Modifying the editor role by adding new capabilities will grant users editor capabilities plus these new capabilities. As long as you’re comfortable with that level of access, there aren’t additional security concerns. If you want to create a new role which is what I recommend for this scenario, you can craft the capabilities according to … Read more
I’ve seen Role Manager used to restrict editor access only to pages on which they have been designated as authors. Would guess it would work with custom post types.
WP stripts HTML for authors. I had this problem too. I’m sure this post can help you. How can HTML be allowed in Author Bio? or this: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/authors-can-not-embed-video#post-1483017
Did you install related plugins for users ? Because there are certain plugins that when people register then they come across all websites (e.g http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/multisite-user-management/)
pre_get_posts is correct. the code from will prevent any non-admin from seeing anyone else’s posts. http://blog.rutwick.com/display-only-the-posts-authored-by-the-current-wp-user-on-the-posts-page-in-the-back-end to limit that to only 1 post type you’d add in one more condition and check $typenow == ‘your_custom_post_type’: add_action(‘pre_get_posts’, ‘filter_posts_list’); function filter_posts_list($query) { //$pagenow holds the name of the current page being viewed global $pagenow, $typenow; //$current_user uses … Read more
I actually have a plugin that does just that, it adds a category dropdown to the user profile edit: Only user who can manage_options (admin) can see that field. and once the user is logged in to post he sees this: Update Its now in the plugin repository http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/author-category/ enjoy.
thank you guys I went thru many forums and other details of the post where i came to conclution to create a simple plugin and will work as below the algo is divided in different sections signup when user x is getting registered there will be a category that is created in the name as … Read more
You could combine your two ideas- generate a code and send them a link to a sign up form with that code as a query string in the url. match the code with the email address they enter when they sign up, then delete it once sign up is complete so it can’t be used … Read more
This support forum thread has both an explanation and a code snippet that you might be able to work up into a solution. The “Right Now” widget is tied to the edit_posts capability. I don’t know about the incoming links widget or quick post widget, but I’d guess it’s the same issue of either requiring … Read more
ah, there is a plugin that does this, but it also have some more features. Check here (plugin – WelcomeUser!)