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As I’ve discussed this with my users, we’ve reached the conclusion that this proposed solution will not work for us. The problem is that it still requires them to get an administrator to manually go into the URE panel before they get rights to the custom post types they’ve created. They’re still blocked from using the new CPT until the administrator does this, so it’s no real improvement over our current situation.
Ultimately what is needed is that if a role has the right to create new custom post types, it should have the right to immediately see any new CPTs created without the need for any intervention by an administrator.
Could there be a new setting of some kind that could be set to automatically grant access to new post custom types? With that, I as an administrator could say that I want new CPTs to automatically become accessible to the roles which I choose.
That sounds okay. If I understand it correctly, I’m not sure how my users will feel about it, as it will still require them to notify an admin to go into the URE panel in order for their rights to the new custom post type to be activated (albeit automatically instead of the admin having to grant it manually).
I will test it when it’s released and let you know if it works as expected.
Thank you for the quick response!
We’re using Toolset Types, version 3.3.5, https://toolset.com/.
I figured out what was causing my problem. You mentioned that the Administrator role is hidden from other non-admin users with the list_users and promote_users capabilities in their role.
Apparently, any role whose name contains the word ‘Administrator’ in it is hidden along with the Administrator role.
Like I mentioned, I was using the terms Gold and Silver only for purpose of example. In my sites, the custom role I’d created which has been giving me all the trouble is called Limited Administrator. When I created a new role with the same capabilities but whose name didn’t have the word ‘Administrator’ in it and assigned it to a user, it functioned correctly. This was also confirmed when I realized that another role, named Events Administrator, on one of my sites was hidden along with the Limited Administrator role.
I should be able to proceed from here as long as I don’t create any more roles with the word ‘Administrator’ in their name.
Thank you! I appreciate your time in helping me figure this out.
The gold, silver, and bronze roles are ones I created, not created by a plugin.
By higher and lower, what I was referring to is one role having more capabilities assigned to it than another role, just like how the Administrator role has more capabilities than the Editor role, which has more capabilities than the Contributor role, etc. Thus in the example, the Gold role has fewer capabilities than the Administrator role, but more capabilities than the Silver role.
A user assigned a role that has the list_users & promote_users capabilities can see and promote users assigned a role which has fewer capabilities, but cannot see users assigned the same role or users assigned a role with more capabilities.
I hope that helps what I’m saying make more sense. Thank you for your help!
