=== PublishPress Capabilities - User Role Editor, Access Permissions, User Capabilities, Admin Menus ===

Contributors: publishpress, kevinB, stevejburge, andergmartins, olatechpro
Author: PublishPress
Author URI: https://publishpress.com
Tags: capabilities, permissions, admin menus, user roles, user role editor
Requires at least: 5.5
Requires PHP: 7.2.5
Tested up to: 6.9
Stable tag: 2.42.0
License: GPLv3
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html

PublishPress Capabilities is the access control plugin. You can manage user capabilities, permissions, user roles, admin menus and more.

== Description ==

PublishPress Capabilities is the access control plugin for WordPress. You can control all the capabilities and permissions on your WordPress site. We built this user role editor plugin so you have an easy and powerful way to manage user capabilities.

You can use PublishPress Capabilities to **manage all your WordPress user roles**, from Administrators and Editors to Authors, Contributors, Subscribers and custom roles. Each user role can have the exact capabilities that your site needs.

PublishPress Capabilities can clean up your post editing screen, admin area, and even the Profile screen. You can decide what authors see when they're writing posts. You can **hide any feature on the Gutenberg or Classic Editor screens**. You can remove items in the WordPress dashboard and inside user accounts screens.

The Pro version of PublishPress Capabilities has many extra features, including the ability to edit admin menu links, clean up the post editing screen, block admin pages by URL, and much more.

## PublishPress Capabilities Pro ##

> <strong>Upgrade to Capabilities Pro</strong><br />
This plugin is the free version of PublishPress Capabilities. The Pro version of Capabilities has all the features you need to control permissions for your WordPress users. With Capabilities Pro you can manage access to posts, pages, media and custom post types. <a href="https://publishpress.com/capabilities" title="Capabilities Pro">Click here to control access to your WordPress site with Capabilities Pro!</a>

## The Key Features of PublishPress Capabilities ##

1. **Roles**: You can edit, create, duplicate any WordPress user role.
2. **Capabilities**: You can control all WordPress and plugin capabilities.
3. **Editor Features**: You decide what users see when they're writing posts in Gutenberg or the Classic Editor.
4. **Admin Features**: You can remove items from the WordPress admin, toolbar, and even dashboard widgets.
5. **Frontend Features**: This feature allows you to modify the site's frontend by hiding or adding CSS.
6. **Admin Menus (Pro version)**: You can edit admin menu links and control who can access them.
7. **Profile Features**: You can hide features for users in the "Profile" screen.
8. **Redirects**: You can hide features for users in the "Profile" screen.
9. **Nav Menus**: You can restrict access to navigation menus by user role, or logged in status.
10. **User Testing**: Safely test any user's account without resetting their password.
11. **Admin Notices**: Organize all the message and advertisements in your admin area.

## Feature 1. Roles##

PublishPress Capabilities gives you detailed control over all the permission levels on your WordPress site. You can edit user roles on your site, from Administrator and Editor to Contributor and Subscriber.

With PublishPress Capabilities you can create or copy any existing WordPress user role. These roles can be customized in exactly the same way as the default WordPress roles. These new roles can be added to single sites or to an entire multisite network.

[Click here to see how to manage user roles](https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/capabilities-screen/).

## Feature 2. Capabilities ##

With the Capabilities plugin, you can choose who can Publish, Read, Edit and Delete content. You can choose permissions for posts, pages, custom content types, categories, tags, and more.

[Click here to see how to manage capabilities](https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/permissions-start/).

Many WordPress users have sites with custom post types. This can be done using custom code, a theme, or with a plugin. No matter how your post type is created, PublishPress Capabilities lets you enforce and assign distinct capabilities for your post type.

PublishPress Capabilities enables you to add extra permissions to the taxonomies on your site. This feature includes the default Categories and Tags, but also applies to other taxonomies. For example, in WooCommerce you can apply custom permissions to Product categories, Product tags, and Product shipping classes. You can enforce and assign "Manage", "Edit" and "Assign" distinct capabilities for all your taxonomies.

[Click here to learn about taxonomy permissions](https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/taxonomy-specific-capabilities/).

