The “upload_files” capability is one of the most important in WordPress. If users don’t have the “upload_files” capability, they completely lose access to the Media Library. They can’t upload files or even browse media on your site. If users do not have the “upload_files” capability, this image below shows what they will see when they use…
You won’t be surprised to learn that WordPress is very, very careful about who can delete media files. Only Administrators are able to delete images and files in your Media Library. Anyone who is a Subscriber, Contributor, Author and Editor roles is not permitted to delete media items.
PublishPress Permissions 3.8 is available now. The Pro version has major improvements to the “Teaser” feature, which allows you to promote restricted content. You can choose messages to display for people who try to obtain your content but don’t have access. In the image below, the regular title shows but the actual content of the…
We had an interesting question from a PublishPress user. They wanted to create a WordPress user role where all users in this role could only see specific media files. They did not want the users in this role to be able to see other media files. This request is possible thanks to the PublishPress Permissions…
WordPress is very restrictive when it comes to deleting files from your site’s Media Library. By default, only users in the “Administrator” role are able to delete images and files in WordPress. Users in the Subscriber, Contributor, Author and Editor roles are not allowed to delete.
We had a question from a PublishPress user who wanted to create a “Media Manager” user role. Their goal was to restrict the users in this role so they could only access the “Media” area of the WordPress admin. The users would have full rights to modify any file in the media library. A “Media…
A couple of PublishPress users have asked us about the “Featured Image” feature in WordPress. We have already talked about forcing users to add featured images and how to control the size of featured images. These users wanted to know if it is possible to control who can add featured images to content. Yes, you…
By default, WordPress users in the admin area can see all the Posts on the site, regardless of whether they are the author. This is not a problem for many sites. After all, most Posts on most sites are publicly available – there’s no need to hide them. However, in some situations, site owners don’t…
“Private” is one of eight post statuses available in WordPress. These statuses control whether WordPress posts are visible to the entire world, waiting for moderation, or sent to the trash to await deletion. When you write in WordPress, you will most commonly see the Draft, Pending Review and Publish statuses. The Private status is used…
An accordion layout allows you to pĺace large quantities of text on a reduced space. Your site’s visitors can get overwhelmed when presented with too much text to read at once. If you use an accordion layout, your visitors can scan and look for the information they need. An accordion is perfect for Frequently Asked…