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    • wrx7mW
      wrx7m
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      I am setting up a small WP site for our marketing team to manage. I want to give them certain permissions to edit theme and plugin info, which are part of the WP admin role, but not allow them to do most of the admin things, like create/modify users, install plugins or updates, etc. I see that there a few plugins that offer customized and extended/more granular roles to be created.

      Is anyone using something like this?
      https://wordpress.org/plugins/user-role-editor/

      If so, what are you using and do you like it?

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      • IRJI
        IRJ @wrx7m
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        @wrx7m said in WordPress - Plugins to Manage and Extend User Roles/Permissions:

        I am setting up a small WP site for our marketing team to manage. I want to give them certain permissions to edit theme and plugin info, which are part of the WP admin role, but not allow them to do most of the admin things, like create/modify users, install plugins or updates, etc. I see that there a few plugins that offer customized and extended/more granular roles to be created.

        Is anyone using something like this?
        https://wordpress.org/plugins/user-role-editor/

        If so, what are you using and do you like it?

        Are they doing CSS editing or something?

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        • wrx7mW
          wrx7m @IRJ
          last edited by

          @IRJ said in WordPress - Plugins to Manage and Extend User Roles/Permissions:

          @wrx7m said in WordPress - Plugins to Manage and Extend User Roles/Permissions:

          I am setting up a small WP site for our marketing team to manage. I want to give them certain permissions to edit theme and plugin info, which are part of the WP admin role, but not allow them to do most of the admin things, like create/modify users, install plugins or updates, etc. I see that there a few plugins that offer customized and extended/more granular roles to be created.

          Is anyone using something like this?
          https://wordpress.org/plugins/user-role-editor/

          If so, what are you using and do you like it?

          Are they doing CSS editing or something?

          They may. I am not 100% sure yet.

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          • IRJI
            IRJ @wrx7m
            last edited by

            @wrx7m said in WordPress - Plugins to Manage and Extend User Roles/Permissions:

            @IRJ said in WordPress - Plugins to Manage and Extend User Roles/Permissions:

            @wrx7m said in WordPress - Plugins to Manage and Extend User Roles/Permissions:

            I am setting up a small WP site for our marketing team to manage. I want to give them certain permissions to edit theme and plugin info, which are part of the WP admin role, but not allow them to do most of the admin things, like create/modify users, install plugins or updates, etc. I see that there a few plugins that offer customized and extended/more granular roles to be created.

            Is anyone using something like this?
            https://wordpress.org/plugins/user-role-editor/

            If so, what are you using and do you like it?

            Are they doing CSS editing or something?

            They may. I am not 100% sure yet.

            You need to know exactly what they are doing first to give proper least permissions. Sounds like the may only need read access to the /wp-content/themes

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            • wrx7mW
              wrx7m @IRJ
              last edited by

              @IRJ said in WordPress - Plugins to Manage and Extend User Roles/Permissions:

              @wrx7m said in WordPress - Plugins to Manage and Extend User Roles/Permissions:

              @IRJ said in WordPress - Plugins to Manage and Extend User Roles/Permissions:

              @wrx7m said in WordPress - Plugins to Manage and Extend User Roles/Permissions:

              I am setting up a small WP site for our marketing team to manage. I want to give them certain permissions to edit theme and plugin info, which are part of the WP admin role, but not allow them to do most of the admin things, like create/modify users, install plugins or updates, etc. I see that there a few plugins that offer customized and extended/more granular roles to be created.

              Is anyone using something like this?
              https://wordpress.org/plugins/user-role-editor/

              If so, what are you using and do you like it?

              Are they doing CSS editing or something?

              They may. I am not 100% sure yet.

              You need to know exactly what they are doing first to give proper least permissions. Sounds like the may only need read access to the /wp-content/themes

              Right. That is why I am trying to get more granular with the permissions. I don't want to give them full admin, but I am almost certain that whatever they are going to be doing, it will require more than just the editor role.

