Castlegate IT WP Site Manager

Castlegate IT WP Site Manager is a WordPress plugin that adds a site manager user role with the same capabilities as an editor, plus the ability to edit navigation menus and make changes to non-administrator users. The role also allows a user to edit the privacy policy page without giving full access to the site options.

Changes since v1.4.0

Before version 1.4.0, this plugin used the user_has_cap filter to grant additional capabilities to the Site Manager role as required. This stopped working with Yoast version 21.9.0 and so Site Manager now adds its capabilities directly to the user role on plugin activation. Therefore, if you upgrade to Site Manager 1.4.0, you must reactivate the plugin to reset the user capabilities.

Filters

• cgit_site_manager_role_name filters the role name. Default value cgit_site_manager.
• cgit_site_manager_role_label filters the role label. Default value Site Manager.
• cgit_site_manager_base_role filters the user role used as a basis for the site manager user role. Default value editor.
• cgit_site_manager_capabilities filters the array of capabilities assigned to the site manager user role.
• cgit_site_manager_blocked_screens filters the list of screen names that are available to administrators but not site managers.
• cgit_site_manager_blocked_pages filters the list of menu pages in the WordPress dashboard that are visible to administrators but not site managers.
• cgit_site_manager_error_title filters the error page title. Default value Access denied.
• cgit_site_manager_error_message filters the error message displayed when a site manager tries to visit a page that is only available to administrators.

Note that user capabilities are stored in the database. Some of these filters may not take effect until the plugin is restarted.

Plugins

If installed and active, site manager users will be granted access to the features added by the following plugins:

• Gravity Forms
• WooCommerce
• Yoast (Free and Premium)

Disable features

The user and theme capabilities can be disabled by setting constants in wp-config.php.

define('SITE_MANAGER_EDIT_USERS', false);
define('SITE_MANAGER_EDIT_THEME', false);
define('SITE_MANAGER_EDIT_PRIVACY_POLICY', false);
define('SITE_MANAGER_EDIT_GRAVITY_FORMS', false);
define('SITE_MANAGER_EDIT_WOOCOMMERCE', false);
define('SITE_MANAGER_EDIT_YOAST', false);

These must be set before the plugin is activated. To make changes to the role after the plugin has been activated, reactivate the plugin.

License

Released under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.