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Submenus are collapsible in the editor.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rename menus per role or user<\/strong> \u2014 give any admin menu or submenu a custom label for a specific role or user.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hide plugins per role or user<\/strong> \u2014 hidden plugins vanish from the Plugins screen and cannot be deactivated, deleted or updated by them. You can hide Mloun MenuScope itself.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hide users<\/strong> \u2014 selected users become invisible to everyone else: they disappear from the Users screen, author dropdowns, and their profile page cannot be opened directly. They can still log in and work normally. You can hide yourself.<\/li>\n<li><strong>User settings override role settings<\/strong> \u2014 when both a role and a user have settings for the same section, the user settings win completely.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>Find it under <strong>Settings \u2192 MenuScope<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<p>All strings are translatable (text domain: <code>mloun-menroscope<\/code>). Community translations are managed at translate.wordpress.org.<\/p>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<ol>\n<li>Upload the plugin zip via Plugins \u2192 Add New \u2192 Upload Plugin, or copy the <code>mloun-menroscope<\/code> folder to <code>wp-content\/plugins\/<\/code>.<\/li>\n<li>Activate the plugin.<\/li>\n<li>Go to <strong>Settings \u2192 MenuScope<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<!--section=faq-->\n<dl>\n<dt id=\"what%20is%20the%20difference%20between%20%22hide%22%20and%20%22block%22%3F\"><h3>What is the difference between \"Hide\" and \"Block\"?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>\"Hide\" only removes the menu item from the sidebar; the page can still be opened via its URL. \"Block\" additionally blocks the URL with a 403 error.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"what%20happens%20when%20a%20role%20and%20a%20user%20both%20have%20settings%3F\"><h3>What happens when a role and a user both have settings?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>The user settings take priority: any section (menus, plugins, renames) configured for the user completely replaces the same section from their roles.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"can%20i%20lock%20myself%20out%3F\"><h3>Can I lock myself out?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Users with the <code>manage_options<\/code> capability always keep access to the MenuScope settings page.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"how%20do%20i%20undo%20settings%20for%20a%20role%20or%20user%3F\"><h3>How do I undo settings for a role or user?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>On the Menus or Plugins tab, click \"Delete\" next to the role\/user in the \"Configure for\" box.<\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n<!--section=changelog-->\n<h4>1.4.1<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Added the <code>languages\/mloun-menroscope.pot<\/code> template so the community can translate the plugin via GlotPress.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>1.4.0<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Renamed to \"Mloun MenuScope\" (slug <code>mloun-menroscope<\/code>) to avoid confusion with existing \"Admin Menu\" plugins.<\/li>\n<li>Removed bundled translation files; translations are now delivered via translate.wordpress.org.<\/li>\n<li>Dropped the \"Domain Path\" header (no bundled languages folder); WordPress automatically loads community translations under the plugin slug for WordPress.org-hosted plugins.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>1.3.2<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Added a \"Settings\" action link under the plugin name on the Plugins screen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>1.3.1<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Author URI updated to mloun.com. 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