Title: Changing capabilities for Bookly?
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Changing capabilities for Bookly?

 *  [totallytech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/totallytech/)
 * (@totallytech)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-capabilities-for-bookly/)
 * Hey,
 * I’ve got bookly installed and when I set one of my users as an Editor bookly 
   disappears on the side bar – Is there a way to allow them access to certain options
   in bookly?
 * I’ve found the AB_Backend.php page – which is currently:
 *     ```
       if ( $current_user->has_cap( 'administrator' ) || AB_Staff::query()->where( 'wp_user_id', $current_user->ID )->count() ) {
                   if ( function_exists( 'add_options_page' ) ) {
                       $dynamic_position = '80.0000001' . mt_rand( 1, 1000 ); // position always is under <code>Settings</code>
                       add_menu_page( 'Bookly', 'Bookly', 'read', 'ab-system', '',
                           plugins_url( 'resources/images/menu.png', __FILE__ ), $dynamic_position );
                       add_submenu_page( 'ab-system', $calendar, $calendar, 'read', 'ab-calendar',
                           array( $this->calendarController, 'index' ) );
                       add_submenu_page( 'ab-system', $appointments, $appointments, 'manage_options', 'ab-appointments',
                           array( $this->appointmentsController, 'index' ) );
                       if ( $current_user->has_cap( 'administrator' ) ) {
                           add_submenu_page( 'ab-system', $staff_members, $staff_members, 'manage_options', AB_StaffController::page_slug,
                               array( $this->staffController, 'index' ) );
                       } else {
                           if ( get_option( 'ab_settings_allow_staff_members_edit_profile' ) == 1 ) {
                               add_submenu_page( 'ab-system', __( 'Profile', 'bookly' ), __( 'Profile', 'bookly' ), 'read', AB_StaffController::page_slug,
                                   array( $this->staffController, 'index' ) );
                           }
                       }
                       add_submenu_page( 'ab-system', $services, $services, 'manage_options', AB_ServiceController::page_slug,
                           array( $this->serviceController, 'index' ) );
                       add_submenu_page( 'ab-system', $customers, $customers, 'manage_options', AB_CustomerController::page_slug,
                           array( $this->customerController, 'index' ) );
                       add_submenu_page( 'ab-system', $notifications, $notifications, 'manage_options', 'ab-notifications',
                           array( $this->notificationsController, 'index' ) );
                       add_submenu_page( 'ab-system', $sms, $sms, 'manage_options', AB_SmsController::page_slug,
                           array( $this->smsController, 'index' ) );
                       add_submenu_page( 'ab-system', $payments, $payments, 'manage_options', 'ab-payments',
                           array( $this->paymentController, 'index' ) );
                       add_submenu_page( 'ab-system', $appearance, $appearance, 'manage_options', 'ab-appearance',
                           array( $this->apearanceController, 'index' ) );
                       add_submenu_page( 'ab-system', $custom_fields, $custom_fields, 'manage_options', 'ab-custom-fields',
                           array( $this->customFieldsController, 'index' ) );
                       add_submenu_page( 'ab-system', $coupons, $coupons, 'manage_options', 'ab-coupons',
                           array( $this->couponsController, 'index' ) );
                       add_submenu_page( 'ab-system', $settings, $settings, 'manage_options', AB_SettingsController::page_slug,
                           array( $this->settingsController, 'index' ) );
   
                       global $submenu;
                       do_action( 'bookly_admin_menu', 'ab-system' );
                       unset( $submenu['ab-system'][0] );
                   }
               }
       ```
   
 * It looks like some of the pages are set as “read” and some as “manage_options”–
   Can I make up my own capability names and then restrict the section within User
   Role Editor or do I need to leave these alone and just allow my editor to “read”
   and “manage_options” (Which I really don’t want to do…)?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/user-role-editor/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/user-role-editor/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Vladimir Garagulya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shinephp/)
 * (@shinephp)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-capabilities-for-bookly/#post-7133653)
 * Bookly authors hardcoded that its menu is available for the users with administrator
   role or user with ‘manage_options’ capability but additionally included into 
   Bookly staff list.
    As this logic is hardcoded changing ‘manage_options’ to some
   other capability requires special plugin, like ‘Admin Menu Editor’ (possibly 
   Pro version) or you may try to modify menu items capability in created submenu
   yourself using ‘bookly_admin_menu’ action.
 * In case you include ‘editor’ user to the Bookly staff and add ‘manage_options’
   capability to the ‘editor’ role, it’s possible to block for it the extra menu
   items like ‘Settings’, etc, with [‘Admin Menu access’](https://www.role-editor.com/block-admin-menu-items)
   module of User Role Editor Pro.

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