Title: Issue with Capability Type
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# Issue with Capability Type

 *  Resolved [atthewood](https://wordpress.org/support/users/atthewood/)
 * (@atthewood)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-capability-type/)
 * Hi,
 * So I would like to use the Capability Type feature so that I can use another 
   plugin to change user permissions in relation to the custom post type. Unfortunately,
   when I give it a new ability type name, the whole custom post disappear on the
   menu.
 * Is this one of the bugs that you’re planning to fix soon?
 * Thank you,
    Rachel
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-post-type-ui/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-post-type-ui/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Michael Beckwith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tw2113/)
 * (@tw2113)
 * The BenchPresser
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-capability-type/#post-6066016)
 * Honestly, I think it may be a hole in the options we make available. If I recall
   right, if you don’t use one of the default capability types, you need to specify
   all of the capabilities yourself, which we don’t have at the moment, thus that
   hole.
 *  Thread Starter [atthewood](https://wordpress.org/support/users/atthewood/)
 * (@atthewood)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-capability-type/#post-6066023)
 * I’m using another plugin, user role editor, to specify the capabilities. Yet 
   to get a CPT UI custom post type to show in User Role Editor’s list of posts 
   etc. separate from a normal post, you can need to add in unique name in CPT UI’s
   Capability Type field.
 * That works, but for some reason changing The Capability Type from “post” –> “
   my-name” makes the my custom post type disappear from the main WP menu, making
   the Capability Type field unusable. I’ll try to get some screen shots to explain
   better if I’m not being clear.
 *  Thread Starter [atthewood](https://wordpress.org/support/users/atthewood/)
 * (@atthewood)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-capability-type/#post-6066033)
 * Screen shots:
    [http://indiaelder.sites.uofmhosting.net/trouble-shooting-cpt-ui/](http://indiaelder.sites.uofmhosting.net/trouble-shooting-cpt-ui/)
 * Thanks!
 *  Plugin Contributor [Michael Beckwith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tw2113/)
 * (@tw2113)
 * The BenchPresser
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-capability-type/#post-6066048)
 * I’m not personally familiar with the plugin you’re using in conjunction, so I’m
   not sure exactly what’s going on. If I were to guess, I wager the order of execution
   may be off, if it’s meant to add custom capability types to post types. Ours 
   may be running and registering afterwards or so. Or it may just not be tying 
   in like it should. The reason why it’s disappearing, is likely because the post
   capabilities aren’t coming in at the right time, or at all, and thus it’s not
   even shown because of it.
 *  Thread Starter [atthewood](https://wordpress.org/support/users/atthewood/)
 * (@atthewood)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-capability-type/#post-6066052)
 * I deactivated the plugin, but the custom post type still doesn’t show up in the
   menu when I change the the Custom Post Type’s Capability type, so I think it’s
   an issue with the CPT UI. The reason I mentioned the other plugin is because 
   the Capability Type field in CPT UI allows me to change the capabilities when
   using another plugin.
 *  Plugin Contributor [Michael Beckwith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tw2113/)
 * (@tw2113)
 * The BenchPresser
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-capability-type/#post-6066062)
 * Because WordPress doesn’t know what capabilities to associate with that custom
   capability type. It is an issue with us by all technical means, because we don’t
   provide a way to add the custom capabilities for the capability type specified
   when it’s not one of the core types.
 * From the codex: “The ‘capability_type’ parameter is used as a base to construct
   capabilities unless they are explicitly set with the ‘capabilities’ parameter.”
 * We provide the first one, but not the second one.
 * I’m not sure how I want to go about it, honestly, because part of me says if 
   one is tinkering with capabilities and capability types, they’re probably fairly
   advanced with their knowhow of PHP, and why are they using our plugin for this
   type of thing? As arrogant as that risks sounding.
 * At the same time, it probably is something to try and take care of, but the topic
   is not necessarily a simple one either, and a lot of our users may not need to
   deal with it or even know what the field is related to.
 * We don’t provide fields for absolutely everything possible with register_post_type
   and register_taxonomy, but we do provide what we can for the most commonly used/
   needed fields.
 *  Plugin Contributor [Michael Beckwith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tw2113/)
 * (@tw2113)
 * The BenchPresser
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-capability-type/#post-6066064)
 * *edited to prefer previous reply*
 *  Plugin Contributor [Michael Beckwith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tw2113/)
 * (@tw2113)
 * The BenchPresser
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-capability-type/#post-6066065)
 * Ignore possible double posting. I think the .org forums are having issues as 
   I try to reply.
 *  Thread Starter [atthewood](https://wordpress.org/support/users/atthewood/)
 * (@atthewood)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-capability-type/#post-6066256)
 * Thanks for your help. I figured out a solution to my issue.
 *  Plugin Contributor [Michael Beckwith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tw2113/)
 * (@tw2113)
 * The BenchPresser
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-capability-type/#post-6066257)
 * Willing to share your solution in case someone else encounters the same or similar
   issues?
 *  [mrfreaker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrfreaker/)
 * (@mrfreaker)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-capability-type/#post-6066308)
 * Hi,
 * I have exactly the same issue. Could you share the solution please?
