Stripping down admin for new MU sites

  • I want to strip down the default admin for users that register using a particular site I’m building.

    Essentially, I only want the new users to have access to Editor level control of their blogs, ( No access to plugins, users, appearance etc but only posts, and our own custom types ).

    I then want to strip down the basics for posts, so that only 3 fields are shown (title, a custom field, and content).

    We’re doing this because it’s a simple blog site, and they don’t need all the confusion.

    Any suggestions? I’m pretty new to this level of wordpress editing. I barely know the loop, but I’ve got 10 years dev experience, so I’m comfortable with it.. I just need direction

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  • Some plugins to consider:

    Toggle Admin Menus
    https://www.ads-software.com/extend/plugins/menus/

    Toggle Edit Forms’ Meta Boxes
    https://www.ads-software.com/extend/plugins/toggle-meta-boxes-sitewide/

    New Blog Defaults
    https://www.ads-software.com/extend/plugins/wpmu-new-blog-defaults/

    New Blog Default Role
    https://www.ads-software.com/extend/plugins/new-blog-default-user-role/

    To get every new user to be only an editor when they create their new blog you’ll need something like this in “mu-plugins” too:

    <?php function ds_new_user_meta($blog_id, $user_id) {
 add_user_to_blog($blog_id, $user_id, 'editor' ); // adds user to the blog they've just created as editor
}
add_action( 'wpmu_new_blog', 'ds_new_user_meta', 10, 2 ); ?>

    Thread Starter MatthewHare

    (@matthewhare)

    That’s extremely helpful, thank you. I’ll let you know how I get on.

    Thread Starter MatthewHare

    (@matthewhare)

    I used your Menus and Meta boxed plugin to great effect. It worked better than a number of others I tried. ( I also like it because it’s tidy and doesn’t clutter the settings menu )

    New Blog defaults I had installed already, and the Default Role was perfect. Essentially, I hit most of the nails on the head first time round, so I really appreciate your help!

    One suggestion though, is your Menus and Meta boxes don’t take in to account custom post types. I have a number of tumblr style of custom types, and I wish to hide the taxonomies from the user.

    On the whole though, I’m very grateful! thank you ??

    I think I’ve left enough comments in the plugins’ code so you can get the jist of what it is doing.

    I haven’t even tried to make a custom post type, let alone figure out how to dynamically hide the menu.

    Gonna need a plugin to define the post types in one place, a la Super Admin, before I get interested, though.

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