Limit who can create documents

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Sure. My answer here probably addresses your question: https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/bp-docs-for-groups-only/

In general, we use WP capabilities to see whether a user can do something. You can add filters like this example:

add_filter( 'map_meta_cap', 'change_who_may_create_docs', 99, 4 );
function change_who_may_create_docs( $caps, $cap, $user_id, $args ) {
	if ( 'bp_docs_create' === $cap && {some_logic_for_who_should_be_able_to_create_docs} ) {
			$caps = array( 'exist' );
	} else {
		$caps = array( 'do_not_allow' );
	}
 	return $caps;
}

In your example, if you were using vanilla BP Docs, limiting to Group Mods and Admins doesn’t make a lot of sense, since much of Docs happens outside of groups, though you could make up some logic like:

$is_admin_of_any_group = bp_get_user_groups( $user_id, array(
		'is_admin' => true,
	) );
$is_mod_of_any_group = bp_get_user_groups( $user_id, array(
		'is_mod' => true,
	) ); 

to do a broad check.

• This reply was modified 5 years, 8 months ago by David Cavins.

Hey David,

I see what you mean. I think refusing to save the document unless a group has been selected as you suggested in the other thread (https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/bp-docs-for-groups-only/) will achieve what I want.

It’s a better solution than limiting docs to only admin and moderators. I don’t mind if all the members can create and edit documents, I just don’t want them doing it all willy-nilly wherever they want. I want all the documents contained within the groups.

Thanks for the help!