## Feature 3. Editor Features ##

PublishPress Capabilities has an option called "Editor Features" allows you to clean up the post editing screen. You can decide what users see when they're writing posts. You can hide anything on the Gutenberg or Classic Editor screens. You can hide boxes inside the sidebar such Tags, Categories, or Excerpt. You can the "Publish" button. You can even hide the post title, body, or permalink. This is a great alternative to plugins such as Adminimize.

[Click here to learn about hiding editor features](https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/editor-features/).

WordPress has a feature called “metaboxes”. This is a strange name, but you have seen them often if you use WordPress. When a user edits a post, the edit screen has several default boxes: Status & visibility, Featured image, Categories, Tags, etc. These boxes are metaboxes. Plugins can add also add their own metaboxes. The Pro version of the PublishPress Capabilities plugin allows you to hide metaboxes for specific user roles.

[Click here to learn about hiding metaboxes](https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/hide-metaboxes-in-wordpress-posts/).

## Feature 4. Admin Features ##

“Admin Features” allows you to hide features in the WordPress admin area and toolbar. You can decide what users see in your WordPress dashboard. You can use this option to hide all the links in the toolbar including "About WordPress", "Visit Site" and more. You can also hide dashboard widgets such as "At a Glance", "Quick Draft", and "WordPress Events and News".

[Click here to learn about removing toolbar items and dashboard widgets](https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/admin-features-screen/).

## Feature 5. Frontend Features ##

The "Frontend Features" screen allows you to modify the features that show on the frontend of your website. You can choose to  hide IDs or classes, add CSS styles, or add body classes. All of these changes can be targeted to specific user roles.

[Click here to learn about frontend changes](https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/frontend-features/).

## Feature 6. WordPress Admin Menu Restrictions (Pro version) ##

With PublishPress Capabilities you can edit all your admin menu links. You can also restrict access to admin menu screens by user roles. This is useful because many plugin do not have any way to control who can access their admin screens.

[Click to see how to block Admin menu access](https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/admin-menus-screen/).

## Feature 7. Profile Features ##

“Profile Features” allows you to hide features in the "Profile" screen. You can decide what users see in their accounts.  This “Profile” area is used as a dumping ground for the settings of many different plugins.

[Click here to learn about the Profile Features option](https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/profile-features/).

## Feature 8. Nav Menu Restrictions ##

PublishPress Capabilities enables you to restrict access to navigation menus by roles, logged in and logged out users. This is useful because a default WordPress site does not give you way to control the visibility of your links.

[Click to see how to block frontend menu access](https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/nav-menus/).

## Feature 9. Redirects ##

PublishPress Capabilities has a “Redirects” screen that allows you to control where users are sent before and after logging in to your site. There are four options available:
* Login Redirect: Where users are sent when they log in.
* Logout Redirect: Where users are sent when they log out.
* Registration Redirect: Where users are sent when they register on your site.
* First Login Redirect: Where users are sent when they log in to your site for the first time.

[Click to see how to redirect users](https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/redirects/).

## Feature 10. User Testing / User Switching ##

If you run a WordPress website which allows users to log in, you probably spend a lot of time answering account questions or solving website bugs for your users. Site administrators often have to browse their site and see exactly what the user sees. They need to test the user's account without resetting their password. This is possible with PublishPress Capabilities.

[Click here to learn about user testing](https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/user-testing/).

## Feature 11. Admin Notices ##

This feature helps organize messages and advertisements in your WordPress admin area. It helps remove clutter from your WordPress experience. This feature will organize all these admin notices into a new area in the top-right corner of your screen. This "Admin Notices" area will show all the notices in a clean, organized area. Nothing is changed about the notices so you can deal with them as normal. The only difference is that you won't be pestered by these notices on your main admin dashboard.

[Click here to learn about Admin Notices](https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/admin-notices-feature/).

## PublishPress Capabilities is Safe to Use ##

PublishPress Capabilities is completely **safe to use**. Every time you change your site's permissions, this plugin will take a backup that you can restore if anything goes wrong. You can use these backups to migrate your roles and permissions from one site to another.

