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Completely remove ability to create users?

I have added the code below to a plugin: add_action( 'admin_init', 'remove_add_users_cap' ); function remove_add_users_cap() { $role = get_role( 'administrator' ); $role->remove_cap( ...
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cap_key problem when sharing users and usermeta tables with two installation

I'm following this Custom User and Usermeta Tables to share users and usermeta tables with two installation. define('CUSTOM_USER_TABLE', 'bloga_users'); define('CUSTOM_USER_META_TABLE', ...
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How to restrict specific post types from being read or added by specific user roles (eg. author)?

I'm not very clear how to restrict admin area post types access to specific user roles. In my case, I have some post type such as "suppliers" which I do not want to show to "authors". By default WP ...
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How-to delay the capability to publish posts?

Spam has gotten a bit crazy so it would be nice if new users have to wait a week to post something. I use buddypress and all new members have the role of author. The site is more like a forum with ...
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Add user capability and check against it

I just realized the following: // Call the current user info global $current_user; // Add a capability // and set the 2nd argument ($grant) to false $current_user->add_cap( 'some_cap', false ); ...
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The 'user_has_cap' hook seems to take two page loads to trigger

This question relates to another question I asked recently (http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/29009/how-to-assign-specific-users-the-capability-to-edit-specific-pages-posts-cus/), the ...
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Groups of capabilities: users with multiple roles?

I'm pretty sure I understand the roles and capabilities setup in WordPress: granular capabilities, grouped together in roles that can be assigned to users. Code should check the granular capabilities, ...
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How to programmatically add a user to a role?

I want to programmatically add the current user to a role and also remove the current user from a role in a php page i created . am really stuck. thanks in advance
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Does an AJAX call on the Admin Side Automatically include the User Data/Capabilities?

I was wondering that if you do an AJAX call on an admin page and I wanted to see if the user had the capability to edit a page, would that info be sent along the call or do I need to manually sent ...
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How to let contributors to create a new revision(draft) editing their published posts

I'm using a custom post type to let contributors have a personal page on the site. Any time a user registers to my site a script creates a custom type post that has the registering user as author. To ...
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Remove Ability for Other Users to View Administrator in User List?

(Moderator's note: Original title was "Remove Admin from User Menu") I have created a client administrator role which is essentially an Editor with ability to add/remove users. The article "Editor ...
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How to check user role without using current_user_can()

I am filtering the map_meta_cap() function, which is called from $user->has_cap (which is called from current_user_can()). I only want my filter to execute if the current user is an administrator, so ...
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Editor can create any new user except administrator

I have set up a WordPress site for a client. The client has the Editor role, however I have installed the Members plugin and given the client the capability to add new users to the WP admin. This is ...
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Disallowing Users of a Custom Role from Deleting or Adding Administrators?

(Moderator's note: The original title was "Custom User Role Restrictions") A project I am working on requires me to create two new user roles - one for the owner of the website and the other for ...
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Restricted registrations or removing the ability to edit your password/email

I'm developing a WP site that lists expensive properties (villas, penthouses, etc) for rent. My client has an agreement with certain schools to list some cheap properties exclusively for their ...
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Getting a List of Currently Available Roles on a WordPress Site?

When writing WordPress plugins there is often a need to set up options for which roles on the site have access to certain functionality or content. To do this a plugin dev needs to fetch the list of ...