Title: capability name
Last modified: April 30, 2019

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# capability name

 *  Resolved [trobi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trobi/)
 * (@trobi)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/capability-name/)
 * Hi,
 * I had a custom plugin created and would like to allow a user to work only on 
   this plugin. This capability does not appear in the default list of your plugin–
   how do I know what the proper capability name for the plugin is?
 * Best regards
    Trobi

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 *  Plugin Author [PublishPress](https://wordpress.org/support/users/publishpress/)
 * (@publishpress)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/capability-name/#post-11481921)
 * Hi [@trobi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trobi/) Thanks for using CME
 * If your plugin is written using the default WordPress approach, it will automatically
   appear inside CME.
 * If it doesn’t, you can try read the code. If you find it, you can add the permission
   manually [https://publishpress.com/docs/add-new-permissions/](https://publishpress.com/docs/add-new-permissions/)
 *  Plugin Author [Kevin Behrens](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kevinb/)
 * (@kevinb)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/capability-name/#post-11482693)
 * Capability names for permission checks are usually found in add_menu_page, add_submenu_page
   or current_user_can calls. If you find that your plugin code is applying a custom
   capability in that way, add it to desired roles using CME’s “Add Capability” 
   sidebar.
 * Keep in mind that most custom plugins don’t apply any custom capability checks.
   It requires some extra development logic, and CME will not write that code 😉

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