This security feature is also very helpful if you want to test out changes on your site, or if you've installed a new plugin that has changed your site's permissions.

Every time you change your permissions, the PublishPress Capabilities plugin will now automatically create a backup. If you make a mistake, go to the "Backup" menu link and you'll be able to roll back to a previous version.

[Click here to see how to backup permissions](https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/backup-restore-permissions/).

## Support for Media Library Permissions ##

PublishPress Capabilities enables you to decide who can upload, edit and delete files from your site's Media Library. By default, only Administrators are able to delete files in your Media Library. Subscribers and Contributors are not even allowed to upload files. You can customize these permissions for the Media Library and also the Featured Image box.

[Click here to learn about Media Library permissions](https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/control-media-library-access/).

## Support for WooCommerce Permissions ##

We mentioned earlier that PublishPress Capabilities has special support for WooCommerce taxonomies. This is true for the rest of WooCommerce also. With PublishPress Capabilities you can control permissions for WooCommerce products, orders and coupons.

[Click here to learn about WooCommerce permissions](https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/woocommerce-permissons/).

## Support for WordPress Multisite ##

PublishPress Capabilities allows you to control permissions on a single site or across your whole network. Every time you update permissions in PublishPress Capabilities, you can choose to sync those changes across your multisite network.

[Click here to learn about multisite permissions](https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/multisite-network/).

## Join PublishPress and get the Pro plugins ##

The Pro versions of the PublishPress plugins are well worth your investment. The Pro versions have extra features and faster support. [Click here to join PublishPress](https://publishpress.com/pricing/).

Join PublishPress and you'll get access to these ten Pro plugins:

* [PublishPress Authors Pro](https://publishpress.com/authors) allows you to add multiple authors and guest authors to WordPress posts.
* [PublishPress Blocks Pro](https://publishpress.com/blocks) has everything you need to build professional websites with the WordPress block editor.
* [PublishPress Capabilities Pro](https://publishpress.com/capabilities) is the plugin to manage your WordPress user roles, permissions, and capabilities.
* [PublishPress Checklists Pro](https://publishpress.com/checklists) enables you to define tasks that must be completed before content is published.
* [PublishPress Future Pro](https://publishpress.com/future) is the plugin for scheduling changes to your posts.
* [PublishPress Permissions Pro](https://publishpress.com/permissions)  is the plugin for restricted content and advanced WordPress permissions.
* [PublishPress Planner Pro](https://publishpress.com/publishpress) is the plugin for managing and scheduling WordPress content.
* [PublishPress Revisions Pro](https://publishpress.com/revisions) allows you to update your published pages with teamwork and precision.
* [PublishPress Series Pro](https://publishpress.com/series) enables you to group content together into a series.
* [PublishPress Statuses Pro](https://publishpress.com/series) enables you to create additional publishing steps for your posts.

Together, these plugins are a suite of powerful publishing tools for WordPress. If you need to create a professional workflow in WordPress, with moderation, revisions, permissions and more... then you should try PublishPress.

## Bug Reports ##

Bug reports for PublishPress Capabilities are welcomed in our [repository on GitHub](https://github.com/publishpress/publishpress-capabilities). Please note that GitHub is not a support forum, and that issues that aren't properly qualified as bugs will be closed.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= How do I Backup and Restore WordPress User Permissions? =

PublishPress Capabilities is a user role editor that offers you the ability to backup and restore your WordPress user permissions. This feature is very helpful if you want to test out changes on your site, or you've installed a new plugin that has changed your site's permissions.

Changing permissions in WordPress can be a tricky task. It's possible to lock yourself or others out of some important features. So, we've built a way to keep your site safe.

Every time you change your permissions, the PublishPress Capabilities plugin will automatically create a backup. If you make a mistake, go to the “Backup” menu link and click the “Restore” tab. Here you can browse through the most recent 20 automatic backups. The plugin also saves a backup from when you first installed PublishPress Capabilities. And you can click the “Backup” tab to manually create backups.

