unable to upload images with users

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Please send me the url to your site and I will take a look.

Hello,
my website still in localhost.

Fresh WordPress install with just
-acf fields pro,
-elementor pro
-and your plugin

For the first problem it’s solved it was a question of privileges.

the real problem is acf gallery field!
(I’m using the elementor gallery widget associated to acf gallery)

using the forms in admin mode = everything is Okey. Perfect ??

But for frontend
no way to use a basic uploader!

Users (except admins) are not supposed to open/access to wp media. Plus it’s not friendly interface for them.

According to this discussion

https://support.advancedcustomfields.com/forums/topic/enable-basic-uploader-for-frontend-comments/

it is not possible .. But it dates from 2016 and we are in 2019… Maybe a solution exists (snippet code or a php tweak code?)

Okay we will make this an option in the upcoming version of this plugin. You will be able to choose to use the basic uploader. Thank you for using our plugin!

• This reply was modified 5 years, 1 month ago by Shabti Kaplan.

Hello! Unfortunately, we cannot at this time let you choose to display the gallery field with a basic input. However, I can provide you some code that will limit the media library access to media that was uploaded by the current user.

It’s may not be a friendly interface but at least they don’t have to load their pictures more than once.

This code makes sure that non-admins can only see their own images

// Limit media library access

add_filter( ‘ajax_query_attachments_args’, function( $query ) {
$user_id = get_current_user_id();
if ( $user_id && !current_user_can(‘activate_plugins’) && !current_user_can(‘edit_others_posts
‘ ) ) {
$query[‘author’] = $user_id;
}
return $query;
}
);

I updated the plugin and you should now have the option to choose basic input or wp media library for file fields, but not for the gallery field. Perhaps message ACF support for a solution.
I hope the code I shared with you can help in some way. I’m going to mark this as resolved. Have a good day!

@shabti So is it not possible for normal users to use the Media Library for the gallery field? I’ve just come across the issue where only an admin can open the Media Library when clicking on “Add to Gallery”. Nothing happens for ordinary users.

@shabti It’s all good, figured out the issue. From what I can tell, the Subscriber role was granted the “Upload Files” capability, but I don’t actually use that role. I have created other roles for my users, and I had to grant the same capability to those.

As soon as I did, it worked fine ??