for questions regarding permissions of different user groups in wordpress
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Apply permissions per post
We have a WordPress site where we have external authors for whom we have created usernames at the Editor level. We want these editors to be able to create new posts and modify their own posts, but ...
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What is this error message?
After installing wordpress and some plugins i am getting this error when i create a sitemap. I realy have no idea what this is and how to solve. Any help would realy be appreciated!
Warning: ...
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how to allow unregistred users to view normal posts [closed]
If an unregistered user/stranger try to view a post it says
"You must be registered or logged in to view the post".
http://testandverification.com/events/dvclub-august-2012-on-sv-uvm/
We have ...
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Upgrading problem
I am using a CentOs server that managed with Plesk panel. All domains have different users. I have 2 different installation of WordPress. One is installed from FTP and the other one is installed from ...
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Advanced Custom Fields/User Role Editor - how to hide ACF for certain users?
I am using User Role Editor to specify customized user roles. I am also using Advanced Custom Fields plugin.
I would like to be able to hide Advanced Custom Fields from showing up for certain users; ...
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Admins can't edit each other's posts
After I imported content from another wordpress site using the WXR export/import tools, my admins can't edit each other's posts. This is really aggravating because I can't figure out how to change ...
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Wordpress stripping html and script tags from some admin users on save
When I add content to a page as the original admin user, I can past in the following code and it saves fine (old google search set up by another user):
<form action="http://www.google.com/cse" ...
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iis6 multisite and permissions
For testing mobile themes and other reasons, I am trying to use an existing server with wordpress setup as multisite.
The root site is not in inetpub/wwwroot but rather on another partition and that ...
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How to add only a (sub) capacity to an user role?
I know I can add capabilities to the any role using the role object and add_cap via functions.php
<?php
// get the the role object
$editor = get_role('editor');
// add $cap capability to ...
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can't change footer
I've looked at all the help for changing footers but I still have the same problem - I go to appearance, editor, footer.php, change the telephone number that had been previously entered, hit update, ...
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Permission of 775 not enough
I have my theme files at permission of 775, but still the theme editor in the admin says there's no permission. only when i change the permission to 777 it lets me edit. Why is that?
Thank you.
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How to let authors revise other authors drafts, but keep them from publishing?
I want to give all authors permission to edit other authors drafts, but not publish them. It seems like the only way to give authors access to drafts by other authors is to grant them ...
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can i run wp as root permissions
Im not sure if this question is about server, git or wordpress.
i have wordpress set up on ubuntu VPS in /home/user
its working now when all chown and group is "user".
however, when i git pull (as ...
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Remove Posts Quick Edit link for specific user role? WP 3.3
I am using Wordpress 3.3.2 with the following plugin:
- http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/advanced-access-manager/
The plugin works perfectly but the author said there is currently no way to ...
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Is there a way (plugin?) to restrict a user to being able to edit just one page?
We use wordpress like a CMS and would very much like to allow users to have a "homepage". Ideally they'd be prevented from mucking up the whole site.
Is there a simple way to limit users editing ...
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Prevent or Disable creating new users or changing roles of existing users to Administrator
I am trying to give more permissions to the editor role by giving it access to create user accounts. See the code below. But I would like to prevent it from creating or editing existing users with the ...
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Basic File/Post restriction plugin
I am looking for a plugin that allows me to restrict access for a individual post/page to a specific role or individual. It also needs to restrict files attached to that post. I have tried several ...
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Allow an editor to change the author
I am using wordpress multi user and have a set of users set up as Editors who wish to ghost write for another user who is an author.
How can they change who the author of the posts is without the ...
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Auto-Update Fails
I'm installing my first WP site for a client and I either pulled a recent, but not entirely up to date version or there was a very recent update. I'm being prompted to upgrade, which is fine, but it ...
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Fix permission error for deleting custom post from front-end?
I need both Admin and Editor role users to be able to delete a custom post type from the front-end. I found the code to create a post delete link, but whenever either role tries to delete there is an ...
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Changes to .htaccess not updating the file (old rules still take effect)
I was running a Wordpress site using pretty permalinks, and everything was dandy - the .htaccess file was behaving, and url rewriting was working. This weekend, I decided to convert the site into a ...
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How to configure apache to create files with correct group owner [closed]
I've got WP site on a self-hosted server. Any files I create are owned by me/me and any files created by WP are owned by apache/apache. I've created a group, wp, that both me and apache are members of ...
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Custom post type: check permissions and validate nonce
I have a custom post type with the following capabilities:
$capabilities = array(
'read_post' => 'administrator',
'read_private_posts' => 'administrator',
'publish_posts' => ...
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Wp-Admin FTPS Connection Error unlike Filezilla
My wordpress website is just moved FTP to FTPS protocol.
When I tried to make a connection with FileZilla, the connection is successful. There is nothing wrong with my FTPS connection.
Status: ...
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Wordpress - Public side and Private side
I'm wanting to setup a Wordpress site which has posts for public view and some which are only seen by people that are logged in (authors etc). I dont want the public people to see "Restricted Content" ...