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              • IRJI
                IRJ @wrx7m
                last edited by

                @wrx7m said in WordPress - Plugins to Manage and Extend User Roles/Permissions:

                @IRJ said in WordPress - Plugins to Manage and Extend User Roles/Permissions:

                @wrx7m said in WordPress - Plugins to Manage and Extend User Roles/Permissions:

                @IRJ said in WordPress - Plugins to Manage and Extend User Roles/Permissions:

                @wrx7m said in WordPress - Plugins to Manage and Extend User Roles/Permissions:

                I am setting up a small WP site for our marketing team to manage. I want to give them certain permissions to edit theme and plugin info, which are part of the WP admin role, but not allow them to do most of the admin things, like create/modify users, install plugins or updates, etc. I see that there a few plugins that offer customized and extended/more granular roles to be created.

                Is anyone using something like this?
                https://wordpress.org/plugins/user-role-editor/

                If so, what are you using and do you like it?

                Are they doing CSS editing or something?

                They may. I am not 100% sure yet.

                You need to know exactly what they are doing first to give proper least permissions. Sounds like the may only need read access to the /wp-content/themes

                Right. That is why I am trying to get more granular with the permissions. I don't want to give them full admin, but I am almost certain that whatever they are going to be doing, it will require more than just the editor role.

                I can think of a single scenario where a marketing team would need to edit a theme or plugin... Can you?

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                • IRJI
                  IRJ
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                  Editor should give them to rights to use a plugin that is already installed. They shouldnt need to modify or code the plugin in any way.

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                  • wrx7mW
                    wrx7m
                    last edited by wrx7m

                    I'll start there and see what they come up with. I just wanted to know what my options are, if they "need" to do something else.

                    @IRJ said in WordPress - Plugins to Manage and Extend User Roles/Permissions:

                    Editor should give them to rights to use a plugin that is already installed. They shouldnt need to modify or code the plugin in any way.

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                    • wrx7mW
                      wrx7m
                      last edited by

                      LOL - It has begun.

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                        marcinozga @wrx7m
                        last edited by

                        @wrx7m said in WordPress - Plugins to Manage and Extend User Roles/Permissions:

                        LOL - It has begun.

                        d440c57d-83b2-4dad-97c9-988b449af907-image.png

                        Isolate it, give him admin, and let them crash and burn. Just make sure to CYA.

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                        • DustinB3403D
                          DustinB3403 @wrx7m
                          last edited by

                          @wrx7m said in WordPress - Plugins to Manage and Extend User Roles/Permissions:

                          LOL - It has begun.

                          d440c57d-83b2-4dad-97c9-988b449af907-image.png

                          Hi <Random Person> this is beyond my capabilities, you have to talk to the super admin to see if they'll allow this.

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                          • DustinB3403D
                            DustinB3403 @marcinozga
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                            @marcinozga said in WordPress - Plugins to Manage and Extend User Roles/Permissions:

                            @wrx7m said in WordPress - Plugins to Manage and Extend User Roles/Permissions:

                            LOL - It has begun.

                            d440c57d-83b2-4dad-97c9-988b449af907-image.png

                            Isolate it, give him admin, and let them crash and burn. Just make sure to CYA.

                            What fun is that. . . we have elevated users here and they just constantly install plugins as shortcuts to doing their job and then ask us to fix it.

                            It doesn't fix the problem and just causes more problems for us down the road.

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                              marcinozga @DustinB3403
                              last edited by

                              @DustinB3403 said in WordPress - Plugins to Manage and Extend User Roles/Permissions:

                              @marcinozga said in WordPress - Plugins to Manage and Extend User Roles/Permissions:

                              @wrx7m said in WordPress - Plugins to Manage and Extend User Roles/Permissions:

                              LOL - It has begun.

                              d440c57d-83b2-4dad-97c9-988b449af907-image.png

                              Isolate it, give him admin, and let them crash and burn. Just make sure to CYA.

                              What fun is that. . . we have elevated users here and they just constantly install plugins as shortcuts to doing their job and then ask us to fix it.

