Hello julesthomas,
I have not used this plugin before, but it appears that http://wordpress.org/plugins/role-scoper/ might offer the functionality that you are looking for.
Hi NetCom,
I did spot that one, however the thing that stands out for me on the description is that it is no longer supported and not compatible with the current WordPress version 🙁
Otherwise seemed perfect
RoleScoper seems up-to-date:
Requires: 3.0 or higher
Compatible up to: 3.6.1
Last Updated: 2013-9-21
Downloads: 339,273
What plugin is the one that’s no longer supported?
OK, my bad…I guess this part:
Role Scoper is no longer actively developed. For feature requests (including plugin compatability issues) and WP 3.7+ compatibility try the successor plugins, Press Permit Core and Press Permit Pro. See the RS-PP feature comparison grid for details.
So Press Permit Core perhaps?
lol, it did seem perfect, I took a look at their other product, press permit core and I am either being very dim or it doesn’t do what i want it to or it is simply to complicated for me to fathom how to get it to do what I want it to!
So you want basically a contributor role for your users, the only difference being is allowing them to edit only certain already existing pages and not allow them to create new ones? Say for example, the marketing team could only update the marketing specific pages and no others (and other non-marketing users could edit the marketing pages).
Hi julesthomas,
I apologize for the bad recommendation. It seems I missed the big bold disclaimer in the second paragraph “Role Scoper is no longer actively developed.” lol!
I believe Scriptrunner’s last question was a good one. This functionality could be implemented with some custom PHP script in the functions.php file, however I am still looking for a plugin that will address the issue easily.
I sometimes write plugins (and submit to WordPress.org) based on some bit of functionality someone here is looking for (to avoid having to update functions.php). This is one case where I might do that, as long as it’s not reinventing a wheel.
Hi guys,
Thanks for taking the time to reply.
No worries NetCom 🙂
Scriptrunner, please do let me know if you are considering writing this plugin, php is beyond my skill set – but yes you have hit the nail on the head. I want certain people to be able to update an existing page and no others and also be unable to add any further pages or posts.
I look forward to your replies.
Jules
julesthomas – I’ll definitely take a look at other plugins first, as this sure seems like something somebody else might have tackled before. If not, I’ll add it to my “plugin ideas” list.
That’s very kind, thanks very much for your help 🙂
