• Resolved Eredian

    (@eredian)


    I am trying to create a second admin role with limited access to some sections of the wordpress administration. I managed to create a role I named site_admin with every capability of a standard administrator account. This role however can only access the profile and dashboard sections of the admin section.

    What am I missing? Is it something else than capabilities?

    'switch_themes' => true, 'edit_themes' => true, 'activate_plugins' => true, 'edit_plugins' => true, 'edit_users' => true, 'edit_files' => true, 'manage_options' => true, 'moderate_comments' => true, 'manage_categories' => true, 'manage_links' => true, 'upload_files' => true, 'import' => true, 'unfiltered_html' => true, 'edit_posts' => true, 'edit_others_posts' => true, 'edit_published_posts' => true, 'publish_posts' => true, 'edit_pages' => true, 'read' => true, 'level_true,0' => true, 'level_9' => true, 'level_8' => true, 'level_7' => true, 'level_6' => true, 'level_5' => true, 'level_4' => true, 'level_3' => true, 'level_2' => true, 'level_true,' => true, 'level_0' => true, 'edit_others_pages' => true, 'edit_published_pages' => true, 'publish_pages' => true, 'delete_pages' => true, 'delete_others_pages' => true, 'delete_published_pages' => true, 'delete_posts' => true, 'delete_others_posts' => true, 'delete_published_posts' => true, 'delete_private_posts' => true, 'edit_private_posts' => true, 'read_private_posts' => true, 'delete_private_pages' => true, 'edit_private_pages' => true, 'read_private_pages' => true, 'delete_users' => true, 'create_users' => true, 'unfiltered_upload' => true, 'edit_dashboard' => true, 'update_plugins' => true, 'delete_plugins' => true, 'install_plugins' => true, 'update_themes' => true, 'install_themes' => true, 'update_core' => true, 'list_users' => true, 'remove_users' => true, 'add_users' => true, 'promote_users' => true, 'edit_theme_options' => true, 'delete_themes' => true, 'export' => true, 'can_submit_job' => true, 'can_view_resumes' => true

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  • luckdragon

    (@luckdragon)

    wouldn’t it be easier to just install the role manager plugin?

    Thread Starter Eredian

    (@eredian)

    I tried quite a few things including these plugins. I’m not quite certain what worked but I finally managed to have it functional. The capabilities are indeed the only things that are needed.

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