Filtering editable roles | WordPress.org

Resolved joelworsham
(@joelworsham)

7 years, 8 months ago

This plugin filters get_editable_roles() via your function mrh_editable_roles(). It then removes the current user’s role. This is conflicting with the plugin Client Dash, and I expect it might conflict with other plugins too, as modifying the editable roles is a huge modification that a lot of plugins rely on.

Could I ask why you are modifying this? And perhaps implore you do find another way?

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Justin Tadlock
(@greenshady)

7 years, 6 months ago

The mrh_editable_roles() filter doesn’t remove the current user’s role. It removes roles from the editable roles list.

The editable_roles filter hook in WordPress is the correct hook for this. It was added to WordPress for precisely the use case that this plugin handles. Here’s the history on that: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/8770

If this is messing up the Client Dash plugin, it’s most likely the plugin is using the function incorrectly. The get_editable_roles() function’s purpose is to return an array of roles that the current user is allowed to edit.

Reference: https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_editable_roles/

Thread Starter joelworsham
(@joelworsham)

7 years, 6 months ago

Thank you for the clarification, Justin. I suppose I had a misunderstanding of the use-case for that function.

Thanks for taking the time to clear that up for me. I’ll access the global $wp_roles in the future for my use-case.

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