WordPress User Roles WordPress Tutorials and Documentation

Allow WordPress User Roles To See Specific Media Files

Written by Riza Maulana Ardiyanto on October 20, 2022.

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 plugin. With the Permissions plugin, it's possible to limit a user role to seeing only specific media files. In this guide, I'll show you how to control access to single or multiple files in the WordPress Media Library.

Allow WordPress User Roles To Only Edit Specific Post Types

Written by Riza Maulana Ardiyanto on October 15, 2022.

One PublishPress customer asked how us to allow users in WordPress role to only edit specific post types.

For example, you create a custom role called “Movie Director” and post type called “Movie”. The goal is to allow this role to only access this post type.

PublishPress Capabilities Can Hide Metaboxes, and Any Editor Feature

Written by Steve Burge on September 8, 2021.

Back in June, we released “Editor Features” in the PublishPress Capabilities plugin. This allowed you to hide almost any feature on the post editing screen.

Why do I say “almost”? Because the first release of Editor Features could not hide metaboxes.

I'm happy to say that you can now use PublishPress Capabilities to hide metaboxes. This means that when users are writing a post, you can hide ANYTHING that you don't want them to see.

Why would you want to hide features from your users? Some people do this so that the post editing screen is cleaner and less confusing. Other people do this for security and to prevent users from changing some key settings.

Where are WordPress Users and Permissions Stored in the Database?

Written by Steve Burge on February 9, 2021.

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 database. This post is an introduction to those database tables.

One thing to note: although most people refer to “user permissions” or perhaps “user access”, WordPress uses the word “capabilities”.

How to Restore the Default User Permissions on a WordPress site

Written by Steve Burge on January 15, 2021.

In some situations, you may need to completely refresh your WordPress site.

If you need to reset your WordPress user permissions, this is possible with a plugin called PublishPress Capabilities. This plugin has an option to delete all the current permissions and user roles, and restore the WordPress defaults.

Allow Different WordPress User Roles to Use Different Gutenberg Blocks

Written by Steve Burge on September 22, 2020.

It is possible to control access to certain Gutenberg blocks for some users or WordPress roles.

This is possible thanks to the PublishPress Blocks plugin and its Block Access system.

Keep reading to learn how to use this useful PublishPress Blocks feature.

How to Control Access to the Theme Editor in WordPress

Written by Steve Burge on September 16, 2020.

The Theme Editor in WordPress allows you make direct changes to your site's theme files.

This is not always a good idea because changes made via the Theme Editor can easily take your site offline. There is no “undo” or “rollback” button if you make a mistake.

In fact, you will see this message when you visit the “Theme Editor” screen:

PublishPress Permissions Free Has More than 5 Big New Features

Written by Steve Burge on February 21, 2020.

PublishPress Permissions is our plugin for advanced WordPress permissions. It goes far beyond the options you'll find in the WordPress core.

Our goal is to provide the most useful and flexible permission options in WordPress, so we just released a very significant update for the Free version of the plugin.

The Free version is available on WordPress.org and has a ton of new features, giving you the flexibility to customize permissions on your site.

There are more new features than I can cover in one blog post. So I'll give you an overview of 5 of the key new features that you'll see in this version.

PublishPress 1.11 Has Big Improvements for User Roles

Written by Steve Burge on March 20, 2018.

PublishPress is based on another WordPress plugin called Edit Flow.

Edit Flow was a wonderful plugin, but many of the key features were implemented in 2009 / 2010.

WordPress has become a different platform over the last 8 years. So as we develop PublishPress, we're updating some of the older Edit Flow features that need a different approach for 2018. One of those older features was the user groups.

In this post, I'll give you an overview of how Edit Flow/PublishPress used to handle user groups. I'll then explain what's changed in this latest release of PublishPress.

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