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Wordpress Plugins visible to contributors!!!

by Owen Smith
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I have a couple of wordpress plugins that are visible to contributors, I only want them visible to admins, how can I remove the visibilitly, as I obviously dont want them editing the plugins!
#contributors #plugins #visible #wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author senderbot
    Hi,

    I wonder if you can use WP Lite. Its main use is to remove the unessecary items from the admin when creating sites for other users. But it might work to disable plugin access. You may just have to re-enable plugin access for yourself temporarily when you need to play with the plug-ins.

    Cheers

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  • Profile picture of the author Owen Smith
    senderbox/max

    Thanks for the plugin, I will look into it, has anyone with programming knowledge got a simple fix?
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  • Profile picture of the author Harrison Ortega
    Originally Posted by webworldwonders View Post

    I have a couple of wordpress plugins that are visible to contributors, I only want them visible to admins, how can I remove the visibilitly, as I obviously dont want them editing the plugins!
    Something is definitely not right with your installation. Contributors have only permissions and access to edit/add/delete posts.

    Make sure if the "New User Default Role" under the "general" tab is set to "contributors" and not a high lever role.

    If it is set correctly and you don't want to fix the issue, then install this plugin: WordPress › Members WordPress Plugins

    WPlite plugin may be a workaround, but the problem is that you'll hide the admin panels from everyone included you the administrator.
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  • Profile picture of the author Owen Smith
    Its the ContactForm7 and WP&SMF plugin, they have installed fine, I tried a mock install on another website and it still didnt work.
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    • Profile picture of the author NoFluff
      Originally Posted by webworldwonders View Post

      Its the ContactForm7 and WP&SMF plugin, they have installed fine, I tried a mock install on another website and it still didnt work.
      I had the same problem. With ContactForm7, I think it's a bug in the plugin because looking at the code, it appears to have the user level controls of most of the other plugins.

      WordPress › Admin Menu Editor WordPress Plugins

      That's the plugin you need. You can create custom roles for the admin, and get really granular about who can access which function (native and plugin).

      Now once you install that and set the permissions, you'll still see the Contact Form link. Don't panic, whatever bug causes it to show for everyone doesn't seem to be killed by the plugin BUT if anyone who shouldn't have access tries to click on the links they'll get a permission denied page. It's not a perfect fix, but it works to keep contributors or authors from messing with the settings. The icon will be there, but the admin (or whoever you give permission to) will be the only one able to use it.
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  • Profile picture of the author newmoon
    May be you need to adjust the required roles inside the plugin. Read the following link for more details:

    Adding Administration Menus WordPress Codex

    When creating menu in admin area, you will need to set the $capability parameter accordingly.
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