Title: User Role Options Not Saving
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# User Role Options Not Saving

 *  Resolved [Alice Kaye](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alice-kaye/)
 * (@alice-kaye)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-role-options-not-saving/)
 * This is a new install of WordPress with plugins installed (listed below), but
   absolutely no users besides myself.
 * Prior to my reinstall of my forums, this particular plugin seemed to be working
   fine, but today only the **core** options seem to be saving.
 * I’ve made several new roles, artisan, councilman, etc. (it’s a guild site, hence
   the weird names), and I set up all of their permissions, hit update and it says
   that it has successfully updated, but when I go back to the same role a minute
   later, none of the options have saved. If I only choose the core options, those
   will save.
 * Please advise.
 * Thank you in advance!
 * **Installed Plugins**
    – Akismet – BadgeOS – BadgeOS Community Addon – bbP Private
   Groups – bbPress – bbp style pack – BuddyPress – BuddyPress Xprofile Custom Fields
   Type – Contact Form 7 – DP Pro Event Calendar – myCRED – New User Approve – Really
   Simple CAPTCHA – rtMedia for WordPress, BuddyPress and bbPress – Sidebar Manager
   Light – TinyMCE Advanced – User Role Editor – WP Symposium Toolbar
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/user-role-editor/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/user-role-editor/)

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 *  Thread Starter [Alice Kaye](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alice-kaye/)
 * (@alice-kaye)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-role-options-not-saving/#post-5847058)
 * So, after doing a lot of looking around, my understanding is that bbPress changed
   their code or something and so you can no longer edit bbPress functions with 
   this particular plugin. I’m not sure if that’s accurate, so I’m leaving this 
   as unresolved until I have confirmation.
 *  Plugin Author [Vladimir Garagulya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shinephp/)
 * (@shinephp)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-role-options-not-saving/#post-5847097)
 * I confirm, there is no sense to edit bbPress roles with User Role Editor. URE
   saves roles data at the same place as WordPress itself does – at the database.
   bbPress creates its roles dynamically (on the fly through the code) for every
   page request.
    For this reason I filter out bbPress specific roles and capabilities(
   except directly related to the custom post types) and exclude them from processing
   by URE.
 * Though I agree, that the subject needs update. Probably excluding bbPress own
   roles, I should not exclude bbPress created capabilities from the URE’s scope.
 *  Thread Starter [Alice Kaye](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alice-kaye/)
 * (@alice-kaye)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-role-options-not-saving/#post-5847128)
 * Happily I managed to learn a bit of PHP this morning and made the user roles 
   for BuddyPress/bbPress that I needed.
 * I would agree with you however, if it was at all possible to hide the bbPress
   capabilities from your particular plugin, it would be a great idea for those 
   of us (like myself) who have no idea that they aren’t really able to be edited/
   modified there.
 * Otherwise, your plugin is fantastic and all I have for you is major thanks for
   creating it and for replying to me. I appreciate it immensely! 🙂
 *  [vcb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vcb/)
 * (@vcb)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-role-options-not-saving/#post-5847246)
 * Hello Vladimir,
 * is there any update on how to add/restrict permissions to certain user-roles 
   related to bbpress?
    In detail I need a certain role to create forums. Right 
   now the administrator has to “re-publish” these forum again to make them visible
   in the frontend.
 * Thanks in advance.
    Chris
 * PS: [@alice](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alice/) + Vladimir – thanks 
   for sharing knowledge about this issue.

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-role-options-not-saving/#post-5847246)
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