Some of the employees at my organization need to be able to upload files to a folder and share a link with others. It’s primarily documents like pictures, pdf’s and Word documents. And instead of creating a completely new File Management System, I was thinking about just using the built-in Wordpress Media Library function for this task.
But my problem is, that I want to create a User Role with permissions to only do that and nothing else. If possible, also hide all other option panels, custom post types, etc.
I’ve been reading a bit about User Roles and Capabilities, and founded a Plugin but I think it is a bit much to install a large plugin when it is the only User Role I need to create. And more, I would like to learn some more about it and I think this is a good way to do it.
Any help would appreciate.
Sincere - Mestika
Some of the employees at my organization need to be able to upload files to a folder and share a link with others. It’s primarily documents like pictures, pdf’s and Word documents. And instead of creating a completely new File Management System, I was thinking about just using the built-in Wordpress Media Library function for this task.
But my problem is, that I want to create a User Role with permissions to only do that and nothing else. If possible, also hide all other option panels, custom post types, etc.
I’ve been reading a bit about User Roles and Capabilities, and founded a Plugin but I think it is a bit much to install a large plugin when it is the only User Role I need to create. And more, I would like to learn some more about it and I think this is a good way to do it.
Any help would appreciate.
Sincere - Mestika
Install Justin Tadlock's Members Plugin. It has per-configured roles that allow in-depth control over users. If the standard roles don't allow the amount of access control you want, you can create a custom role and assign your specific access level.
something like this : https://codex.wordpress/Function_Reference/add_role then
if ( current_user_can('new_role') && !current_user_can('upload_files') )
add_action('admin_init', 'allow_new_role_uploads');
function allow_new_role_uploads() {
$new_role = get_role('new_role');
$new_role->add_cap('upload_files');
}
If you have created a custom role to add new capabilities add this code to them function.php
function add_theme_caps(){
global $pagenow;
// gets the author role
$role = get_role( 'teacher' );
$role2 = get_role( 'school' );
if ( 'themes.php' == $pagenow && isset( $_GET['activated'] ) ){ // Test if theme is activated
// Theme is activated
// This only works, because it accesses the class instance.
// would allow the author to edit others' posts for current theme only
$role->add_cap( 'upload_files' );
$role2->add_cap( 'upload_files' );
}
else {
// Theme is deactivated
// Remove the capability when theme is deactivated
$role->remove_cap( 'upload_files' );
$role2->remove_cap( 'upload_files' );
}
}
add_action( 'load-themes.php', 'add_theme_caps' );
Dactivate and active theme to make changes