It sounds like something, a plugin is modifying the ‘roles’ for your users since you say it happened after upgrading to 4.
Check your plugins to see if any of them might have a reason to do that?
Otherwise.
When you say “authors” do you mean the contributor role?
function add_theme_caps() {
$role=get_role( 'contributor' );
$role->add_cap( 'upload_files' );
$role->add_cap( 'edit_published_posts' );
}
add_action( 'admin_init', 'add_theme_caps');
This code here allows contributors to upload images and edit their own posts. It’s never been default to allow contributors to upload images.
You would add it to your functions.php of your child theme, and/or main theme if no child theme.
Actually no, I haven’t added any permissions. the bog standard role are Administrator, Editor, Author, contributor and subscriber.
The primary review author and I keep admin role, the next staff member gets Editor, adult reviewers get author and under 18’s get contributor (as they actually post via the admins and get reassigned as post authors)
Editor AND Authors could upload on 3 before, I imported nothing but posts into a fresh install of 4.
Other than the gallery we have never needed and additional role plugin, and even when I give them permission on nextgen they cant.
I want editors and authors to upload their own images like before, especially as “admin” role scares them.
Use a role modifying plugin to see what rights individual people have to be sure that they don’t have upload rights.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/user-role-editor/
Like the one linked.
There are a plethora of others to check roles and assign capabilities, check them out find the one that will work for you to determine why those roles are not being used as you think they should be.
I tried that one last night, even when forced it didnt work
Then that’s a positive that some plugin or something code wise is modifying the roles.
Disable all plugins and try, switch themes and try .. narrow it down.
no i missed a tick box, its working now thank you!
I actually disabled every plug in – the plug in you linked me fixed it
