This feature requires the Genesis Blocks Pro plugin which is available through a Genesis Pro subscription.
Genesis Blocks Pro includes the option to control which user roles have access to the settings of individual blocks.
This is useful if you have specific brand styles (font styles, colors, etc.) and you don’t want to allow editors, authors, and/or contributors to change any branded elements.
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WordPress user roles
Here is a quick summary of the capabilities of each user role:
Administrators have full access to all features in the WP-Admin area.
Editors can publish and manage their own posts as well as the posts of other users.
Authors can publish and manage their own posts.
Contributors can write and manage their own posts but cannot publish them.
Subscribers can only manage their profile.
For a comprehensive list of user capabilities, see the WordPress Codex on Roles and Capabilities.
Access Block Permission Settings
Log in to your WP-Admin, go to Genesis Blocks > Settings, and click the Block Permission Settings tab, as shown in the image below.
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Next, click the name of the block for which you’d like to configure the user permissions.
In the example below, we’ve clicked the Testimonial block which revealed that we can decide who has permission to change the font size, cite alignment, background color, and text color for this block.
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Enable or disable block permissions
All user roles will be checked/enabled by default, as shown in the image below. Uncheck the box next to the role from which you want to remove permission.
Notes:
- The permissions set here are applied globally to all instances of the block. For example, if you remove permission for editors, authors, and contributors to edit the font size of the Testimonial block, those user roles will not be able to edit the font size on any Testimonial block no matter which post or page it appears on.
- The Subscriber user role does not have access to edit any content on your site. Therefore, even when that role is checked/enabled, subscribers will not be able to make changes to the content or design of your site.
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Also, because some third-party plugins register their own user roles when they are activated on your site, you may see additional roles in the list. For example, if you currently have WooCommerce® activated on your site (or have had it activated in the past), you will see the Customer and Shop manager roles, as shown in the image below.1
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Be sure to click the Save Settings button at the bottom of the screen (not shown here) to preserve your settings.