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Need to block user role from accessing bbPress all together

I've been looking at some options and I haven't seen a full solution to what I need. I need to block certain user_roles from accessing bbPress all together and from seeing the link to the page. Any ...
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How can I have different groups of editors only allowed to edit certain parent+subpages?

I've tried a bunch of different plugins, including Role Scoper, Advanced Access Manager, User Account Manager and more, to accomplish this but can't seem to get it working right. Basically, the ...
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What is the difference between “create_users” and “add_users” capabilities?

The codex lists both create_users and add_users under roles and capabilities. Does anyone know what is the difference between these two?
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Restrict admin access to certain pages for certain users

As the title says, I'd like to restrict back-end access to certain pages for certain users. While doing a site with 45-50 pages, I realised it would be a much better user experience if the Page menu ...
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How to change user role setting in members plugin so that user can only edit his own post?

I want enable a user to only edit specific post. I am using the members plugin. I do not see a way to achieve this. Do I need to do some code for that post? Thank you!
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Temporarily disable user role login and replace with message

Is there a simple way to temporarily stop a user role logging in with wordpress? For example, if I have a user role called media, how can I block them from logging in? I would like a custom message ...
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Restrict dashboard access for specific user roles to specific actions

I have a script that enables a logged in user (role Author) to delete their own posts using get_delete_post_link(). However, I also want to be able to restrict the author's access to the dashboard. ...
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Restrict Author role to only 3 wp-admin pages

I allow the author user role to add/edit posts (using a custom post type called "User Posts") as well as add/edit their own media from wp-admin. I currently have it set up so that the only menu items ...
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pre_get_posts Remove posts based on meta value with 'post__not_in'

I am attempting to alter the query of pages where the post meta value of _members_access_role does not meet that of the currently logged-in user. Here is what I have so far: // Get all posts with the ...
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Limit access to posts/pages by user roles

I'm looking for a way to protect content by user roles. Example: you have to be registered to view posts (frontend). If a user is a subscriber he can read post 1, 2 and 3, but if the user is a ...
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wp_update_user not updating

In desperation I am asking for help in this forum too - if someone (ANYONE!) could take a look a this post and see if they could help I'd be eternally grateful ...
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How to remove “Super Admin” from All Users for those that are not a “Super Admin”?

I would like to remove the filter at the top that says "Super Admin" for users that are not a "Super Admin". How do I go about doing this? This screenshot shows what I am talking about:
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How to create a front facing user sign up, log in and profile pages like FoodGawker.Com

Title: How to create a front facing user sign up, log in and profile pages like FoodGawker.Com Body: Hey everyone! I'll be as direct and detailed as possible. :) I want to be able to sign up ...
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each user having category with their name and can add sub categories post in that category

I am looking for help or plugin for the following conditions of my site I am using wordpress 3.0+ version. my site is about School where students will get register and post their experience and ...
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Allowing users to edit only their page and nobody else's

We currently have about 50 pages, each of which I want a user (eg, bob, rob, smith) to be able to edit only 1 page. For example, bob & smith each have their own page. I do not want bob to be ...
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How to Add Author Editing Capability to Existing Post by Admin

I apologize if this is mentioned on here but I can't find any information! Anyway, I am building a WordPress site where I created the content with my administrator account. However, once the site is ...
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Control Category of each user can post

i need to know if has some plugin to control category of each user can post. Exemple: USER A - Only can post on the category A USER B - Only can post on the category B Thanks for TIPS!!!
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WordPress Login redirection according to user role

In my application a user needs to 1stlogin and is then able to access the website. There are 3 different user roles in use on my site administrator editor contributor User can login ...
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Is Wordpress secure enough for a multi-user article directory?

One of my friends is going to launch a small article directory (ex: http://ezinearticles.com/) using WP. The site will be hosted on a shared hosting in the beginning and will be moved to a dedicated ...
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Grant a person permission to moderate all comments on a blog without giving them the ability to edit other peoples post

I'm trying to figure out how to create a wordpress role that grants the user the ability to only moderate all comments (including for posts that aren't there own). The only way I've been able to do ...
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Create a User Role with permissions to only upload files to the media library?

Some of the employees at my organization need to be able to upload files to a folder and share a link with others. It’s primarily documents like pictures, pdf’s and Word documents. And instead of ...
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How to assign specific users the capability to edit specific pages / posts / custom post types

I'm trying to implement what seemed like a relatively straight forward idea, basically I am building an access control plugin to control viewing and editing of a custom post type (in this case ...
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Restricting access to content

I'm developing a functionality to let only customers and doctors have access to exam results. But i'm not so sure about the strenght of my code in securing view only to those authorised. I've gotten ...
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Give users acces to admin a single post or set up WP network?

I have a directory styled site in which companies are listed. I would like to give the owners of the companies(the ones on my site) the option to take control of the content in their company entry. ...
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Building Forums with Custom Post Types

I'm trying to build some sort of a discussion boards by using custom post types and the built in comments. The structure is as following: An archive page to list all the pages of the Forum type, so ...
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Allow member to have access to custom post type only. Permission to only edit their own posts

OK I'm looking for the best way to attack this. I'm very comfortable with PHP and making custom post types with custom meta fields in WordPress. Here is what I'm looking at doing: User registers ...
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How to add another user to this remove_menu function?

Pretty self-explanatory. How does one add another user to this function for functions.php, i.e., user2, who will be shown different menu items than user1? I tried adding another ...
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Capability for allowing user to post own comments without moderation

I work at a radio station that has several WP user roles -- for simplicity sake, let's say Admin, Programmer, Subscriber, in decreasing order of ability. Currently, Admin users need to approve ...
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How can I hide a category from Contributors in the edit/add new post screen?

I have a situation where I need to hide a specific category and it's children from users who are logged in as Contributors. I don't want them to see this category and it's children in the categories ...
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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 ...