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admin menus

Admin Menus matters only if the evidence supports a paid workflow around keeping client admin areas controlled, understandable, and safe to maintain, not a list of isolated fixes. The current commercial thesis is: Client admin changes, notices, hidden settings, and role confusion create support work and risky site handoffs. The entry wedge is to audit admin settings, notices, client-safe controls, and ownership of site-management actions.

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Build an admin and client-governance operations plugin for agencies, maintenance teams, and client-site operators: Client admin changes, notices, hidden settings, and role confusion create support work and risky site handoffs. The first wedge is to audit admin settings, notices, client-safe controls, and ownership of site-management actions.

The unmet need is not the individual complaint. It is the recurring business workflow: Client admin changes, notices, hidden settings, and role confusion create support work and risky site handoffs. Current stage: commercial watchlist.

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complaint [Plugin: Menus] FINALLY A NICE WORKING PLUGIN – BETTER THAN WPMU DEV CRAP

[Plugin: Menus] FINALLY A NICE WORKING PLUGIN – BETTER THAN WPMU DEV CRAP: users show compatibility, pricing, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Menus · It works great on my WPMU 3.1 site with MANY other plugins from WPMU DEV. complaint Version 2.4.1 caused an error on the WooCommerce login screen: /index.php/my-ac

After updating, customers immediately lost access to WooCommerce accounts needed to place orders, so the user reverted while a hotfix was planned.

PublishPress Capabilities – User Role Editor, Access Permissions, User Capabilities, Admin Menus · my customers immediately lost access to their WooCommerce accounts to place orders complaint PHP Fatal Error Fix – Array to String Conversion in cap-helper.php

PublishPress Capabilities crashed sites when third-party plugins provided capability values as arrays, and the reporter supplied a type-validation fix.

PublishPress Capabilities – User Role Editor, Access Permissions, User Capabilities, Admin Menus · causing complete site crashes complaint Critical error on sites after update to 2.41.0

Capability Manager Enhanced 2.41.0 caused critical errors across managed sites after an automatic update, with support merging the report into a broader breakage thread.

PublishPress Capabilities – User Role Editor, Access Permissions, User Capabilities, Admin Menus · the websites we manage have returned with the WordPress critical error on the site complaint 2.41 breaks on front-end: “pp_capabilities_feature_enabled()” undefined.

A PublishPress Capabilities update took sites down with an undefined function error, though the vendor shipped a quick fix.

PublishPress Capabilities – User Role Editor, Access Permissions, User Capabilities, Admin Menus · Site went down after the update. Reverting to 2.40.0 fixed things complaint PHP Fatal error

A PublishPress Capabilities update caused a front-end fatal error, and support closed this duplicate in favor of the first reported thread.

PublishPress Capabilities – User Role Editor, Access Permissions, User Capabilities, Admin Menus · last update cause pp fatal error complaint [NSFW] Recent Update – Critical PHP Fatal Error On Frontend

A PublishPress Capabilities update caused a frontend PHP fatal error from an undefined function, with support closing as a duplicate.

PublishPress Capabilities – User Role Editor, Access Permissions, User Capabilities, Admin Menus · Critical PHP Fatal Error On Frontend praise Crashed My Site

Crashed My Site: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Menus · Crashed My Site Need better instructions on using the checkboxes. complaint Administrator Role No Longer Able to Add/Delete Plugins, Themes Or WordPress

An administrator role lost the ability to add or delete plugins, themes, and WordPress updates, possibly after a plugin update, but the cause was not confirmed.

PublishPress Capabilities – User Role Editor, Access Permissions, User Capabilities, Admin Menus · Admins No Longer Able to Add/Delete Plugins, Themes Or WordPress. neutral [Plugin: Menus] Install crashes network… ??

