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How can I allow WordPress author and contributor roles to see the WYSIWYG Shortcode button? It is missing on the toolbar for those roles. I’ve searched and found nothing on this topic. Yes, they are seeing the visual editor and when they toggle, they do not see it.
If you prefer me to change capabilities / role – what is the name of the capability? Nothing is listed as “shortcode” etc.
Thanks for your help.Hi Julie!
Wordpress roles are not defined by the theme and instead by WordPress itself. I suggest to ask those questions in the WordPress forum in the future.
However, here you can find some more general information about this topic here:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities
Adding custom roles:
http://www.wpmayor.com/roles-capabilities-wordpress/You could also use a plugin to customize user roles:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/user-role-editor/
https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-access-manager/Cheers!
AndyHello,
For those wo want a correct answer and because it’s the only question that comes out in Google results when you have this problem, here are the capabilities needed to allow the WYSIWYG TinyMCE shortcode button :- edit_posts
- edit_pages
Grant these capabilities to the desired limited role and tada ! The button will show up.
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