[Resolved] Predefine and hide options on user profile page (dashboard)

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[talitaL]

I'd like to predefine some user profile options (eg.: "adimin color scheme" and "disable Show toolbar when viewing site"), and then, hide this options from specific user-roles. Is it possible with Access Control?

[Meagan Hanes]

Hi there! Thanks for your question about automatically checking and hiding certain fields on the user options page.

While Access does not include this functionality, you should be able to do this through custom code. One solution is to accomplish this through jQuery. Here's a method to hide fields: http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/32785/how-to-remove-these-fields-from-the-profile-section And here's a way to check off the checkbox depending on what version of jQuery you're running: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/426258/setting-checked-for-a-checkbox-with-jquery

The function in the first link above uses the handy WordPress function current_user_can (https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/current_user_can) which applies this function to certain user capabilities - by requesting a capability that matches the desired user role (https://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities) we can effectively limit by user role.

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Hope this helps!
Meagan