plugin suggestion: limit user interface for admin

Question

is there a plugin or a way where i can restrict or limit the buttons on the admin interface for a certain user.

example.

for the user who has a role of a writer, he/she can only post content. the other buttons are deactivated.

for the designer he/she can only change the "Appearance Tab", other else are deactivated.

Is there a solution for that?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Check out Adminimize, its done by Frank Bueltge a well known plugin author from germany. Link

Answer 2

Try something like this:

// function to remove the Links menu item
function remove_menus()
{
// setup the global menu variable
global $menu;
// this is an array of the menu item names we wish to remove
$restricted = array( __('Links'));
end ($menu);

while (prev($menu))
{
$value = explode(' ',$menu[key($menu)][0]);

if(in_array($value[0] != NULL?$value[0]:"" , $restricted))
{
unset($menu[key($menu)]);
}
}
}
if(!current_user_can('manage_options'))
{
// hook into the action that creates the menu
add_action('admin_menu', 'remove_menus');
}

That will remove the links menu for everyone except those that can manage options (which I believe is the Editor level).

So just follow this same logic to remove all the necessary menus for certain user levels. Check out the post here for further details.