Click the yellow “Restore Selected Roles” button and you'll be able to roll back to a previous version.

Whenever you choose a backup, the plugin will show all the permissions in that backup. Important changes in permissions are highlighted:

* A green role title means the role does not exist in your current set.
* A green capability is set in the role backup, but not the current role.
* A stuck-through capability is set in the current role, but not the role backup.

= How Do I Restore Permissions to the WordPress Defaults? =

If you really need to clean up and refresh your site, PublishPress Capabilities does allow you to restore the default WordPress permissions. Go to Capabilities > Backup and dlick the “Reset Roles” tab. Before you take next step, make sure to read this warning:

“WARNING: This will delete and/or modify stored role definitions. If you have installed any plugin that adds new roles or capabilities, these will be lost. It is recommended to use this only as a last resort!”

If you want to proceed, click the “Reset to WordPress defaults” link. PublishPress Capabilities will ask you if you're really sure you want to do this. Click “OK” to continue. Once the process is complete, you'll see the message, “Roles and Capabilities reset to WordPress defaults”.

= How Do I Control WooCommerce Menu Link Permissions? =

WooCommerce is the most popular WordPress eCommerce plugin. You can create beautiful store with themes customized to your brand and industry and you'll find 1,000's of tools and popular integrations.

The PublishPress Capabilities plugin enables you to control permissions for the WooCommerce plugin and also WooCommerce user roles. You can use this plugin as a WooCommerce user role editor. Go to the “Capabilities” link in your WordPress admin menu. In the main area of your screen will see options for WooCommerce Products, Orders and Coupons. These permissions cover editing, deleting and reading.

In the right sidebar, you can also enable permissions for WooCommerce taxonomies. Check the boxes for Product categories, Product tags, and Product shipping classes. After you check those boxes and refresh your screen, you will see Manager, Edit, Assign and Delete options for Product categories, Product tags, and Product shipping classes.

The Pro version of PublishPress Capabilities allows you to block access to admin menu links in WooCommerce. This is useful because WooCommerce has very limited options for controlling who can access the admin screens. When you first install WooCommerce, you'll see four top-level menu links, plus sub-menus. All of these links are available to users in the Administrator and Shop Manager roles:

* WooCommerce
* Products
* Analytics
* Marketing

It is possible to control who can access these links by using the PublishPress Capabilities Pro plugin. After installing PublishPress Capabilities Pro, go to “Capabilities”, then “Admin Menus” in your WordPress admin area. n the top-left corner of this screen, choose the role that you want to edit. Scroll down and you can enter a red X for any menu link that you don't want users in that role to access. This is a great way to customize a WooCommerce role such as Shop Manager. This approach works for the core WooCommerce plugin and can also be used for WooCommerce add-on plugins such as WooCommerce Subscriptions, WooCommerce Shipping, and WooCommerce Bookings. PublishPress Capabilities can help you manage WooCommerce permissisons.

[Click here to learn about WooCommerce menu permissions](https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/control-access-woocommerce-admin-menus/).

= How Do I Control Contact Form 7 Permissions? =

The Pro version of PublishPress Capabilities allows you to block access to admin menu links in the Contact Form 7 plugin. This is useful because Contact Form 7 has very limited options for controlling who can access the admin screens.

Contact Form 7 is the most popular contact form plugin for WordPress. You can manage multiple contact forms, and easily customize each form and the emails it sends. Contact Form 7 supports Ajax-powered submitting, CAPTCHA, Akismet spam filtering and much more.

When you first install Contact Form 7, you'll see one top-level menu link, plus three sub-menus. All of these links are available to users in the Administrator role:

* Contact Forms
* Add New
* Integration

It is possible to control who can access these links by using the PublishPress Capabilities Pro plugin. After installing PublishPress Capabilities Pro, go to “Capabilities”, then “Admin Menus” in your WordPress admin area. In the top-left corner of this screen, choose the role that you want to edit. Scroll down and you can enter a red X for any menu link that you don't want users in the Editor role to access. This approach works for the core Contact Form 7 plugin and can also be used for add-on plugins such as Flamingo which records entries for Contact Form 7 forms.

