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Create a custom user role in WordPress and remove admin pages that don't have the user role
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<?php | |
/* | |
You want to add this code to the functions.php file or, ideally, to a new plugin. Best for when you need to provide admin | |
access to a website but don't want admins having access to certain pages that will break or mess up the website. | |
*/ | |
function create_support_team_role() { | |
// Add a new role called "Support Team" | |
add_role( 'support_team', 'Support Team' ); | |
// Get the administrator role object | |
$admin_role = get_role( 'administrator' ); | |
// Make sure the administrator role exists | |
if ( ! empty( $admin_role ) ) { | |
// Get all capabilities of the administrator role | |
$admin_capabilities = $admin_role->capabilities; | |
// Add the custom capability "support_team" to the "Support Team" role | |
$support_team_role = get_role( 'support_team' ); | |
$support_team_role->add_cap( 'support_team' ); | |
// Duplicate the same capabilities as the administrator role to the "Support Team" role | |
foreach ( $admin_capabilities as $capability => $value ) { | |
$support_team_role->add_cap( $capability ); | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
add_action( 'init', 'create_support_team_role' ); | |
function remove_admin_pages_for_non_support_team() { | |
// Check if the current user is not a Support Team member | |
if ( ! current_user_can( 'support_team' ) ) { | |
// Remove the "Posts" menu page | |
remove_menu_page( 'edit.php' ); | |
// Remove the "Pages" menu page | |
remove_menu_page( 'edit.php?post_type=page' ); | |
// Remove the "Comments" menu page | |
remove_menu_page( 'edit-comments.php' ); | |
// Remove the "Appearance" submenu page | |
remove_submenu_page( 'themes.php', 'themes.php' ); | |
// Remove the "Plugins" submenu page | |
remove_submenu_page( 'plugins.php', 'plugins.php' ); | |
// Remove the "Users" submenu page | |
remove_submenu_page( 'users.php', 'users.php' ); | |
// Remove the "Tools" submenu page | |
remove_submenu_page( 'tools.php', 'tools.php' ); | |
// Remove the "Settings" submenu page | |
remove_submenu_page( 'options-general.php', 'options-general.php' ); | |
} | |
} | |
add_action( 'admin_menu', 'remove_admin_pages_for_non_support_team' ); |
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