How to Use Admin Features

“Admin Features” is available in the PublishPress Capabilities plugin and allows you to hide features in the WordPress admin area and toolbar. You can decide what users see in your WordPress dashboard.

This is available in both the Free and Pro versions of PublishPress Capabilities.

Inside the plugin, you'll find a “Admin Features” menu link:

Admin Features
Admin Features

On this screen, you'll be able to choose which features to hide for different user roles:

  • There is a role selection dropdown in the top-left corner.
  • Scroll down the screen and you can place a red X for every feature you want to hide.
Admin Features Screen 1
Admin Features Screen 1

The top part of the screen covers the “Admin Toolbar” feature in WordPress. Scroll down further, and you can also block access to dashboard widgets:

Dashboard Widgets
Dashboard Widgets

Examples of using Admin Features #

Let's show you some examples of what “Admin Features” can do.

In the screenshot below, I've added a red X to the boxes that include “WordPress Logo” and “Visit Site”.

Admin Toolbar Restrictions
Admin Toolbar Restrictions

If these settings are saved, this next screenshot shows what we'll see in the toolbar. Only the “Comments” and “New” links remain.

Admin Toolbar Restrictions In Place
Admin Toolbar Restrictions In Place

We can also take a look at another option in “Admin Features” which allows you to hide dashboard widgets. In this screenshot below, all the dashboard widgets have red Xs.

Hide Widgets
Hide Widgets

The settings in the screenshot below will produce this on your WordPress dashboard. All your dashboard widgets are hidden.

Empty Dashboard
Empty Dashboard

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