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Opened 6 years ago

Closed 6 years ago

#50345 closed defect (bug) (fixed)

Add New User: Don't show roles dropdown if current user can't promote users

Reported by: ocean90's profile ocean90 Owned by: ocean90's profile ocean90
Milestone: 5.5 Priority: normal
Severity: normal Version:
Component: Users Keywords: has-patch
Focuses: administration Cc:

Description

A user with the create_users cap but without the promote_users cap can still select a role on wp-admin/user-new.php. Though, the role doesn't get used due to the additional cap check in edit_user(). Therefore we should remove the roles dropdown on the page to avoid confusion.

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50345.patch​ (682 bytes) - added by ocean90 6 years ago.

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Change History (2)

@ocean90
6 years ago

#1 @ocean90
6 years ago

  • Owner set to ocean90
  • Resolution set to fixed
  • Status changed from new to closed

In 48042:

Users: On the 'Add New User' screen, don't show the roles dropdown if the current user can't promote other users.

Fixes #50345.

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