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August 14, 2013 17:16
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This script adds capabilities to wordpress role by role name
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<?php | |
/* -------------------------------------------------- | |
/ If used within a plugin, you will want to run this function on plugin activation | |
/ For development, you can simply call the function below . To do this, uncomment | |
/ the line below, then visit any page. | |
-------------------------------------------------- */ | |
// custom_user_roles(); | |
function custom_user_roles() { | |
global $wp_roles; | |
// More info: | |
// http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities | |
// Remove stock roles: | |
remove_role( 'author' ); | |
remove_role( 'contributor' ); | |
// Add custom roles | |
add_role( 'student', 'Student' ); | |
add_role( 'instructor', 'Instructor' ); | |
// New permissions added based on role. | |
$add_new_roles = array( | |
'administrator' => array( | |
'publish_events', | |
'read_events', | |
'edit_events', | |
'edit_others_events', | |
), | |
'editor' => array( | |
'publish_events', | |
'read_events', | |
'edit_events', | |
'edit_others_events', | |
), | |
'student' => array( | |
'read', | |
'read_event', | |
), | |
'instructor' => array( | |
'read', | |
'read_event', | |
'edit_event', | |
), | |
); | |
// Loop through our array, assigning the new roles. | |
// If you would like to remove roles, you can replicate | |
// this code and use remove_cap instead of add_cap | |
foreach($add_new_roles as $role_name => $new_roles) { | |
foreach($new_roles as $role) { | |
$wp_roles->add_cap( $role_name, $role ); | |
} | |
} | |
} |
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