[Resolved] Hide Custom Fields Group for specific user role only – reloaded

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[roniM]

Sorry for opening new ticket, but your system does not allow me to reply to previous topic!

How can I reference Fields group and hide it only for users that have certain role?

Something like this…

function admin_only_metabox() {
global $current_user;
if($current_user->roles[0] == 'custom_role') {
//HIDE SPECIFIC CUSTOM FIELDS GROUP
}
}
add_action('admin_init','admin_only_metabox');

Question here is not the hook to use, but that is nice help. My question is how to reference 'Fields group'? Code that should go here: //HIDE SPECIFIC CUSTOM FIELDS GROUP

[Caridad]

Dear Roni,

The code needed to remove the metabox is this:

add_action('wpcf_admin_post_init', 'admin_only_metabox', 10, 4);
function admin_only_metabox( $post_type, $post, $groups, $wpcf_active ) {
global $current_user; 
if($current_user->roles[0] == 'custom_role' && $post_type == 'company') {
  //var_dump($groups);
  remove_meta_box('company-data', $post_type, 'high');
}
}

Replace 'company' with your custom post type and uncomment the var_dump() to see the slugs for the groups. In my case it was 'company-data'.

Please let me know if you are satisfied with my answer and if I can help you with any other questions you might have.

Regards,
Caridad

[roniM]

Thank you for the code.
Also working for me was this:

function custom_remove_post_widgets() {
    if( (current_user_can('update_core')) ) {
    	    return;
    } else {
    	    global $post_type;
    	    remove_meta_box( 'wpcf-marketing', $post_type, 'side' );
    	    remove_meta_box( 'payments-and-expiery', $post_type, 'normal' );
    }
}
add_action('admin_head', 'custom_remove_post_widgets' );