Role/Capability

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Role/Capability component

This is a subcomponent of the Users component.

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59 open tickets in the Role/Capability component

59 open tickets	defect (bug)	enhancement	feature request	task (blessed)
	8	6	0	0
5.3	1	2	0	0
Awaiting Review	12	8	5	0
Future Release	5	10	1	1

59 open tickets. Last 7 days: +1 ticket

10 tickets that have no replies

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#28371 Use media post type object capabilities to allow user to see actions administration
#36939 Role groups
#40214 Some WP instances prematurelly try to do capability tests, before the user object is loaded
#40320 Feature idea: Rename roles
#41701 Introduce singular capabilities for further management of individual plugins
#41703 Introduce singular capabilities for network activation and deactivation of individual plugins multisite
#42403 Introduce singular capabilities for network activating plugins multisite
#42405 Introduce singular capabilities for enabling individual themes on Multisite administration multisite
#45879 WP_User::set_role() does not remove previous roles multisite
#47897 Introduce method to introduce new roles and caps independently of db upgrades.

3 tickets slated for 5.3

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#44468 Introduce infrastructure for testing primitive capabilities granted via `user_has_cap`
#45423 Use custom capabilities for the block editor's reusable blocks.
#47678 Modernize/simplify current_user_can() performance coding-standards

59 open tickets

Open bugs: 26. View list on Trac

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