 * Tnx
 *  Thread Starter [atthewood](https://wordpress.org/support/users/atthewood/)
 * (@atthewood)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-capability-type/#post-6066310)
 * Honestly, I just hard coded it into the functions.php. I can share the code that
   worked for me.
 * But a friend had the same issue (though she may have been using a different, 
   but similar plugin). I believe she said she assigned the custom capability type
   and the custom post type disappeared from the menu. But when she assigned a user
   that capability type, it reappeared.
 * I’d be curious if that actually works.
 * But if that doesn’t work, here’s the code:
 * /*Organization Listing Post type */
 * function register_custom_event_type() {
    $labels = array( ‘name’ => (‘Organization
   Listings’), ‘singular_name’ => (‘Organization Listing’), ‘add_new’ => (‘Add New’),‘
   add_new_item’ => (‘Add New Listing’), ‘edit_item’ => (‘Edit Listing’), ‘new_item’
   => (‘New Listing’), ‘view_item’ => (‘View Listing’), ‘search_items’ => (‘Search
   Listing’), ‘not_found’ => (‘No listings found’), ‘not_found_in_trash’ => (‘No
   listings found in Trash’), ‘parent_item_colon’ => (‘Parent Listing:’), ‘menu_name’
   => (‘Organization Listings’),
 * );
 * $args = array(
    ‘description’ => ‘organization listings’, ‘labels’ => $labels,‘
   supports’ => array( ‘title’, ‘editor’, ‘thumbnail’, ‘revisions’ , ‘author’, ‘
   comments’), ‘hierarchical’ => false, ‘public’ => true, ‘show_ui’ => true, ‘show_in_menu’
   => true, ‘menu_position’ => 3, ‘menu_icon’ => ‘dashicons-store’, ‘show_in_admin_bar’
   => true, ‘show_in_nav_menus’ => true, ‘can_export’ => true, ‘has_archive’ => 
   true, ‘exclude_from_search’ => false, ‘publicly_queryable’ => true, ‘capability_type’
   => ‘organization-listing’, ‘capabilities’ => array( ‘read_post’ => ‘org_read_post’,‘
   publish_posts’ => ‘org_publish_posts’, ‘edit_others_posts’ => ‘org_edit_others_posts’,‘
   delete_posts’ => ‘org_delete_posts’, ‘delete_others_posts’ => ‘org_delete_others_posts’,‘
   read_private_posts’ => ‘org_read_private_posts’, ‘edit_post’ => ‘org_edit_post’,‘
   edit_posts’ => ‘org_edit_posts’, ‘delete_post’ => ‘org_delete_post’, ‘delete_published_posts’
   => ‘org_delete_published_posts’, ‘edit_published_posts’ => ‘org_edit_published_posts’,‘
   edit_private_posts’ => ‘org_edit_private_posts’, ‘read_private_posts’ => ‘org_read_private_posts’,),‘
   map_meta_cap’ => true ); register_post_type(‘organization-listing’, $args);
 * }
 * add_action(‘init’, ‘register_custom_event_type’, 0);
 * //Add Organization Custom Capabilities to Admin Role
 * function add_event_caps() {
    $role = get_role( ‘administrator’ );
 *  $role->add_cap( ‘org_edit_post’ );
    $role->add_cap( ‘org_edit_posts’ ); $role-
   >add_cap( ‘org_edit_others_posts’ ); $role->add_cap( ‘org_publish_posts’ ); $
   role->add_cap( ‘org_read_post’ ); $role->add_cap( ‘read_private_events’ ); $role-
   >add_cap( ‘org_delete_post’ ); $role->add_cap( ‘org_edit_published_posts’ ); 
   $role->add_cap( ‘org_delete_published_posts’ ); $role->add_cap( ‘org_edit_published_posts’);
   $role->add_cap( ‘org_edit_private_posts’ ); $role->add_cap( ‘org_read_private_posts’);
 * }
    add_action( ‘admin_init’, ‘add_event_caps’);
 * //Change title pre-fill text for organization page to “Service Name”
 * function change_default_title( $title ){
    $screen = get_current_screen();
 *  if ( $screen->post_type == ‘organization-listing’ ) {
    return ‘Service Name’;}}
 * add_filter( ‘enter_title_here’, ‘change_default_title’ );
 *  [mrfreaker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrfreaker/)
 * (@mrfreaker)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-capability-type/#post-6066311)
 * Resolved for me.
 * **User role editor** shows custom capabilities separately.
 * [http://s2.postimg.org/jzqjdayzt/Captura_de_Tela_2015_07_21_s_19_43_31.png](http://s2.postimg.org/jzqjdayzt/Captura_de_Tela_2015_07_21_s_19_43_31.png)
 * tnx
 *  Plugin Contributor [Michael Beckwith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tw2113/)
 * (@tw2113)
 * The BenchPresser
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-capability-type/#post-6066312)
 * I need to work on the capabilities aspect of CPTUI. I know that much.
 *  [mrfreaker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrfreaker/)
 * (@mrfreaker)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-capability-type/#post-6066313)
 * Tnx Michael!

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