There is a list of roles in the $wp_roles WordPress global object. Set $wp_roles to a global at the top of your method of function: global $wp_roles; Use a Select Field to populate the options: array( ‘id’ => $prefix . ‘role’, ‘name’ => ‘Role’, ‘type’ => ‘select’, ‘use_ajax’ => false, ‘options’ => $wp_roles->get_names(), ), Note: … Read more
First, always var_dump() something if you aren’t sure what exactly you got. If you ain’t got XDebug installed and configured, just use printf( ‘<pre>%s</pre>’, htmlspecialchars( var_export( $dumpMe, true ) ) ); which will bring up an equally informative response. About the WP_User_Query) IIRC it returns objects which are instances of WP_User. You can test that … Read more
If you’d dumped one of your $players you’d have seen the issue: object(WP_User)#126 (7) { [“data”]=> object(stdClass)#129 (10) { [“ID”]=> string(1) “9” [“user_login”]=> string(3) “abc” [“user_pass”]=> string(34) “$P$BmwzlhY1xP6JTBlbWzLPetkx8lB.Zo/” [“user_nicename”]=> string(3) “abc” [“user_email”]=> string(19) “[email protected]” [“user_url”]=> string(0) “” [“user_registered”]=> string(19) “2013-10-04 09:22:08” [“user_activation_key”]=> string(0) “” [“user_status”]=> string(1) “0” [“display_name”]=> string(3) “abc” } [“ID”]=> int(9) // removed … Read more
In WordPress is pretty simple create custom roles and also assign specific capabilities to specific user roles (no matter if from core or custom). In my plugins I often create an user role that has all the capabilities required by my plugin, and then I attach some of thos capabilities to existing roles. I’ll give … Read more
From Codex : Do not pass a role name to current_user_can(), as this is not guaranteed to work correctly (see #22624) Instead, you may wish to try the check user role function put together by AppThemes. I would propose to use is_user_logged_in() to check your function.
manage_options is an admin role so I’d still try and changing it even if you’ve changed the roles elsewhere. See http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#Editor for more info. Try the following: add_options_page(‘Orbisius Simple Notice’, ‘Orbisius Simple Notice’, ‘edit_others_posts’, __FILE__, ‘orbisius_simple_notice_options_page’);
The problem The problem is, that you have a custom capability_type. This means, that this post type will be handled differently from default post types, that have a capability type of post: Users need to be granted access to this capabilities. Important thing here: This is a good decision. Foundation What you’re missing is mapping … Read more
Create an admin level user for your client, preferably not one named “admin”. If you track the number of attempted hacks on your site you will notice that most try to use the “admin” username. Change the email for the admin use to reflect your client’s email address Or, preferably, delete the “admin” user and … Read more
Once you say “edit” I think you are no worried about new posts, just edit existent post. So, my idea is remove the support fot title when the admin is no the one allowed. I’ll write a separate function that retturn true if the current user is the wanted admin, in this way it can … Read more
A possibility is, that you add via plugin a filter, there check the rights and only users with his User ID in each post can change this posts. The follow example doing this, but you must enhance a check for your custom post type, if you will only allow this on your CPT. /** * … Read more