Working Example in Oct 2020, Working answer, I went to different answers none of them works now in new WordPress. function hide_categories_for_specific_user( $exclusions, $args ){ if ( ((defined( ‘REST_REQUEST’ ) && REST_REQUEST) or $GLOBALS[‘pagenow’] === ‘edit.php’ ) && !current_user_can( ‘manage_options’ ) ) { // IDs of terms to be excluded $exclude_array = array(“12″,”16″,”17”); // CHANGE … Read more
This code seems to work well for me (in functions.php): $user_id = get_current_user_id(); if ($user_id == 2) { add_filter( ‘parse_query’, ‘exclude_pages_from_admin’ ); } function exclude_pages_from_admin($query) { global $pagenow,$post_type; if (is_admin() && $pagenow==’edit.php’ && $post_type ==’page’) { $query->query_vars[‘post__not_in’] = array(‘123′,’234′,’345’); } }
I spent several hours of my Saturday looking for this error. I could not find a guide anywhere on the ‘net that described my eventual solution. Here is my solution. In the WP core, the “You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page.” error is generated at the end of /wp-admin/includes/menu.php. A grep … Read more
Using Role editor or role scope you can set contributors to edit you custom post type but not publish so every change will be set as draft until approval, and to limit the creation of new posts of your custom post type you can use my plugin Bainternet Posts Creation Limits Update To force re … Read more
This first step to making this happen is add the capability to create_users to a given role. You do this be calling get_role, then using the add_cap method. This only needs to be done once. Here’s an example that does it on plugin activation. <?php register_activation_hook( __FILE__, ‘wpse42003_activation’ ); function wpse42003_activation() { foreach( array( ‘editor’, … Read more
Yes. WordPress has robust built-in Roles and Capabilities system desgined to do exactly what you are looking for. To add a new role, use the add_role() function in your theme’s functions.php or a plug-in like so: $role = add_role( ‘event_manager’, ‘Event Manager’, array( ‘read’ => true, // True allows that capability ) ); if ( … Read more
You can use the set_user_role hook, that will only fire when the user role changes: add_action( ‘set_user_role’, function( $user_id, $role, $old_roles ) { // Your code … }, 10, 3 ); If you want to restrict this to a profile update, you can use: add_action( ‘set_user_role’, function( $user_id ) { add_action( ‘profile_update’, function( $user_id ) … Read more
Add the following code to your functions.php: function allow_contributor_uploads() { $contributor = get_role(‘contributor’); $contributor->add_cap(‘upload_files’); } if ( current_user_can(‘contributor’) && !current_user_can(‘upload_files’) ) { add_action(‘admin_init’, ‘allow_contributor_uploads’); } This will add the upload_files capability to the Contributor role. It only needs to run once; just login to admin as a user with the Contributor role. After it successfully … Read more
In your theme’s functions.php: function hide_the_dashboard() { global $current_user; // is there a user ? if ( is_array( $current_user->roles ) ) { // substitute your role(s): if ( in_array( ‘custom_role’, $current_user->roles ) ) { // hide the dashboard: remove_menu_page( ‘index.php’ ); } } } add_action( ‘admin_menu’, ‘hide_the_dashboard’ ); function your_login_redirect( $redirect_to, $request, $user ) { … Read more
I think the answer to this Disable plugin / plugin action via theme is good for base knowledge on how to disable plugins from code. Adapting that knowledge to your needs will leave us with this: add_action(‘admin_init’, ‘my_filter_the_plugins’); function my_filter_the_plugins() { global $current_user; if (in_array(‘media_manager’, $current_user->roles)) { deactivate_plugins( // deactivate for media_manager array( ‘/advanced-page-manager/advanced_page_manager.php’ ), … Read more