How can I rename the whole role?

[WUCW]

I have a role called NAME1(name1), and I want to rename the whole role, not just NAME2(name1), but also the id.

Resulting in getting the name to show NAME2(name2).

How is that possible?

THX
WUCW

[Vladimir]

Hi WUCW,

You can not do it directly. Workaround, create a new role name2 as a copy of nor name1. Then revoke role name1 from all users, whom it’s granted and grant them new role name2.

[WUCW]

Okay, thanks.

But what happens to data that is “connected” to the old role-ID?
My reason for renaming the old role-ID was to keep the data connected.

[Vladimir]

Understand.

There is no UI in plugin to automatically move add-ons data linked to the older role to a new one.

[WUCW]

The ID must be in the database somewhere.
Where can I look for it, and try to change it?

[Vladimir]

Look at wp_options db table (wp_ is db prefix):

SELECT * FROM wp_options WHERE option_name like 'ure%';

All data are serialized arrays.

[WUCW]

Thanks for helping, but the role didn’t show up.
I changed the prefix to the right one, but none of the 16 roles turned up.
All 16 roles have been made with your plugin.

Are we looking in the right table?

THX

[Vladimir]

You should see the similar result:

option_name field contains URE internals ID used by add-ons to save its data.

Roles ID would be found inside the option_value field for every record. It’s a string where a serialized PHP array data are stored.

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