Conflict with Contributor Role, prevents post access

  • Resolved jamminjames

    (@jamminjames)


    4 years ago

    Something in WP User Avatar is conflicting with the Contributor role on my site. With the plugin activated, Contributors no longer have access to creating or editing posts (at least, the edit posts icon does not show on the backend).

    How can I debug this issue, and/or, can you help? Thanks.

    The page I need help with: [log in to see the link]

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  • Thread Starter jamminjames

    (@jamminjames)

    Upon further investigation, I found the culprit. It’s the wp_user_avatar settings “allow upload” option. When this is checked, Contributors no longer have access to posts. In fact, in the wp_options table in the WordPress database, if the value for option_name “wp_user_avatar_allow_upload” is “1” (true), the post access vanishes for Contributors. Changing that to “0” (false) restores access.

    Not sure how to resolve this problem programmatically, however. Any suggestions?

    Plugin Author Collins Agbonghama

    (@collizo4sky)

    Thank for reporting this. We will investigate and possibly release a fix.

    Thread Starter jamminjames

    (@jamminjames)

    Thanks! Good to know you folks are still improving this great plugin.

    Plugin Author Collins Agbonghama

    (@collizo4sky)

    I am unable to reproduce the issue.

    See https://share.getcloudapp.com/RBu96Wjv https://prnt.sc/vnpkwm

    Thread Starter jamminjames

    (@jamminjames)

    Okay. That first link doesn’t go anywhere. It’s definitely an issue on our site. Are you sure you used a ‘contributor’ account to test with, and not ‘author’?

    Plugin Author Collins Agbonghama

    (@collizo4sky)

    Yes. See https://share.getcloudapp.com/X6u0Wd1B

    Thread Starter jamminjames

    (@jamminjames)

    Just for closure, it seems there was a conflict with another plugin, User Role Editor. I had deleted that plugin, though, and still the problem persisted, so I didn’t think that was it.

    But then I found an orphan table it left behind in wp_options and deleted it. That seems to have resolved the problem.

    Thanks.

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