admin - How to remove wp panel for users

Hello i have a question , i want to create the whole panel for users by myself and i dont wanna just hide the wordpress panel i dont wanna let users have access to wordpress panel, is that possible , because i know how to hide it:

add_action('after_setup_theme', 'remove_admin_bar');

function remove_admin_bar() {
    if (!current_user_can('administrator') && !is_admin()) {
        show_admin_bar(false);
    }
}

but if someone type site/wp-admin he still have access.

Hello i have a question , i want to create the whole panel for users by myself and i dont wanna just hide the wordpress panel i dont wanna let users have access to wordpress panel, is that possible , because i know how to hide it:

add_action('after_setup_theme', 'remove_admin_bar');

function remove_admin_bar() {
    if (!current_user_can('administrator') && !is_admin()) {
        show_admin_bar(false);
    }
}

but if someone type site/wp-admin he still have access.

• admin
• custom-write-panel

Share Improve this question edited Jan 12, 2019 at 13:55 Krzysiek Dróżdż 25.6k99 gold badges5353 silver badges7474 bronze badges asked Jan 12, 2019 at 13:39 MariuszMariusz 2344 bronze badges 1

• Ahhh, good old WPbeginner with its code full of bad practices... – Krzysiek Dróżdż Commented Jan 12, 2019 at 13:55

Add a comment  | 

1 Answer 1

Sorted by: Reset to default 0

First of all, you should never use current_user_can function with roles. You should use only capabilities as params, as Codex clearly states:

While checking against particular roles in place of a capability is supported in part, this practice is discouraged as it may produce unreliable results.

So, if we've dealt with that major issue...

There are 2 things you have to do, if you want to disable wp-admin for subscribers:

1. Hide Admin Bar

Admin bar is the dark bar displayed at the top of a page, when user is logged in.

You can hide it using this code:

function remove_admin_bar() {
    if ( is_user_logged_in() ) {
        $user = wp_get_current_user();
        if ( in_array('subscriber', $user->roles) ) {
              show_admin_bar(false);
        }
    }
}
add_action('after_setup_theme', 'remove_admin_bar');

2. Prevent wp-admin access

function restrict_wpadmin_access() {
    if ( ! defined('DOING_AJAX') || ! DOING_AJAX ) {
        $user = wp_get_current_user();

        if ( in_array('subscriber', $user->roles) ) {
            wp_redirect( site_url( '/user/' ) );  // <- or wherever you want users to go instead
            die;
        }
    }
}
add_action( 'admin_init', 'restrict_wpadmin_access' );

If you want to target different user group, all you need to do is to change this line in both functions above to match your needs:

if ( in_array('subscriber', $user->roles) ) {