your old(?) url.
How to bulk change user role to “No role for this site”
To store user–specific information WordPress has a user meta, pretty much identical to post meta (also known as custom fields). See get_user_meta() and related functions. Unfortunately WP doesn’t provide any interface or interface helpers for it. You would have to implement that yourself, probably hooking into user profile screen.
The Role Scoper plugin can enable this.
First, check for get_current_user_id. Then create a log of visits by adding information to a user’s metadata with update_user_meta & get_user_meta. On every page hit that you care about you can run a function to determine rate/limit of usage per user. If they break the rules, you can redirect to a page that doesn’t contain … Read more
Can I use core passworded page/post functions outside of wp-login.php?
The problem turned out to be a form software bbpress interfering in some way with the queries for user permissions. If you find yourself in a similar situation there are a ton of resources on google, some of which may help and some that won’t. Try uninstalling your plugins (ne-name your plugins folder) Try re-installing … Read more
The {$table_prefix}user_roles entry in the options table must begin with the actual table prefix. Your website was with a prefix of wp_ so the entry was called wp_user_roles. When modifying the table prefix you need to change it with the new one: dzup_wp_user_roles Hope it works !