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…
WordPress sites display an admin toolbar for all logged-in users. This is visible on the frontend of your site and also in the WordPress admin area. This toolbar contains shortcuts to key features in WordPress, but what the user sees will depend on their user role. A user in the “Subscriber” role will only see…
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…
Several of our PublishPress plugins allow you to control what users can do on your WordPress site. These plugins allow you to change user permissions via the WordPress admin area. However, there’s a lot going on behind the scenes. PublishPress customers often have questions from users about WordPress permissions and where they are stored in…
The goal of PublishPress is to provide professional publishing tools for WordPress. When larger, professional organizations start to use PublishPress, a lot of their questions revolve around permissions. Permissions questions do not have easy answers in WordPress. The permissions system in WordPress can be confusing. One example of this confusion is the “Edit Posts” permission….
This week’s PublishPress release squeezes some bugs from the main plugin. You can download version 1.16.3 of PublishPress from inside your WordPress site, or from WordPress.org. Here are the key fixes: