Capabilities Will Not Save For Some Plugins

Occasionally, you may find that permissions are not stored when you click “Save Changes” in PublishPress Capabilities. This will not happen for all the permissions on screen. Only the settings for some plugins will fail to save.

Save Changes Wont Save

This is because a few plugins do not use the correct approach for WordPress permissions.

By default, WordPress stores permissions in the database of each site. 99% of plugins follow this approach. However, a few plugins try to avoid the default system. This can result in changes not saving.

These plugins currently have this issue:

  • bbPress
  • WooCommerce Support Ticket