[Click here to learn about Contact Form 7 menu permissions](https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/control-access-contact-form-7-admin-menus/).

= How Do I Control Yoast SEO User Roles and Permissions? =

The Pro version of PublishPress Capabilities allows you to block access to admin menu links in the Yoast SEO plugin. This is useful because Yoast SEO has limited options for managing who can access the admin screens and important features.

Yoast SEO is the most popular WordPress SEO plugin and contains everything that you need to manage your SEO. Yoast SEO is packed full of feature that help search engines to find and understand your website.

When you first install Yoast SEO, you'll see one top-level menu link, plus at least 5 sub-menus:

* General
* Search Appearance
* Social
* Tools
* Premium

It is possible to control who can access these Yoast SEO links by using the PublishPress Capabilities Pro plugin. After installing PublishPress Capabilities Pro, go to “Capabilities”, then “Admin Menus” in your WordPress admin area. In the top-left corner of this screen, choose the role that you want to edit. For example, you can restrict Yoast SEO access for the “SEO Manager” role. Scroll down and you can enter a red X for any menu link that you don't want users in the SEO Manager role to access.

This approach works for the core Yoast SEO plugin and can also be used for add-on plugins such as Local SEO, WooCommerce SEO, Google News, and more.

[Click here to learn about Yoast SEO menu permissions](https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/control-access-yoast-seo-admin-menus/).

= How Do I Control Elementor User Roles and Permissions? =

The Pro version of PublishPress Capabilities allows you to block access to admin menu links in the Elementor plugin. This is useful because Elementor has limited options for managing who can access the admin screens and important features.

The Elementor plugin is one of the most popular drag-and-drop page builders. With Elementor, you’re editing the site live, and simultaneously see exactly how it looks like. Elementor designs are full-responsive and come with over 40 powerful widgets. PublishPress Capabilities can help you manage Elementor permissions.

When you first install Elementor, you'll see one top-level menu link, plus at least 9 sub-menus:

* Settings
* Role Manager
* Tools
* System Info
* Getting Started
* Get Help
* Custom Fonts
* Custom Icons
* Go Pro

It is possible to control who can access Elementor menu links by using the PublishPress Capabilities Pro plugin. After installing PublishPress Capabilities Pro, go to “Capabilities”, then “Admin Menus” in your WordPress admin area.

In the top-left corner of this screen, choose the role that you want to edit. For example, you can restrict Elementor access for the “Administrator” role. If you do this, I would recommend making a copy of the Administrator role so that one role still has full Elementor access. Scroll down and you can enter a red X for any Elementor menu link that you don't want users in the Administrator role to access.

This approach works for the core Elementor plugin and can also be used for add-on plugins such as Essential Addons, Premium Addons, and others.

[Click here to learn about Elementor menu permissions](https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/control-access-elementor-admin-menus/).

= How Do I Control Jetpack User Roles and Permissions? =

The Pro version of PublishPress Capabilities allows you to block access to admin menu links in the Jetpack plugin. This is useful because Jetpack has limited options for managing who can access the admin screens and important features.

Jetpack is a plugin built by Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com. This plugin offers many different services including backups, spam blocking, analytics, malware scans, contact forms, and more. PublishPress Capabilities can help you manage Jetpack permissions.

When you first install the Jetpack plugin, you'll see one top-level menu link, plus at least 2 sub-menus:

* Dashboard
* Settings

It is possible to control who can access these Jetpack links by using the PublishPress Capabilities Pro plugin. After installing PublishPress Capabilities Pro, go to “Capabilities”, then “Admin Menus” in your WordPress admin area. In the top-left corner of this screen, choose the role that you want to edit. For example, you can restrict Jetpack access for the “Administrator” role. If you do this, I would recommend making a copy of the Administrator role so that one role still has full Jetpack access. Scroll down and you can enter a red X for any Jetpack menu link that you don't want users in the Administrator role to access. Now when an Administrator logs in to your site, they will not be able to see the Jetpack menu links that you have blocked. This approach works for the core Jetpack plugin and can also be used for add-on plugins such as Jetpack CRM and others.

