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Unable to delete custom post types, confusion around capabilities

So I'm working on a plugin for creating a questions/answers system that's as simple and well-integrated as possible (not unlike this site) but am stuck at the creation of the custom post types. You ...
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Add custom user capabilities before or after the custom user role has been added?

Should custom user capabilities be added before the custom user role has been added, or the other way around? add_role() asks for and array of $capabilities in the third parameter of the function. ...
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insufficient permissions; coding an action for plugin governed by custom capability

I'm working on a modification to WP Super Cache which adds two new capabilities to give more control of restriction to certain features. My goal is to a) allow Editors to see the Delete Cache button ...
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Making a plugin only available on the front-end for the logged in super admin

I made a little plugin that enqueues 1 .js file and 1 .css file into a theme's front-end. All it does it load a grid on top of the theme so I can visualise the design. If this plugin was activated ...
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How do I create a custom role capability?

I wish to create a custom capability for accessing the interface of my plugin. Should the plugin manage adding this capability to all the administrator accounts on activation? If so: Does WordPress ...
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Menu page with minimum capability as 'Subscriber' doesn't allow 'Admin' to access it?

I've added a separate menu page (an object page) with minimum access level required as 'Subscriber'. I'm doing this because I'm registering new users and they'll be 'Subscribers' with an extra ...
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How to determine which capability to use?

For example, I want to use add_menu_page() function to add a menu item to the dashboard. To control which users will be able to access it, I'm supposed to use capabilities... <?php add_menu_page( ...