[wp-hackers] [Bug?] Selecting tax terms associated to a cpt

Dino Termini dino at duechiacchiere.it
Thu Jul 31 17:03:20 UTC 2014


I am using CPT UI, which doesn't have that option. I guess I'll have to 
use the 'manual' approach then :) Thanks!

On 7/31/14, 12:22 PM, James Currie wrote:
> Are you using a custom taxonomy for it via register_taxonomy? 
> (http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/register_taxonomy)
>
> If so, just set the capabilities to match your custome ones, ie:
>
>   'capabilities'    => array(
>             'manage_terms'  =>'custom-capability',
>             'edit_terms'    =>'custom-capability',
>             'delete_terms'  =>'custom-capability',
>             'assign_terms'  =>'custom-capability'
>     ),
>
>
> Jamie
> www.wunderdojo.com
>
> ------ Original Message ------
> From: "Dino Termini" <dino at duechiacchiere.it>
> To: wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com
> Sent: 7/31/2014 8:00:10 AM
> Subject: [wp-hackers] [Bug?] Selecting tax terms associated to a cpt
>
>> Hi list,
>>
>> we have the following scenario: custom post type "tool" with a bunch 
>> of taxonomies attached to it (type, location, etc). Nothing new under 
>> the sun.
>>
>> Using Members [1], I created a new role that has access to tools 
>> only, no pages, no posts. In the CPT definition, I set 
>> capability_type = 'tool', and assigned edit_tools, delete_tools, etc 
>> to the corresponding role.
>>
>> Now, when I log into the system as a Tool Editor, I can add a new 
>> tool, but the sidebar taxonomy terms cannot be selected unless I add 
>> 'edit_posts' to the list of capabilities associated to Tool Editor.
>>
>> Am I missing something? Is this a bug in WP?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Dino
>>
>> [1] https://wordpress.org/plugins/members/
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