[Click here to learn about Jetpack permissions](https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/control-access-jetpack-admin-menus/).

= How Do I Control WPForms User Roles and Permissions? =

The Pro version of PublishPress Capabilities allows you to block access to admin menu links in the WP Forms plugin. This is useful because WPForms has limited options for managing who can access the admin screens and important features.

WPForms is one of the most popular WordPress contact form plugin with millions of active installs. WPForms allows you to create beautiful contact forms, feedback forms, subscription forms, payment forms, and more.

When you first install the WPForms plugin, you'll see one top-level menu link, plus at least 10 sub-menus:

* All Forms
* Add New
* Entries
* Settings
* Tools
* Addons
* Analytics
* SMTP
* About Us
* Community

It is possible to control who can access these WPForms plugin links by using the PublishPress Capabilities Pro plugin. After installing PublishPress Capabilities Pro, go to “Capabilities”, then “Admin Menus” in your WordPress admin area. In the top-left corner of this screen, choose the role that you want to edit. For example, you can restrict WPForms access for the “Administrator” role. If you do this, I would recommend making a copy of the Administrator role so that one role still has full WPForms access.

Scroll down and you can enter a red X for any WPForms menu link that you don't want users in the Administrator role to access. Now when an Administrator logs in to your site, they will not be able to see the WPForms menu links that you have blocked.

This approach works for the core WPForms plugin and can also be used for add-on plugins such as Form Abandonment, Form Locker, Offline Forms, and more.

[Click here to learn about WPForms menu permissions](https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/control-access-wpforms-admin-menus/).

= How Do I Control The Events Calendar User Roles and Permissions? =

The Pro version of PublishPress Capabilities allows you to block access to admin menu links in The Events Calendar plugin. This is useful because The Events Calendar has limited options for managing who can access the admin screens and important features.

With The Events Calendar, you can easily create and manage an events calendar on your WordPress site. The plugin supports both in-person and virtual events. There are also many ways to extend the plugin for recurring events, ticket sales, user-submitted events and more.

When you first install the The Events Calendar plugin, you'll see one top-level menu link, plus at least 10 sub-menus:

* Events
* Add New
* Tag
* Events Categories
* Venues
* Organizers
* Import
* Settings
* Help
* Event Add-Ons

It is possible to control who can access these The Events Calendar plugin links by using the PublishPress Capabilities Pro plugin. After installing PublishPress Capabilities Pro, go to “Capabilities”, then “Admin Menus” in your WordPress admin area. In the top-left corner of this screen, choose the role that you want to edit. For example, you can restrict The Events Calendar access for the “Editor” role. Scroll down and you can enter a red X for any The Events Calendar menu link that you don't want users in the Editor role to access. Now when an Administrator logs in to your site, they will not be able to see the Events Calendar menu links that you have blocked:

This approach works for the core The Events Calendar plugin and can also be used for add-on plugins such as Virtual Events, Events Tickets, and more.

[Click here to learn about The Events Calendar menu permissions](https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/control-access-the-events-calendar-admin-menus/).

= How Do I Control The Gravity Forms User Roles and Permissions? =

The Pro version of PublishPress Capabilities allows you to block access to admin menu links in the Gravity Forms plugin. This is useful because Gravity Forms has limited options for controlling who can access the admin screens.

Gravity Forms is perhaps the most popular contact form plugin for WordPress. You can build and publish your WordPress forms in just minutes. Choose your fields, configure your options and easily embed forms on your WordPress-powered site. Gravity Forms allows you to easily integrate with third party services such as PayPal, Mailchimp, and Zapier.

When you first install Gravity Forms, you'll see one top-level menu link, plus eight sub-menus.

* Forms
* New Form
* Entries
* Settings
* Import/Export
* Add-ons
* System Status
* Help

It is possible to control who can access these links by using the PublishPress Capabilities Pro plugin. After installing PublishPress Capabilities Pro, go to “Capabilities”, then “Admin Menus” in your WordPress admin area. In the top-left corner of this screen, choose the role that you want to edit. For example, you can restrict access for the “Editor” role. By default, Editors aren't given access to Gravity Forms, but site administrators often do they give them some access. Scroll down and you can enter a red X for any Gravity Forms menu link that you don't want users in the Editor role to access. Now when an Editor logs in to your site, they will not be able to see the blocked Gravity Forms menu links.

