Post Categories by User for WordPress

Description

Easily control which categories users can post to Post Categories by User for WordPress is a great little plugin that allows you to configure which Category users on your website can post to We have thousands of customers who love our White Label Branding for WordPress as it provides you with a wide range of options to customize your wp-admin for each user role However many customers ask if it is possible to restrict which Categories that users on their website can post to No need to look anywhere else All you need is our Post Categories by User for WordPress Features You can configure which Categories users can post to by individual User or by User Role and we have also made sure that the plugin works with other taxonomies added by third-party plugins After installing the plugin and activating it simply go to Users Post Categories where you will find the Options The General Settings tab allows you to configure the basic settings of the plugin You can enable whether you want to restrict by User and or by User Role You can choose to hide terms in the meta box that the user can not use and you can choose to automatically post to the restricted term if no term was defined This is useful if you want to avoid posting without a category term You can remove the Taxonomy from the menu if this has been restricted from a user or user role and you can hide the Add in the category meta box to prevent the user from creating new categories The Taxonomies tab lets you enable the Taxonomies you want to restrict by User Role or User In the screenshot below you only see the default WordPress Category However if you have other third-party plugins installed that adds their own Taxonomies these will also show up and you can enable restriction by User Role or User Next step is to select the Categories you won t provide access to This can be done by User Role or by User if enabled If you have enabled by User restrictions you will see this in the profile of each user Even Though a user has a specific User Role you can remove all restrictions for the individual user or you can create specific restrictions for the user This gives you a lot of flexibility The last tab in the Options panel is the License tab You will find your License key Item Purchase Code on Codecanyon where you purchase the plugin If you enter the License Key you will be able to update the plugin from inside wp-admin whenever we release updates You will also be eligible for support if you have a valid License Key Change log Version 1 1 1 97644 August 17 2020 Compatibility Fix Javascript error in Options Panel after upgrading to WordPress 5 5 Version 1 1 0 96519 March 4 2020 Compatibility Fix Remove restricted terms from Gutenberg taxonomy block Compatibility Fix Hide add term in Gutenberg taxonomy block Compatibility Fix Remove pass by reference callback Version 1 0 5 85549 September 14 2018 Bug Fixed Fatal error with save_post hook arguments Version 1 0 4 81905 October 17 2017 Bug Fixed When hide terms are enabled and a term is restricted for a user terms that the user is not allowed to edit should not be shown in the Quick Edit view Version 1 0 3 58438 April 24 2015 Improvement Replaced add_query_arg due to an XSS vulnerability issue that affects many WordPress plugins and themes Please observe that before the function could be accessed the user had to be an Administrator meaning that the potential issue was not available to the public Version 1 0 2 57167 March 12 2015 Bug Fixed Hierarchical terms are not hidden or shown correctly Update Make the General Settings tab show first Taxonomies second tab Update Reduce vertical space between terms Version 1 0 1 55136 January 5 2015 Bug Fixed Empty categories not showing in user profile page Bug Fixed Removed some PHP Warnings Version 1 0 0 55097 January 3 2015 First release