Did you change the required capability for all menu items that you want to hide, or only the top level menus?
The way that WordPress handles admin menu permissions can sometimes be counter-intuitive: a top level menu will stay visible as long as it has at least one accessible submenu item. For example, if you change the required capability for “Tools” but not “Tools -> Available Tools”, the “Tools” menu will actually remain visible.
To completely hide a menu, you’ll need to change the capability for its submenus as well.
Thank you for such a quick response Janis! I only changed the required capability for top levels and didn’t think to change the sub levels as well. Worked like a charm!
In the midst of trying to figure this out yesterday, I tested nearly 10 plugins and found ONE of them worked particularly well – Advanced Access Manager (Adminimize came in second but was far too lengthy). Being that that I plan on using Admin Menu Editor on all of my sites bc of it’s primary functionality, I have removed Advanced Access Manager and will use your plugin for required-capability functionality as well (two amazing features in one plugin!).
Might I suggest adding some kind of bulk editing functionality similar to how AAM handles it? By doing so, I think it would be a little more clear that your plugin does much more than simply organize the WP menu.
For example: Maybe you could remove the required capability dropdown in the current blue columns, and create a third column in red with “Required Capability” as the title. In this column, you could allow the parent to control all sub items by checking a box (Similar to how Adminimize handles it) and selecting the capability exactly like you currently have it? I’m sure you can come up with something better than that but it’s worth mentioning. 🙂
Thanks again for the quick response time. I just gave the plugin 5 stars which is well deserved.
Cheers!!
For example: Maybe you could remove the required capability dropdown in the current blue columns, and create a third column in red with “Required Capability” as the title. In this column, you could allow the parent to control all sub items by checking a box (Similar to how Adminimize handles it) and selecting the capability exactly like you currently have it? I’m sure you can come up with something better than that but it’s worth mentioning. 🙂
The Pro version has something similar to that. It has a list of roles at the top and a checkbox next to each menu. You can click a role to select it and then simply un-check the menu items that you want to hide from that role. Un-checking a top level menu automatically un-checks its submenus.
(The capability settings are still present in the Pro version, but usually you don’t need to touch them.)
Looks like you already have this sorted out… Once again, I greatly appreciate you creating such a wonderful plugin!
Cheers!
