Please don’t show update nag to users who don’t have update permission

  • Resolved yhdm

    (@yellowhousedesign)


    7 years ago

    Just a recommendation – please do not show update nags to users who don’t have the ‘update plugin’ capability.

    My clients keep contacting me as they’re not used to seeing such notices.

    Thank you!

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  • Plugin Author chriscct7

    (@chriscct7)

    Hi there,
    For versions of MonsterInsights 7.0 and above the permissions should be:
    – If it’s an update to the plugin, WordPress only shows those who can update plugins.
    – If it’s a notice about our settings, like reauthentication, we only show those to user roles with the ability to see the admin settings panel for monsterinsights, which uses the monsterinsights_save_settings capability, which by default is limited to admins with manage_options.
    – If it’s a notification about new versions, those are only shown to super administrators, which are admins on single sites, and network admins on multisite

    Note, we had a bug that allowed some of those to get showed to lower roles but those were fixed in later releases.
    -Chris

    Thread Starter yhdm

    (@yellowhousedesign)

    Great – thanks Chris!

    Haven’t yet upgraded to 7.0 but I look forward to the updated permissions.

    Plugin Author chriscct7

    (@chriscct7)

    Not a problem!

    -Chris

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