Title: Feature request: apply_filters on capabilities
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Feature request: apply_filters on capabilities

 *  [loboyle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/loboyle/)
 * (@loboyle)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feature-request-apply_filter-on-capabilities/)
 * I noticed recently that the Redirection plugin ([https://wordpress.org/plugins/redirection/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/redirection/))
   is using apply_filters on the capability used in its add_menu_page and add_submenu_page
   calls. This is a very simple change that allows users to more easily modify these
   permissions if required (as we do).
 * It is possible to achieve a similar thing by acting directly on the global menu
   and submenu objects, but this is a fragile approach that may break depending 
   on modifications to the W3TC code; using apply_filters is a more reliable and
   wordpress-ish way do to things.
 * Perhaps this change could be incorporated? An example from the redirection plugin
   is shown below.
 *     ```
       add_management_page( __( "Redirection", 'redirection' ), __( "Redirection", 'redirection' ), apply_filters( 'redirection_role', 'administrator' ), basename( REDIRECTION_FILE ), array( &$this, "admin_screen" ) );
       ```
   
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 * Last activity: [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feature-request-apply_filter-on-capabilities/)
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