Widgets and Capabilities

[miklb]

Some discussion regarding the roles and capabilities concerning widgets can be found in this ticket, ​http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4275

Now that widgets are a core item, I propose that they are no longer tied to the Edit Theme capability, but given their own distinct capability. I'm not proposing by default that the capability is given to any other role besides admin, but that the option (ala the Role Manager plugin) is there to grant that privilege. Currently, the only option I've found would be to grant Edit Themes. I find it confusing to allow someone the ability to do/see that (granted, if I don't make the theme file writable, no damage could be done), if all I want to do is allow them to reorder them, or to change some text in a text widget.

Unfortunately, my coding skills would prevent me from directly providing a solution, however I'd be glad to assist in any other way in seeing this come to fruition.

[rob1n]

I'm -1, for reasons that I've posted on the mailing list. Doesn't make much difference, either way, and I see no purpose for being able to manipulate widgets, yet not switch themes. Similar functions, no?

[andy]

-1, ditto rob1n

[markjaquith]

-1 for rob1n's reasons.

Also, you can effectively accomplish this by making theme files read-only and only putting one theme in wp-content/themes/

[foolswisdom]

Closing as won't fix based on devel feedback.