[Plugin: Menus] Install crashes network… ??: users show bugs, compatibility, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Menus · [Plugin: Menus] Install crashes network… ?? complaint Remove Top Page Menu in TwentyFourteen

Remove Top Page Menu in TwentyFourteen: users show missing feature, support, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Menus · Remove Top Page Menu in TwentyFourteen Hello, is it possible to create several pages in a fresh install of TwentyFourteen and them NOT appear at the top?… I just want a custom menu on the left hand side. complaint 'Customize' still showing, but link fails

'Customize' still showing, but link fails: users show compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Menus · When I click on the link, I end up at my dashboard. complaint Hidde add user ?

Hidde add user ?: users show compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Menus · As I can hide the option “Add new user”. mixed [Plugin: Menus] Theme Option Pages Gone

[Plugin: Menus] Theme Option Pages Gone: users show compatibility, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Menus · [Plugin: Menus] Theme Option Pages Gone I recently installed the “Menus” plugin http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/menus/ on my multisite network and all my theme options pages are no longer accessible and I can’t get them back. mixed allow editor to access menu

allow editor to access menu: users show missing feature, pricing, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

PublishPress Capabilities – User Role Editor, Access Permissions, User Capabilities, Admin Menus · allow editor to access menu I am looking for an easy to use plugin to allow editor to access the menu. complaint Customize menus based on role

Customize menus based on role: users show compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Menus · Customize menus based on role Hi, Just came across this great plugin which is what I’m looking for but I need to customize the access to the menu based on role. complaint Menu

Menu: users show missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Menus · However when I go to our website, I don’t see the submenus on the live page http://www.laurenshouse.org https://wordpress.org/plugins/menus/ This is not a support question for this plugin. mixed You can’t actually hide Admin Menu Items

You can’t actually hide Admin Menu Items: users show missing feature, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

PublishPress Capabilities – User Role Editor, Access Permissions, User Capabilities, Admin Menus · You can’t actually hide Admin Menu Items It states that hiding Admin Menu items is one of the features, but it is a PRO feature and shouldn’t be included in the title of the free plugin. complaint Rearranged Menu Not Saving.

Rearranged Menu Not Saving.: users show bugs, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

AJAX Admin Menu Editor · The Ajax works fine. complaint Alert: Update clears configuration!

Alert: Update clears configuration!: users show missing feature, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Menus · Alert: Update clears configuration! mixed Please explain some setting options

Please explain some setting options: users show missing feature, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Menus · Please explain some setting options First of all, thank you, this one works fine! complaint Editor restrictions after latest WordPress Update

A WordPress update prevented editors from editing, and the vendor released a compatibility fix for the permissions plugin.

PublishPress Capabilities – User Role Editor, Access Permissions, User Capabilities, Admin Menus · We just released PublishPress Permissions 4.6.1 to fix the WordPress 6.9 compatibility issue you reported. complaint Disable Selected Network Activated Plugins

Disable Selected Network Activated Plugins: users show missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Menus · would there be a way to add those the selection in network settings > menu settings ? complaint ds_wp3_menus and Language doesn't work correctly

ds_wp3_menus and Language doesn't work correctly: users show support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Menus · Does this plugin support multi languages?? mixed 'Customize' issue still exists

'Customize' issue still exists: users show bugs, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Menus · 'Customize' issue still exists Hiya David Just wanted to remind you that this issue about the customizer link looks to still exist in your current version of the plugin: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customize-still-showing-but-link-fails?replies=3 Cheers! complaint WC Analytics broken + react-dom.min.js error

PublishPress Capabilities caused WooCommerce Analytics to fail with a React error until the plugin was deactivated, though the thread was closed without user confirmation.

PublishPress Capabilities – User Role Editor, Access Permissions, User Capabilities, Admin Menus · Deactivating PublishPress Capabilities resolves this issue complaint Order Edit Role

A role that previously could manage WooCommerce orders could list orders but no longer edit them after WooCommerce and PublishPress updates.

