I wanted to be able to give a particular user access to an seo plugin (seo ultimate), but not admin level access. I tried adding this to the functions.php file:
add_action( 'admin_menu', 'seo_menu' );
function seo_menu() {
global $current_user;
$user_roles = $current_user->roles;
$user_role = array_shift($user_roles);
if($user_role == 'editor'){
add_menu_page( $user_role, $user_role, 10, 'seo', 'seo_options', '/wp-content/plugins/seo-ultimate/plugin/img/icon.png' );
}
}
It was working for me when I switch the if operator from == to !=, but not for the Editor. My guess is the permission/role checker is in the plugin itself. So I tried messing around in seo-ultimate.php, but wasn’t sure what part of it did the role validation. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
You could see if the SEO plugin integrates with the User Role Editor plugin
Some plugins will add options for different role capabilities, but others don’t. Might be worth a try.