So you’ve duplicated the tables in the DB, with the new set having the dev_ prefix? In that case, the problem is probably that you have not updated the fields within the duplicated tables that inherit that prefix. For instance, dev_usermeta will now have a meta_key called wp_capabilities. This needs to be dev_capabilities. Also, dev_options … Read more
You haven’t set $post_id so there is no reason is should display. If you have debugging enabled as you should when you are working, you would have spotted the error immediately. What you need to do is: add_action( ‘manage_posts_custom_column’, ‘populate_columns’ ); function populate_columns( $column ) { global $post; if ($column == ‘id’){ echo $post->ID; } … Read more
The “Contributor” role has very little access to anything on the back end but can created posts. delete_posts edit_posts read http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#Contributor For comparison, an ordinary “Subscriber” has the last of the three, so “Contributor” has only two extra capabilities. I am not quite sure what “access to specific plugins” means exactly but I am nearly … Read more
That’s probably because the site is visible for admin but not for public. This might be due to a maintenance plugin or a code in functions.php or in htaccess. This could also be due to a cache issue. In this case try to delete the cache.
Here is something I used: add_action( ‘admin_menu’, ‘manage_poll_menu’ ); function manage_poll_menu() { add_menu_page( ‘Manage Polls’, ‘Polls’, ‘manage_polls_cap’, ‘manage_polls’, ‘my_poll_options’, ” ); add_submenu_page( ‘manage_polls’, ‘Add New’, ‘Add New Poll’, ‘manage_polls_cap’, ‘add_new_poll’, ‘my_poll_options’ ); add_submenu_page( ‘manage_polls’, ‘Poll Sections’, ‘Poll Sections’, ‘manage_polls_cap’, ‘poll_sections’, ‘my_poll_options’ ); add_submenu_page( ‘manage_polls’, ‘Add New Poll Section’, ‘Add New Poll Section’, ‘manage_polls_cap’, ‘add_new_poll_section’, ‘my_poll_options’ … Read more
Yes, I use the Members plugin on a few projects where I need to customize or specify certain permissions. Your workflow would be Create a new Role (named something like “Partial Admin” or whatever you’d like to name these people. Add those people to this role (removing them from the Administrator role). Edit the role … Read more
Maybe you should try doing a fresh install of wordpress on your local computer and simply import your website using the wordpress.xml file created via Tools > Export. If you do that, you can take a good look at the wp_options table as this may give you a clue as to what might be going … Read more
There is no current screen in the context of an AJAX request, only in the context of where you’re making the AJAX calls from.
Create a new user, make him an admin, log in with that account. Then delete the other admin and assign all of his posts to the new user. But first find out how the site was hacked, and clean it up.
WordPress admin pages are typically created using add_menu_page() function that takes care of menu entry and calls custom function (provided by you) to generate content of the page. Obviously content of the page is arbitrary and should be easy to modify conditionally, using current_user_can() or other necessary checks.