Title: User Role Editor Integration
Last modified: July 20, 2026

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# User Role Editor Integration

 *  Resolved [lljb3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lljb3/)
 * (@lljb3)
 * [4 days, 11 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-role-editor-integration-4/)
 * I set the Editor Role to hide and display certain capabilities with the User 
   Role Editor plugin.
 * I’d like this plugin to be available without showing all of the options in the
   Tools menu. Is there a specific action I can add as a capability in User Role
   Editor?
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 *  Plugin Author [Andrew Wilder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eatingrules/)
 * (@eatingrules)
 * [4 days, 10 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-role-editor-integration-4/#post-18970429)
 * Hi [@lljb3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lljb3/),
 * Thanks for using Alt Text Tools!
 * Right now only users who can `manage_options` have access, which effectively 
   means Administrators. I think it’d be reasonable to open that up to Editors too,
   since Editors can already see all the same content — the tool just lists images,
   their alt text, and links back to the posts they’re in. We’d do that by changing
   our check to the `edit_others_posts` capability.
 * If Editor access is all you need, that change alone would do it — no User Role
   Editor config required on your end.
 * If you’re looking to give access to a _different_ role, we have a couple of options:
   we could make the capability filterable (so you’d use a small code snippet), 
   or set up a dedicated custom capability you could assign directly in User Role
   Editor (no code needed).
 * Could you tell me a bit more about your use case? That’ll help us make sure the
   update covers it.
 *  Thread Starter [lljb3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lljb3/)
 * (@lljb3)
 * [3 days, 13 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-role-editor-integration-4/#post-18971336)
 * Interesting!
 * We have multiple program websites built in WordPress in our non-profit that we
   maintain. Each program has a marketing team that logs in to make content changes.
   We recently moved their accounts to be under the Editor and SEO Manager role (
   Yoast SEO plugin created role), and I just add on to the SEO Manager role to 
   hide WP Dashboard menu items that they would never use and it’s less visual clutter
   for them.
 * Something like a custom capability would be amazing, but just opening it up to
   the Editor role works too, honestly, since I can just add on capabilities to 
   the Editor role as well for those teams.
 *  Plugin Author [Andrew Wilder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eatingrules/)
 * (@eatingrules)
 * [2 days, 8 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-role-editor-integration-4/#post-18972547)
 * Hi [@lljb3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lljb3/),
 * Thanks for that additional info. We just released v0.4.0 which will let you take
   both approaches! 😊
 * (It should be available to update in about 6 hours.)
 * In User Role Editor, create a new `manage_alt_text_tools` capability. You can
   then apply that to users or other roles.
 * Or, if you’d like to give other users access, you can now use the `nerdpress_alt_text_tools_cap`
   filter. For example, to enable access for Editors, you can add this filter/code
   snippet:
 * `add_filter( 'nerdpress_alt_text_tools_cap', function() { return 'edit_others_posts';});`
 * Thanks for your feature request, and for using Alt Text Tools! 😁
 * Best,
   Andrew

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