I’m pretty sure I understand the roles and capabilities setup in WordPress: granular capabilities, grouped together in roles that can be assigned to users. Code should check the granular capabilities, not the roles (because the capabilities for particular roles can change). Roles are not necessarily hierarchical (though the default roles are). Is there any way … Read more
The codex says you can’t add javascript in the post content https://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Javascript But I can. I’ve turned off all plugins and changed to twentysixteen theme, but to no avail – I can still add javascript, via the post content, and have it run on the frontend. I don’t want anyone to be able to add … Read more
I have multi-author website and I am not very comfortable for allowing all members to enter SEO details in the posts they are publishing. I would like this would be visible only to Administrator of the website. Any ideas? 5 s 5 It didn’t say in the API docs on the Yoast SEO plugin site … Read more
Is it possible to let a contributor change the author of his own posts? I realize this will effectively lock them out of the post, that’s what i want. I want them to be able to change the author once they are done editing. 5 s 5 I’m adding a second answer because my first … Read more
So I’m having some issues with this and I can’t see why. I just need a custom role that can access the blog in the back end. I’ve added a new post type with a Capability type of blog and a new user role with all the caps fr it that would allow admin access … Read more
During the vanilla WP core load the current user is being set up in $wp-init() which is after theme load and before init hook. This is in line with good practice of functionality getting hooked to init or later. However it is also common practice to call related functions, such as current_user_can() earlier than that. … Read more
I am new to wordpress, in table wp_usermeta I notice that we have a row meta_key meta_value wp_capabilities a:1:{s:13:”administrator”;b:1;} First, what’s the meaning of meta_value a:1:{s:13:”administrator”;b:1;} , where can I found the exactly explanation of this filed ? Or I what to know all about the role user Capabilities , where can I get these … Read more
I cannot get it so that my user role for a supplier can read the shipments post type. It shows up in their menu but when you click on it you get you are not allowed to view this page error message. It works if I add_cap(‘read_posts’) but I don’t want them to view the … Read more
I was surprised to discover that add_role() modifies the database and fails if the role already exists. There are two implications here, one first more serious than the other: 1) if you’re in development and update your add_role code, you must first remove_role() 2) once you have it right, you should never have to run … Read more
I’m going to be using add_role() and $role->add_cap() to set up a new custom role and attach a new capability to existing roles. I’m wondering where the best place to do this is? Obviously I can do it straight inside functions.php and be done with it. But is this the best practice? Do I only … Read more