Private Groups – Settings in Dashboard for non-Admins?

the default capability is as you say manage_options.

you can amend this using

add_filter ('rpg_plugin_settings_capability', 'rew_amend_capability') ;

function rew_amend_capability() {
$cap = 'new_capability' ;
return $cap ;
}

As roles have capabilities, you can then change ‘new_capability’ in the code above to one of the capabilities that your sub admins have.

Then put the code in your child theme’s function file –

ie wp-content/themes/%your-theme-name%/functions.php

where %your-theme-name% is the name of your theme

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• This reply was modified 3 years, 5 months ago by Robin W.

you could also create a new custom capability called say ‘private_groups_settings’

This code adds the capability ‘hello_mother’ to the ‘simple_role’ role, so you can amend this as needed

function rew_simple_role_caps() {
    // Gets the simple_role role object.
    $role = get_role( 'simple_role' );
 
    // Add a new capability.
    $role->add_cap( 'hello_mother', true );
}
 
// Add simple_role capabilities, priority must be after the initial role definition.
add_action( 'init', 'rew_simple_role_caps', 11 );

Thanks Robin for your answer. I understand how to add capabilities to one specific role. But in the case above:
$role->add_cap( 'hello_mother', true );

How can I specify that e.g. hello_mother is the capability to have the Private Group settings in the dashboard?

ok, so you have two choices.

choice 1 – use an existing capability
choice 2 – create a specific capability

If you want choice 2 then use all this code

// Add simple_role capabilities, priority must be after the initial role definition.
add_action( 'init', 'rew_simple_role_caps', 11 );

function rew_simple_role_caps() {
    // Gets the simple_role role object.
    $role = get_role( 'simple_role' );
 
    // Add a new capability.
    $role->add_cap( 'private_groups_settings', true );
}

add_filter ('rpg_plugin_settings_capability', 'rew_amend_capability') ;

function rew_amend_capability() {
$cap = 'private_groups_settings' ;
return $cap ;
}

and just amend ‘simple_role’ to whatever the role you are assigning to your sub admins

Choice 2 worked great for my specific role. Thank you very much Robin!

great, and thanks for the review – much appreciated ??