Separate capability

  • Resolved klishb

    (@klishb)


    4 years, 3 months ago

    I’m trying to better secure some sites I manage. I need staff to be able to manage the notification bar, but I cannot give them this capability in WordPress without giving them manage_options. If I give them manage_options then they have access to several site administration options that they do not need.

    Can you please give your plugin its own WordPress capability?

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  • Plugin Support Swathi S

    (@swathiswpfront)

    4 years, 3 months ago

    Hi @klishb,

    You can use the ‘WPFRONT_NOTIFICATION_BAR_EDIT_CAPABILITY’ constant to change the capability checked by the Notification Bar.

    For more information please go through the below link
    https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feature-request-custom-settings-page-editor-access/

    Thanks!

    Thread Starter klishb

    (@klishb)

    4 years, 3 months ago

    Can this be implemented as a hook or only by defining in wp-config.php?

    Plugin Support Swathi S

    (@swathiswpfront)

    4 years, 3 months ago

    You can also use the ‘wpfront_notification_bar_edit_capability’ filter to set custom capability.

    Thanks!

    Thread Starter klishb

    (@klishb)

    4 years, 3 months ago

    So far this is not working for me. I defined it in wp-config.php in the same area I have other things defined. I then added it as a custom capability using PublishPress Capabilities. I then granted that capability to the role for the user I’m testing with.

    The end result is I don’t see the Settings menu at all and if I try to access the notification bar settings page I’m told access denied. Not sure what I’m missing. I’ve triple checked my work. Everything looks right.

    Thread Starter klishb

    (@klishb)

    4 years, 3 months ago

    It’s definitely changing it when I define it in wp-config.php because as the admin I lose access. Even if I add that capability to the Administrator role I still can’t access it. As soon as I remove that line from wp-config.php it works again.

    Plugin Author Syam Mohan

    (@syammohanm)

    4 years, 3 months ago

    You can define the constant anywhere, not necessarily in wp-config.

    Please make sure that, your capability is enabled for the role, use a role editor plugin like “WPFront User Role Editor”.

    Another option is to use the PRO version of this plugin, which has a predefined set of custom capabilities to control all functionalities. It is also integrated with “WPFront User Role Editor”, so that you can see the capabilities in a different section.

    Thread Starter klishb

    (@klishb)

    4 years, 3 months ago

    As I mentioned, I tried that using the PublishPress Capabilities plugin. I also tried Members plugin. I don’t use “WPFront User Role Editor” on my sites, but it should be doing the same thing.

    Plugin Author Syam Mohan

    (@syammohanm)

    4 years, 3 months ago

    I agree, it should be doing the same thing. Also it should be working at this point.

    Thread Starter klishb

    (@klishb)

    4 years, 3 months ago

    Not sure what the issue was, but this fixed it for me:

    https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trouble-giving-custom-capability/#post-15199412

    Plugin Support Swathi S

    (@swathiswpfront)

    4 years, 2 months ago

    The filter is the alternate way to set custom capability.

    Your previous code wasn’t working may be due to the invisible characters in the code.

    • This reply was modified 4 years, 2 months ago by Swathi S.
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