Hiding options on dashboard

This thread is resolved. Here is a description of the problem and solution.

Problem: I would like to hide the The7 menu item in the wp-admin area based on User capabilities.

Solution: I'm not sure if the7 offers the ability to control the display of this menu with capabilities. That's something you would need to find out from their support team. If so, you can add that capability here and manage it with Access. If not, then you'll probably need some custom code to remove the menu page. Something like this will hide the menu from everyone except Administrators:

add_action( 'admin_menu', 'remove_the7_menu_pages', 999 );
 
function remove_the7_menu_pages() {
  if(!current_user_can('administrator')) {
    remove_menu_page( 'the7-dashboard' );
  }
}

Relevant Documentation:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Action_Reference/admin_menu

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Last updated by Christian Cox 6 years, 3 months ago.

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August 9, 2018 at 3:36 pm #1078555

stewartE

I am using Access to create a custom role which is fine but I cant work out how to hide an element that doesn't appear in the change permissions options. I'm assuming it is done somehow through Custom Capabilities > Add new custom capability but I cant find any documentation on how to do this.

What I am trying to do is hide the7 theme option that is ringed in red in the 1st attached screenshot

Thanks

August 9, 2018 at 5:40 pm #1078609

Christian Cox

Hi, I'm not sure if the7 offers the ability to control the display of this menu with capabilities. That's something you would need to find out from their support team. If so, you can add that capability here and manage it with Access. If not, then you'll probably need some custom code to remove the menu page. Something like this will hide the menu from everyone except Administrators:

add_action( 'admin_menu', 'remove_the7_menu_pages', 999 );

function remove_the7_menu_pages() {
  if(!current_user_can('administrator')) {
    remove_menu_page( 'the7-dashboard' );
  }
}