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How to hide plugin options for editors via functions.php
I've read the entry Best Collection of Code for your functions.php file, it really help me a lot.
I only got a question, is there a way to hide some plugins options (in their respective ...
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How to filter the role selector?
I know that roles in WordPress are not hierarchical, but I'm wondering if there is any type of capability to "assign users to roles". All I can see if being able to add users or not.
The real kicker ...
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add_menu_page permissions - what am I doing wrong?
I am running a fresh install of Wordpress 3.3.2 and the only plugin enabled is one I'm developing, but I can't seem to get past a permissions issue in add_menu_page. With the exception of using ...
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Can't upload images due to permissions error
For some reason when I try to upload an image to my blog I get an error message saying that WP can't create a folder under the relevant directory (wp-content/uploads/2010/09) and it's asking if the ...
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Problem with admin login after deployment
I made a site for a friend and everything worked so far on my development box that we can start final deployment and testing so I decided to put it on the hosting.
So I done the standard procedure ...
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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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Page only shows when user is logged in (even with visibility set to public)
I'm trying to troubleshoot an issue on a client's site. There is one specific page which appears as "not found" unless you log in and then visit the front end, in which case it appears normally. The ...
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remove menus for a specific role?
I saw this snippet to remove menus:
function remove_menus () {
global $menu;
$restricted = array(__('Dashboard'), __('Posts'), __('Media'), __('Links'), __('Pages'), __('Appearance'), ...
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WordPress missing user roles on local dev machine. Live site works fine
I have a live WordPress installation and a local one for development purposes. I just exported the live database, replaced all occurences of the live siteurl with the local one, and imported on my dev ...
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Add menu page issues (permissions & position)
OK, I have an issue with Sidebar Generator Plugin.
This plugin creates subpage called "Sidebars" in WP-Admin. The point is, it is created as a child of "Appearance" page.
And I don't want it here, I ...
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How to write to the plugin's directory?
My plugin needs to create some directories for its use when it's executed. On many hosts (those using suPHP for example) there is no problem and everything works fine. But on other hosts, PHP does ...
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wp-content Folder Permissions (777 OK?)
I seem to be having issues with folder (and maybe file) permissions getting changed possibly by an FTP client. The WordPress install is using https. It started primarily with permissions in the ...
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What permissions should I give directories if I want to make WordPress more secure?
A follow up to a previous question found here How can I lock down an old wordpress install I don't intend to update?
Same info still stands. WordPress install will (probably) not be updated. ...
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How can I limit WordPress editor roles to a specific category?
We're trying to use WordPress as a light CMS system and we need to be able to section off parts of WordPress so that editors for one product aren't able to edit other products.
Seems like out of the ...
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You don't have permission to access /index.php on this server [closed]
When i try to access to my site ontwik.com i get
Forbidden
You don't have permission to access /index.php on this server.
Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while trying to use an ...
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Hiding custom theme functionality using capabilities
have spent half an hour hunting around on Google to solve this so any ideas greatly appreciated!
I'm using a bought theme running wp3.2 and the theme includes a few extra features Testimonials, ...
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On new server, site got hacked, permissions a bit strange? Please help
I moved to a new server recently, a week later a site got hacked, all they did was change the index.php file of the current enabled theme, no big deal. I did have a few security precautions in place, ...
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the_tags only showing when logged in?
I'm trying to figure out why the_tags(); when used in the loop are only showing when I'm logged in to the site.
I've never come across an issue like this before when developing themes.
my code is ...
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Plugins won't auto-update on IIS
Using IIS 6 on XP Server '03, using WP 3.2.1, when I attempt to use the auto-update for my plugins, I receive this message:
The update process is starting. This process may take a while on some ...
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Configuring WordPress permissions for easy updates
I've been tasked with configuring a LAMP stack on a dedicated server to run multiple WordPress sites. Each site is attached to it's own SSH account.
I'm having trouble setting permissions that'll ...
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Cannot upload themes. Error: “The uploaded file could not be moved to /var/www/wp-uploads/localhost/2011/10.”
The uploaded file could not be moved to /var/www/wp-uploads/localhost/2011/10.
That's the error message I get when I try to upload a wordpress theme.
This is my current permission status of my ...
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Moved my Wordpress site and now it can't read the theme
I moved my Wordpress website on Friday (so DNS propagation should be long finished) and now the site has no theme. I spent time yesterday re-installing the theme and Wordpress but to no avail. It ...
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Standard permissions for wordpress; Plugin installation asks for FTP credentials
I'm on a server that does not have FTP installed and will not have FTP installed. I have another website that I've been able to install plugins in before, including the one I'm trying to install now ...
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Failed to Open Stream: Permission Denied While Writing to an XML File in a WordPress Plugin
I'm trying to write to an XML file in a WordPress Plugin. I'm on my local machine, a Mac running MAMP. I have PHP 5.2.13 My code is:
$file_handle = fopen('markers.xml', 'w');
$stringdata = "Test ...
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Making plugin to use different table prefix cause permission problem
I have multiple wordpress websites that uses the same files and database but with different table prefixes, I use a plugin "Shortcode Exec PHP" and I would like to use the same shortcodes on all the ...
