Title: [Plugin: Restrict Categories] Broken after update Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # [Plugin: Restrict Categories] Broken after update * [Naz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/naz/) * (@naz) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-restrict-categories-broken-after-update/) * After updating the plugin it has stopped showing categories. It says there are no categories, even though there are. Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 21 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-restrict-categories-broken-after-update/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-restrict-categories-broken-after-update/page/2/?output_format=md) * Plugin Author [Matthew Muro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mmuro/) * (@mmuro) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-restrict-categories-broken-after-update/#post-1853246) * Can you provide some more information on your setup? - What version of WordPress are you running? - What version of PHP/Apache is installed? - Have you disabled all other plugins to isolate it to Restrict Categories? * Thread Starter [Naz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/naz/) * (@naz) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-restrict-categories-broken-after-update/#post-1853311) * This problem has been fixed, but I’ve run into another BIG problem. * When this plugin is activated, posts that have been submitted by a user with a user level lower than administrator level are NOT able to see/edit their posts afterwards. * I hope a solution can be found ASAP, because in the meantime my contributors can’t edit their posts after submission. * Thank you so much! * Plugin Author [Matthew Muro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mmuro/) * (@mmuro) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-restrict-categories-broken-after-update/#post-1853314) * I have put the plugin through various tests trying to reproduce this problem you’re having and I’m not able to do so. * Are all of your users given the Contributor role having this problem? * If you’ve installed any user/role management plugins and changed the permissions of a role, this could be the culprit. * Thread Starter [Naz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/naz/) * (@naz) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-restrict-categories-broken-after-update/#post-1853317) * Thanks for your quick reply! * I do have User Role Editor installed, but what I don’t get is that I’ve tested the site locally with the User Role Editor plugin AND an older version of Restricted Categories (before it was updated) and it worked. * So I think it has something to do with the new version, as it worked fine with the old one. * Plugin Author [Matthew Muro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mmuro/) * (@mmuro) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-restrict-categories-broken-after-update/#post-1853319) * As a test, I installed the User Role Editor and _did not change any capabilities_. Restrict Categories works as it should. * Since you have a local dev environment, create a new WP install and install Restrict Categories and nothing else. If the plugin works as expected, then you know it’s something about the capabilities. * Just curious, what capabilities are you giving to the Contributor role? * Thread Starter [Naz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/naz/) * (@naz) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-restrict-categories-broken-after-update/#post-1853320) * _I just found the problem!_ It is indeed the Restricted Categories plugin: * It’s because my categories have 3 levels. Users can only select the subcategories, but because they can’t see the top level category, they can’t see the subcategories( thus the posts in those categories) either! * Is there a way to fix this? That would be awesome. * Thank you! * Plugin Author [Matthew Muro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mmuro/) * (@mmuro) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-restrict-categories-broken-after-update/#post-1853321) * Users should be able to create a new post to whatever categories you have given them access to, no matter how deep they are nested. * Reset your user role capabilities back to the default and try Restrict Categories again. * Thread Starter [Naz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/naz/) * (@naz) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-restrict-categories-broken-after-update/#post-1853323) * I tested the same thing with the Contributor user role on my local server and it doesn’t work either. * Example: * – Category 1 — Category 2 —– Category 3 * If I have Category 3 selected (in Restricted Categories) but Category 1 and 2 deselected, I can select Category 3 as a category on the Add Post page (as a Contributor), but when I submit it and click on Posts it doesn’t show up. * If I have Category 1, 2 and 3 as three separate categories and I have Category 3 selected, it does show up. * Plugin Author [Matthew Muro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mmuro/) * (@mmuro) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-restrict-categories-broken-after-update/#post-1853324) * Perhaps you aren’t checking the category when Publishing? That will default to Uncategorized (or whatever you have set as the default category), which the Contributor may not have access to. * Thread Starter [Naz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/naz/) * (@naz) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-restrict-categories-broken-after-update/#post-1853325) * I checked the category. So did my contributors. 🙂 * Thread Starter [Naz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/naz/) * (@naz) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-restrict-categories-broken-after-update/#post-1853326) * This is what the Categories box on the Add Post page looks like for Contributors: [http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/7356/restrictedcats2.jpg](http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/7356/restrictedcats2.jpg)( I obviously checked that before I submitted it) * When this is selected on the Restricted Categories page: [http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/5895/restrictedcats3.jpg](http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/5895/restrictedcats3.jpg) * This is what shows up on the Posts page: [http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/4527/restrictedcats1.jpg](http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/4527/restrictedcats1.jpg) * When I do the same thing with a top level category it works fine. * Plugin Author [Matthew Muro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mmuro/) * (@mmuro) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-restrict-categories-broken-after-update/#post-1853327) * Sorry, I’m not able to reproduce this on two different installs of WordPress ( versions 3.0.2 and 3.1 RC2) using various user roles (contributor, author, editor, and even custom), and categories up to six levels deep. * I even setup the same categories you show above, but everything works. * If you can provide me with some information, I will try to investigate further. 1. What version of WordPress are you running? 2. What version of PHP/Apache is installed? 3. What capabilities are you giving to the Contributor role? * Thread Starter [Naz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/naz/) * (@naz) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-restrict-categories-broken-after-update/#post-1853334) * Found out the problem was that I had installed Capability Manager before. It’s not compatible with version 3.0.4 and when I uninstalled it I didn’t know it had messed up the database. * Both Restricted Categories and User Role Editor work fine. * Thanks for the help. I really appreciate it. Keep up the good work with this great plugin! * Plugin Author [Matthew Muro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mmuro/) * (@mmuro) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-restrict-categories-broken-after-update/#post-1853335) * Ahh…glad we were able to resolve this! * [Lingolwl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lingolwl/) * (@lingolwl) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-restrict-categories-broken-after-update/#post-1853352) * Hi mmuro, * Thanks for the awesome pluggin =) * However, i bumped into a significant problem after the update. When the updated Restrict Categories plugin is activated, I am not able to see any PAGES and it’s options panel (not posts) that i had created before. The Pages control panel becomes empty and I am not able to edit or post any new pages. Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 21 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-restrict-categories-broken-after-update/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-restrict-categories-broken-after-update/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘[Plugin: Restrict Categories] Broken after update’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/restrict-categories.svg) * [Restrict Categories](https://wordpress.org/plugins/restrict-categories/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/restrict-categories/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/restrict-categories/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/restrict-categories/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/restrict-categories/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/restrict-categories/reviews/) * 21 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [Lingolwl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lingolwl/) * Last activity: [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-restrict-categories-broken-after-update/page/2/#post-1853361) * Status: not resolved