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23/03/2021 at 19:45 #7435awuParticipant
Hello,
I configured a user who has the Editor role and manage_categories permission enabled. This user is restricted to edit posts for category ID = 3 (following the instructions here: https://www.role-editor.com/allow-user-edit-selected-posts/).
What to do: “Allow”
with category/taxonomy ID: 3The user is able to see and edit posts that belong to category ID 3. When editing/creating a post, however, they are unable to add or remove tags. The API call to fetch tags returns an empty array:
/wp-json/wp/v2/tags?per_page=20&orderby=count&order=desc&_fields=id,name&search=test&_locale=user
=>[]
Removing the value 3 from “with category/taxonomy ID” fixes the tag issue but then the user is able to edit all posts.
Since this role has the
manage_categories
permission, the user is able to make edits to tags and categories by visiting:Posts -> Tags
Posts -> CategoriesIf the user visits Posts -> All Posts and immediately visits the Tags or Categories dashboard, there will be 0 results. Refreshing the page will show the list of all tags and/or categories.
WordPress 5.7
User Role Editor Pro 4.59.225/03/2021 at 12:47 #7438VladimirKeymasterHi,
It seems as expected behavior. Restriction by category ID is global for all taxonomies. So when you all to see at backend and edit only posts with category (taxonomy) ID=3, you automatically prohibit editing posts with any other taxonomy ID. Thus use can not add to the post new tags/taxonomies.
As about 0 items at the tags or categories page, it is a result of URE’s internal caching. But if you limit user to edit post only with the restricted list of existing taxonomies – you should not allow him to edit them. You have to delegate this function to another user according to my logic. So taxonomy editing pages should not be available to a user restricted such way.
25/03/2021 at 20:57 #7440awuParticipantHi Vladimir,
Thanks for the explanation. Are there any workarounds when using URE that will allow the user to tag and/or categorize the post?
Ideally:
User is restricted to create and edit posts that have category ID 3
User should be able to add/remove tags to these posts27/03/2021 at 11:13 #7443VladimirKeymasterHi,
Currently there is no such workaround. Restriction is applied to all existing taxonomies at once.
I will think how to exclude selected taxonomies from the restriction using custom filter and apply this to one of the future versions. -
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