How to give access to Redirections plugin

[edering]

We use the Redirections Plugin, which appears in Tools. I want to give access to this for a Role. When I choose all 11 items under Redirects (which is under Custom Post Types) as shown here – https://www.screencast.com/t/MoLlXAK77tuj – the Users set to this Role only see the Tools menu item, with nothing in it. What am I doing wrong?

[Vladimir]

You granted access to ‘redirect’ custom post type but not to ‘Tools->Redirection’ menu.
Bad news: Redirection plugin protect this menu item with ‘administrator’ role by default.
Good news: It allows to developer to change this default value to your own using custom filter, like this:

add_filter('redirection_role', 'change_redirection_permissions', 10, 1 );
function change_redirection_permissions($cap) {

    $cap = 'manage_options';
    
    return $cap;
}

Then any role with ‘manage_options’ capability will can access ‘Tools->Redirection’ menu item. You can install this code as a part of your active theme functions.php file or as a separate .php file in a wp-content/mu-plugins folder – read more about Must Use plugins.

[edering]

hi. We did not change anything, but all of a sudden, Users with a Role (not Admins) who used to be able to access the Redirection plugin, now get taken to the WordPress Dashboard when clicking it. How do I fix this? Do you know what might have changed recently? What is weird is that Redirection does not even appear for me in Users > User Role Editor and under the Group / Custom Post Types. When I log in as an Admin, I see the actual plugin/tool fine. I don’t see this function in my functions file at all, but my client says they have used Redirection many times. I am confused.

[Vladimir]

Hi,

Is role restricted via “Admin menu access” add-on?
If Yes, pay attention on the “Technical details – Block not selected” part of the documentation article.

[edering]

Yes, it is. It is set to Block Selected, and Redirection is not selected. This is used to work fine until recently. The documentation says an issue could occur if it is set to Block: Not Selected.

[Vladimir]

Yes, in general, redirection is a result of additional parameters in URL under “Block: Not Selected” model.

What will be, if you temporally turn OFF the “Activate Administrator Menu Access module” checkbox at URE settings. Will redirection still take place?

[edering]

Two questions before I try that. 1) If I disable that, and then turn it back on, will all the blocked item per Role be saved? 2) Does this mean anything? https://www.screencast.com/t/6EL4Nm5lKC

[Vladimir]

Activate/deactivate add-on is safe – all settings made for add-on are in place.
Settings are deleted only upon plugin deletion via WordPress.
If you will confirm that redirection to WP dashboard is due to URE Pro “Admin menu access”, I will need 2 screenshots in addition:
1) “Users->User Role Editor->Admin menu” made for the tested role;
2) “Tools->Redirection” page with browser URL address visible at the top.

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