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Capabilities in PublishPress Permissions

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You can control who has access to features in the PublishPress Permissions plugin. This is possible by installing the PublishPress Capabilities.

Go to the “Capabilities” screen and click the “PublishPress Permissions tab, as shown in the screenshot below:

PublishPress Capabilities and the Permissions plugin

Main Plugin Capabilities #

  • pp manage settings: Controls access to the PublishPress Permissions screens inside the admin area.
  • pp administer content: Can manage other user's Permissions. Also grants capabilities for all post types and statuses.
  • pp unfiltered: PublishPress Permissions will not apply any Extra Roles or Permissions to limit or expand viewing or editing access.
  • pp force quick edit: Makes the Quick Edit and Bulk Edit option available to non-Administrators, even though that could allow them to bypass restrictions set by the Permissions plugin.

User Management #

  • pp assign roles: Can assign supplemental Roles or Exceptions to individual users. Other user management capabilities may also be required.
  • pp assign bulk roles: Can use bulk tools to assign supplemental Roles or Exceptions to individual users. Other user management capabilities may also be required.

Groups #

  • pp edit groups: Can edit all the name and description of all Permission Groups.
  • pp create groups: Can create new Permission Groups and set the name and description.
  • pp create network groups: Can create groups that work across all the sites in the multisite network.
  • pp delete groups: Can delete Permission Groups.

Group Members #

  • pp manage members: If group editing is allowed, can also modify group membership.
  • pp manage network members: If group editing is allowed, can also modify multisite network group membership.

Content Permissions #

  • pp associate any page: Can bypass restrictive “Set as Parent” Permissions (for all hierarchical post types).
  • pp set edit exceptions: Can set Editing Permissions.
  • pp set read exceptions: Can set Viewing Permissions.
  • pp set revise exceptions: Can set Revision Permissions.

Term Permissions #

  • pp set term assign exceptions: Can set Term Assignment Permissions.
  • pp set term associate exceptions: Can set “Set as Parent” Permissions.
  • pp set term manage exceptions: Can set Term Management Permissions.
  • pp set associate exceptions: Can set “Set as Parent” Permissions.

Media Library #

  • edit own attachments: Edit own file uploads, even if they become attached to an uneditable post.
  • list others unattached files: See other user's unattached file uploads in Media Library.
  • pp list all files: Do not alter the Media Library listing provided by WordPress.

Circles #

  • pp exempt edit circle: Users will be exempt from any Editorial Circle restrictions.
  • pp exempt read circle: Users will be exempt from any Visibility Circle restrictions.

Statuses #

  • pp define privacy: Create or edit custom Privacy statuses.
  • set posts status: Extra Roles created as type-specific copy of this role will enable assignment of specified custom statuses.
  • pp moderate any: Editors can edit posts which are set to a moderation status (Pitch, Approved, etc.) without a status-specific editing capability.