Title: Custom admin panel based on user roles
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Custom admin panel based on user roles

 *  [wesww](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wesww/)
 * (@wesww)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-admin-panel-based-on-user-roles/)
 * I solved my own problem which might be useful for others. Building on hacks like
   [ this (10-wordpress-dashboard-hacks)](http://www.catswhocode.com/blog/10-wordpress-dashboard-hacks)
   I needed to customize the admin panel. However, I needed to be able to have different
   admin panels based on user roles (without using any deprecated code). Here is
   my solution!
 * I added this to my functions.php in my theme:
 *     ```
       // Want to pare down your admin panel for authors?
       // Using these functions we make this possible!
       //this customization is basically for authors
       //START CUSTOM ADMIN PANEL CODE:
       //First we remove some widgets
       function adminpanel_based_on_role()
       {
       	if (current_user_can('publish_posts') && !current_user_can('install_plugins')){
       		global$wp_meta_boxes;
         		unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['normal']['core']['dashboard_plugins']);
         		unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['normal']['core']['dashboard_recent_comments']);
         		unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['side']['core']['dashboard_primary']);
         		unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['normal']['core']['dashboard_incoming_links']);
         		unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['normal']['core']['dashboard_right_now']);
         		unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['side']['core']['dashboard_secondary']);
       	}
       }
       add_action( 'wp_dashboard_setup', 'adminpanel_based_on_role' );
       //Next we remove menu items
       function remove_menu_items() {
       	if (current_user_can('publish_posts') && !current_user_can('install_plugins')){
       		global $menu;
       			$restricted = array(__('Links'), __('Comments'), __('Media'),
       			__('Plugins'), __('Tools'), __('Users'));
       			end ($menu);
       		while (prev($menu)){
       			$value = explode(' ',$menu[key($menu)][0]);
       			if(in_array($value[0] != NULL?$value[0]:"" , $restricted)){
       			unset($menu[key($menu)]);}
       		}
       	}
       }
       add_action('admin_menu', 'remove_menu_items');
       //END CUSTOM ADMIN PANEL CODE
       ```
   

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 *  [murtazakhussain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/murtazakhussain/)
 * (@murtazakhussain)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-admin-panel-based-on-user-roles/#post-3355321)
 * Your code is not working.

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