Comments on: How to block WordPress admin menu item

By: Eric

Eric — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 22:44:00 +0000

Thanks, I’ll give that a try!

By: Vladimir Garagulya

Vladimir Garagulya — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 01:11:00 +0000

You should unset $submenu['themes.php'][5] and block access to the themes.php file.

By: Eric

Eric — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000

What is if you want to only block a submenu and not the whole section? Say the “Themes” sub menu from “Appearance”?

By: Vladimir Garagulya

Vladimir Garagulya — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 13:18:00 +0000

Agree. Thanks, Ruggero for the code enhancement.

By: Ruggero Rossi

Ruggero Rossi — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 10:52:00 +0000

In wp 3.1.3 you have to change these lines:
$userRole = ($current_user->data->wp_capabilities);
$role = key($userRole);
unset($userRole);
if ($role==’subscriber’) {

with:

if(user_can($current_user, ’subscriber’)) {