[wp-hackers] Disabling Tools->Export

[Dion Hulse (dd32)]

you could just filter the capability and always return false on it?
I think something like this would work: (i don't know the export cap
off the top of my head though, and i'm sure there's a better hook for
this..)


add_filter( 'role_has_cap', function( $caps, $cap_searched_for ) {
if ( 'export_cap_name' == $cap_searched_for)
  return false;
else
  return $caps;
}, 100, 2);

On 27 June 2012 22:45, Harry Metcalfe <harry at dxw.com> wrote:
> Yup, that's what I'm suggesting - but agree that one-off core editing is
> bad. Hence happy to write a patch, if it would be accepted.
>
> Harry
>
>
>
> On 27/06/12 13:31, Christopher Ross wrote:
>>
>> Harry, I hesitate to ever suggest changing core files but the only way I
>> could think of to ensure the export can't run *ever* would be to edit
>> /wp-admin/export.php and remove the functionality.
>>
>>
>> On 2012-06-27, at 8:47 AM, Harry Metcalfe wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> We've found that some of our corporate clients have concerns about the
>>> ability for their staff to mass-export data from the WP backend.
>>>
>>> I realise we can (and have) removed the administrator role's capability
>>> to do that, but I wondered if it might be useful to add a constant that
>>> disables it? There's a bit of concern that a plugin could re-add the
>>> capability without us noticing. Something that works like DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT
>>> would be more robust.
>>>
>>> Very happy to submit a patch if people think it's a good idea.
>>>
>>> Harry
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