This needs to be implemented at the widget code level for which the code in the question you start with is not a good match. The easiest way might be to decouple the widget content editing and the widget placement. You can set up a specific page in which it is possible to manage the … Read more
Allow users to change author of post
Using this code snippet makes it that an author will see now only his/her own posting and is only able to edit his/her own postings. Only Admins will now be able to edit all posting. You could try to replace ‘author’ with ‘extension_author’ and see if it works for you as wished. (Add snippet in … Read more
I found an answer. It is because the WooCommerce plugin which prevents users without edit_posts capability to display dashboard. Well, I think they should let you know that they are making this kind of change in WordPress default settings. Because you are not able to turn it off in WooCommerce settings.
Add role privileges of the custom post type
From WordPress Codex: Changing the capabilities of a role or user is persistent, meaning the added capability will stay in effect until explicitly revoked. You might want to do something like: $roleObject = get_role( ‘editor’ ); if ($roleObject->has_cap( ‘edit_theme_options’ ) ) { $roleObject->remove_cap( ‘edit_theme_options’ ); }
Welcome email specific to user role
Instead of coming up with this functionality myself and re-inventing the wheel I’m using the built-in functionality that makes a post ‘private’. By using this I’ve had to force all posts to be private, I’ve done so using the wp_insert_post_data filter: add_filter(‘wp_insert_post_data’, array($this, ‘post_data_save’), 10, 2); And my method: public function post_data_save($post){ if($post[‘post_type’] == ‘my_custom_post_type’){ … Read more
I sort out the problem now. It seem that the permission for ‘manage_categories’ is needed for this plugin.
Using plugins like Paid Memberships PRO or s2member would be easiest solution for your purpose. You can create new user group and there capabilities. After that you can select which user group can see your post.