User Role Editor version 4.5 is available

The list of updates to version 4.5 published at 29.08.2013 includes the following:

  • Direct checking of the “administrator” role is removed from the code to support ability to change User Role Editor access key capability.
    URE uses by default the “administrator” role for single site as the key capability to permit access to the User Role Editor.
    You may change this capability manually by replacing value of URE_KEY_CAPABILITY constant at includes/define_constants.php file. Pro version
    starting from 4.5 allows to change this key capability name (input your own, custom one) via User Role Editor settings page.
  • The Hebrew translation is added. Thanks to atar4u.
  • Pro version only: Ability to restrict access of different administrators to plugins activation/deactivation on the per plugin base is realized.
    Go to the user profile (user should have ‘activate_plugins’ capability) and select plugins to which you allow access for this user.
  • Pro version: Gravity forms access restriction was re-factored and does not use JavaScript – it works on the SQL queries level now.
    In order apply form access restriction to the user it is enough that the user has any capability from the Gravity Forms capabilities list.

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User Role Editor version 4.4

User Role Editor version 4.4 was released at August, 15th, 2013. This release includes:

  • Bug fixed which prevented creation of current roles backup record during User Role Editor plugin installation and produced unexpected output (PHP notices).
  • Pro version only: Users of “Gravity Forms” plugin may restrict users access to the Forms on per form basis.
  • Pro version: User Role Editor license key is not shown now on the Setting page. User sees just word “Installed” after he saved it.

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Subscribe2 stopped sending emails

After you updated “User Role Editor” to version 4.3. you may meet the problem with plugin “Subscribe2”.
If you use Subscribe2 plugin at WordPress multisite with “User Role Editor” together, you may discover that Subscribe2 stopped sending emails after new posts are published.
The reason of this problem is simple: Subscribe2 checks if there was blog switching and interrupts email send operation if answer is positive. Read more Subscribe2 stopped sending emails

User Role Editor version 4.3 is published

User Role Editor version 4.3 (both Free and Pro editions) is published at August, 12th, 2013 and available for download. Read the full list of changes here.
The major enhancement for the Pro version is the one point roles management at Network Center for multi-site configuration feature. There is not need to jump from site to site to apply your roles changes to the whole network. There is no need to make it role by role using “Apply to All Sites” feature. If you wish to synchronize all network sites roles with roles from the main blog go to the “Network Admin=>Users=>User Role Editor” and press “Update Network” button. This way you will replicate your main site roles to the whole network at once. Read more User Role Editor version 4.3 is published