[wp-edu] Problems with Theme Options displaying for site admins in WordPress MultiSite

Ken Newquist newquisk at lafayette.edu
Fri Sep 3 14:23:30 UTC 2010


On Sep 3, 2010, at 9:52 AM, Andrew Nacin wrote:

> Additional information -- Prior to 3.0, we used switch_themes to  
> control the Appearance submenus such as widgets. We introduced a new  
> capability called edit_theme_options, that way someone could edit  
> these theme options (menus included) without being able to  
> necessarily switch the theme (or, hypothetically, vice versa). You  
> may wish to use that capability in lieu of manage_options, though in  
> your case it probably doesn't matter.


Thanks for the heads-up! By default, who gets access to the  
"edit_theme_options" capability -- is that a site administrator only  
or do editors have that as well?

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