ALB does not work with User Role Editor

Hey digitalprint2222,

Thank you for the inquiry.

You can use this snippet in the functions.php file to unlock the advance layout builder for different user roles other than the administrator.

function ava_enable_alb_for_editor() {
	remove_filter('avf_allow_drag_drop', 'avia_disable_alb_drag_drop', 30, 1);
	add_filter('avf_allow_drag_drop', 'avia_disable_alb_drag_drop_mod', 40, 1);
}
add_action('init', 'ava_enable_alb_for_editor');

function avia_disable_alb_drag_drop_mod( $disable )
{
    $user = wp_get_current_user();
    $allowed_roles = array('editor', 'administrator', 'author');
	$check = array_intersect( $allowed_roles, $user->roles );

	if( ! empty( $check ) )
	{
		$disable = avia_get_option('lock_alb', 'disabled') != "lock_alb" ? true : false;
	}

	return $disable;
}

You can add more user roles in this array.

$allowed_roles = array('editor', 'administrator', 'author');

Best regards,
Ismael

Hi,

By default, only users that can “switch_themes” or a user that has that capability, usually an admin, are allowed to edit the page.

Does it work correctly when the User Role Editor plugin is disabled? We are not really sure how the plugin affects the user roles, so additional help from the plugin developers might be required.

Best regards,
Ismael

Hi,

1: This is proofable not true for pages. It might be true for ALB but then it it is a bad thing (see #2).

By “edit the pages”, I meant “edit the page using the ALB”. I thought that was implied since we are discussing user roles or permissions for the advance layout builder.

Did you activate the Layout Builder > Lock advanced layout builder option?

This removes the ability to move or delete existing template builder elements, or add new ones, for everyone who is not an administrator. The content of an existing element can still be changed by everyone who can edit that entry.

What happens when you use a default editor account?

Related thread: https://kriesi.at/support/topic/unlock-lock-advanced-layout-builder-for-editor/#post-858672

Best regards,
Ismael

Hi,

What is the actual name or slug of the user role that you created in URE? Try to lock the ALB in the Theme Options, then add the user role name or slug in the array.

$allowed_roles = array('editor', 'administrator', 'author');

Best regards,
Ismael

Hi,

Thank you for following up.

Can we access the site? Please post the WordPress and FTP details in the private field, and disable the cache and minification plugins temporarily.

Best regards,
Ismael

Hi,

Alright. Please post the account info (WP and FTP) of the staging site in the private field. For additional info or assistance, try to contact the authors of the URE plugin.

Thank you for your patience.

Best regards,
Ismael

Hi,

Thank you for the info.

The URE plugin is not available when we checked the site, so we installed it and created a new user with the editor role. We do not know the actual configuration of the user role that you previously created, so we used the default editor role from the plugin. We then logged in using the new user account, and was able to create a page using the advance layout builder. (see private field)

Best regards,
Ismael

Hi,

Unfortunately, we do not know what permissions the user role should or should not have in order to edit the contact form. You may need to contact the plugin developer for that.

You can also check this documentation to control access to the forms.

// https://contactform7.com/restricting-access-to-the-administration-panel/

According to it, Contact Form 7 allows all users except subscriber users to have access to the administration panel; but allows only administrator and editor users to edit contact forms. This is why the editor user role that we created above can still access the form. To work around that, try to declare the constants from the documentation to only allow access to user roles that can manage_options.

define( 'WPCF7_ADMIN_READ_CAPABILITY', 'manage_options' );
define( 'WPCF7_ADMIN_READ_WRITE_CAPABILITY', 'manage_options'

Best regards,
Ismael