This approach works for the core Gravity Forms plugin and can also be used for add-on plugins from the official site, or third-party sites.

[Click here to learn about Gravity Forms menu permissions](https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/control-access-gravity-forms-admin-menus/).

= What’s the Difference Between PublishPress Capabilities and PublishPress Permissions? =

We provide two plugins that allow you to control who can access what on your WordPress site. This is simple way to understand the difference:

* PublishPress Capabilities: Easy.
* PublishPress Permissions: Advanced.

OK, that's maybe too simple, so here's more detail:

* PublishPress Permissions allows you to customize the default WordPress permissions.
* PublishPress Permissions allows you to customize advanced permissions that go far beyond the scope of the WordPress core.

Here's an contrasting example when it comes to Post:

* PublishPress Capabilities allows you to control who can publish all your Posts.
* PublishPress Permissions allows you to control who can publish Posts with a particular Status, Category or Tag, or even Posts without a specific Category or Tag.

Here's another comparison:

* PublishPress Capabilities allows you to control who can read all your Pages.
* PublishPress Permissions allows you to control who can read Pages with a specific Status, Category or Tag, or even Pages with a particular parent Page.

= What's the correct way to spell PublishPress Capabilities? =

PublishPress is the official brandname. When writing about this user role editor plugin, please make sure to uppercase the Ps.

* PublishPress Capabilities (correct)
* Publish Press Capabilities (incorrect)
* publishpress capabilities (incorrect)
* publish press cpabilities (incorrect)

Common and incorrect typos include Capabilitise, Cpabilities, Capabiliites, Cspabilities, Capsbilities, Caoabilities, Calabilities.

= Where do I report security bugs found in this plugin? =

Please report security bugs found in the source code of the PublishPress Capabilities plugin through the [Patchstack Vulnerability Disclosure  Program](https://patchstack.com/database/vdp/9e5fb68c-2e40-4533-8563-1138f4dcbad5). The Patchstack team will assist you with verification, CVE assignment, and notify the developers of this plugin.

== Screenshots ==

1. Control user permissions: You can customize all the user roles on your site, from Administrator to Subscriber.
2. Create and copy user roles: With PublishPress Capabilities you can create or copy any existing WordPress user role.
3. Content permissions: With Capabilities, you can choose who can Publish, Read, Edit and Delete content.
4. Multi-site support: Capabilities can control permissions on a single site or across your whole network.
5. Custom Statuses: With Capabilities Pro, you can decide which user roles are able to send posts to each status.
6. Enforce Taxonomy-Specific Capabilities: You can give “Manage”, “Edit” and “Assign” permissions for all your taxonomies.
7. Permission backups: Every time you change your permissions, the PublishPress Capabilities plugin will automatically create a backup.
8.  Media Library Permissions: PublishPress Capabilities enables you to decide who can upload, edit and delete files from your site’s Media Library.
9.  WooCommerce Permissions: With PublishPress Capabilities you can control permissions for WooCommerce products, orders and coupons.
10. Navigation Menu Restrictions: PublishPress Capabilities enables you to restrict access to navigation menus by roles, logged in and logged out users.
11. Admin Menu Restrictions: With PublishPress Capabilities you can restrict access to admin menu screens by user roles.
12. Editor Feature Restriction: PublishPress Capabilities enables you to decide what users see when they're writing posts.
13. Admin Feature Restriction: PublishPress Capabilities enables you remove items from the WordPress toolbar, plus dashboard widgets.

== Upgrade Notice ==

= 1.5.1 =
Fixed : Non-administrators with user editing capabilities could add new Administrators

= 2.3.1 =
Fixed : Security issue. Please update.

== Changelog ==

The full changelog can be found on [GitHub](https://github.com/publishpress/publishpress-capabilities/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md).