PublishPress Capabilities – User Role Editor, Access Permissions, User Capabilities, Admin Menus · this was working before WooCommerce 9.9.6 and PublishPress Capabilities 2.19.2 but now praise Clashes with Image Descriptions

Clashes with Image Descriptions: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

PublishPress Capabilities – User Role Editor, Access Permissions, User Capabilities, Admin Menus · Clashes with Image Descriptions Unfortunately, the plugin conflicts with being able to add Alt Text, Captions, and Descriptions to any images (leaves the boxes ‘grayed out’ and uneditable). praise Very helpful for complex user role scenario with fine granulation

Very helpful for complex user role scenario with fine granulation: users show missing feature, pricing, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

PublishPress Capabilities – User Role Editor, Access Permissions, User Capabilities, Admin Menus · Very helpful for complex user role scenario with fine granulation For our customer helpcenter site, we need several different editor and subscriber user roles to differentiate who is allowed to edit and see which area. mixed Can’t hide “Two-Factor” plugin settings

PublishPress Capabilities could not fully hide Two-Factor profile settings, though support provided a workaround and planned a cleaner fix.

PublishPress Capabilities – User Role Editor, Access Permissions, User Capabilities, Admin Menus · if I choose to hide “Two-Factor Options” the options still appear in the user profile complaint Unable to access Roles & Capabilities Screens

A translation-related fatal error blocked access to the roles and capabilities screens until support provided a patched build.

PublishPress Capabilities – User Role Editor, Access Permissions, User Capabilities, Admin Menus · E_ERROR wurde in der Zeile 123 neutral Plugin breaks multisite customizer

Plugin breaks multisite customizer: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Menus · Plugin breaks multisite customizer Hi, I just narrowed menus down to being the culprit in my getting a “the customizer is disabled error” on my multisite install. complaint User testing works but return to administrator does not

PublishPress Capabilities user testing lets an admin switch into test mode but not return to the administrator view without logging out and back in.

PublishPress Capabilities – User Role Editor, Access Permissions, User Capabilities, Admin Menus · I have to log out and in again to get back to my admin user. praise Just what I needed!

Just what I needed!: users show missing feature, pricing, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

PublishPress Capabilities – User Role Editor, Access Permissions, User Capabilities, Admin Menus · I’m using a few plugins by this company, and they’re all super helpful to us. praise Nice Package of Features

Nice Package of Features: users show bugs, missing feature, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

PublishPress Capabilities – User Role Editor, Access Permissions, User Capabilities, Admin Menus · Nice Package of Features PublishPress Capabilities has quite a collection of features these days (honestly, I don’t use all of them). complaint Yoast redirect not working with PublishPress Capabilities in WP admin

PublishPress Capabilities causes Yoast's admin redirect function to disappear, and support redirects the user to paid support.

PublishPress Capabilities – User Role Editor, Access Permissions, User Capabilities, Admin Menus · Stage-testing confirmes this is caused by PublishPress Capabilities (free). mixed Rules for more than one role and PHP warnings in debug.log

The user resolved a role-combination author listing issue but also reported repeated PHP warnings that the vendor would pass to developers.

PublishPress Capabilities – User Role Editor, Access Permissions, User Capabilities, Admin Menus · I noticed dozens of lines like this in debug.log praise Excellent Support

Excellent Support: users show support, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

PublishPress Capabilities – User Role Editor, Access Permissions, User Capabilities, Admin Menus · Excellent Support What a great app!! praise Good plugin to manage user roles

Good plugin to manage user roles: users show bugs, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

PublishPress Capabilities – User Role Editor, Access Permissions, User Capabilities, Admin Menus · Good plugin to manage user roles My app has custom user roles and this plugin really helps in managing their different duties. praise Awesome Customer Support

Awesome Customer Support: users show missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

PublishPress Capabilities – User Role Editor, Access Permissions, User Capabilities, Admin Menus · Awesome Customer Support We chose this plugin to customize the back end access and available features to our vendors and customer support is simply put awesome.