How to allow access for selected role to the selected menu items of the WordPress Appearance menu? The most menu items under “Appearance” menu at WordPress administrator back-end use the same “edit_theme_options” user capability to check if current user has access to it (read more…). Thus if user has access to the “Widgets” menu, he has access to the rest menu items: “Themes”, “Customize”, “Menu”, “Header”, “Background”. What to do if you wish to allow some role(s) change “Widgets”, “Menus” but prohibit access to other “Appearance” menu items? Read more Allow access to WordPress Appearance menu items
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Restrict access to WordPress widgets area for role
Is it possible to restrict access to WordPress widgets area for selected role? “Widgets” menu item is located under “Appearance” menu at WordPress administrator back-end. WordPress uses the same “edit_theme_options” user capability to manage access to it as for the rest items of “Appearance” submenu (read more…). Thus if user has access to the “Widgets” menu, he has access to the rest menu items: “Themes”, “Customize”, “Menu”, “Header”, “Background”. What to do if you wish to allow some user change themes, customize their appearance, edit menu, but do not allow him access to the “Widgets” menu item? Read more Restrict access to WordPress widgets area for role
Hide/disable WordPress user profile fields
In some cases you may not wish that blog registered users edit some part of theirs user profile. Let’s see how we can achieve this purpose.
1) In case you decide to prohibit user change his password use special WordPress filter show_password_fields: Read more Hide/disable WordPress user profile fields
User Role Editor Pro version 4.10
User Role Editor Pro version 4.10 was published at February, 15th, 2014. The updates include:
- Security enhancement: ‘__()’ and ‘_e()’ WordPress text translation functions were replaced with more secure ‘esc_html__()’ and ‘esc_html_e()’.
- It is possible to restrict access to the post or page content view for selected roles. Activate the option at plugin “Settings” page and use new “Content View Restrictions” metabox at post/page editor to setup content view access restrictions. Read more…
- Gravity Forms access management module was updated for compatibility with Gravity Forms version 1.8.3. If you need compatibility with earlier Gravity Forms versions, e.g. 1.7.9, use User Role Editor version 4.9.
Content view access restriction for selected roles
Activate “Content View Access Restrictions” module at User Role Editor Settings page: Read more Content view access restriction for selected roles