                              It doesn't fix the problem and just causes more problems for us down the road.

                              You ask whoever is admin to fix it then. They asked to be admin, they must be Wordpress experts, no?

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                              • DustinB3403D
                                DustinB3403 @marcinozga
                                last edited by

                                @marcinozga said in WordPress - Plugins to Manage and Extend User Roles/Permissions:

                                They asked to be admin, they must be Wordpress experts, no?

                                hahahahahahahahaha

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                                  marcinozga @DustinB3403
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                                  @DustinB3403 I used that approach with some users in the past, nobody asks me for admin privileges to any systems anymore.

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                                  • wrx7mW
                                    wrx7m @marcinozga
                                    last edited by

                                    @marcinozga said in WordPress - Plugins to Manage and Extend User Roles/Permissions:

                                    @DustinB3403 said in WordPress - Plugins to Manage and Extend User Roles/Permissions:

                                    @marcinozga said in WordPress - Plugins to Manage and Extend User Roles/Permissions:

                                    @wrx7m said in WordPress - Plugins to Manage and Extend User Roles/Permissions:

                                    LOL - It has begun.

                                    d440c57d-83b2-4dad-97c9-988b449af907-image.png

                                    Isolate it, give him admin, and let them crash and burn. Just make sure to CYA.

                                    What fun is that. . . we have elevated users here and they just constantly install plugins as shortcuts to doing their job and then ask us to fix it.

                                    It doesn't fix the problem and just causes more problems for us down the road.

                                    You ask whoever is admin to fix it then. They asked to be admin, they must be Wordpress experts, no?

                                    I highly doubt anyone here is a wordpress expert. I was told by one of the marketing ladies that she used to own a web design firm for 20 years. She also said that she didn't want to use wordpress for something else because it was open source so there was no accountability and there were too many hands in the cookie jar. So, I wrote her off on knowing anything of real value when it comes to this stuff.

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                                      marcinozga @wrx7m
                                      last edited by

                                      @wrx7m said in WordPress - Plugins to Manage and Extend User Roles/Permissions:

                                      @marcinozga said in WordPress - Plugins to Manage and Extend User Roles/Permissions:

                                      @DustinB3403 said in WordPress - Plugins to Manage and Extend User Roles/Permissions:

                                      @marcinozga said in WordPress - Plugins to Manage and Extend User Roles/Permissions:

                                      @wrx7m said in WordPress - Plugins to Manage and Extend User Roles/Permissions:

                                      LOL - It has begun.

                                      d440c57d-83b2-4dad-97c9-988b449af907-image.png

                                      Isolate it, give him admin, and let them crash and burn. Just make sure to CYA.

                                      What fun is that. . . we have elevated users here and they just constantly install plugins as shortcuts to doing their job and then ask us to fix it.

                                      It doesn't fix the problem and just causes more problems for us down the road.

                                      You ask whoever is admin to fix it then. They asked to be admin, they must be Wordpress experts, no?

                                      I highly doubt anyone here is a wordpress expert. I was told by one of the marketing ladies that she used to own a web design firm for 20 years. She also said that she didn't want to use wordpress for something else because it was open source so there was no accountability and there were too many hands in the cookie jar. So, I wrote her off on knowing anything of real value when it comes to this stuff.

                                      I know they are not experts, that's the line you use to teach them a lesson when they screw up.

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                                      • DustinB3403D
                                        DustinB3403 @marcinozga
                                        last edited by

                                        @marcinozga said in WordPress - Plugins to Manage and Extend User Roles/Permissions:

                                        @DustinB3403 I used that approach with some users in the past, nobody asks me for admin privileges to any systems anymore.

                                        That's what we try here but with the "if you have admin access, we aren't touching it any more".

                                        It takes it from an IT system to a different class with where we work.

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                                        • wrx7mW
                                          wrx7m
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                                            marcinozga @wrx7m
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                                            @wrx7m marketing people......

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