Title: Extra capability problems
Last modified: May 8, 2017

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# Extra capability problems

 *  [birken](https://wordpress.org/support/users/birken/)
 * (@birken)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extra-capability-problems/)
 * Hi Guys,
 * having soem probelms with Extra capability i added shop mangager in all of the
   submenu also but still not working and when i add shop manger + administrator
   the menu link disipears for the administrator and for the shop manager i get 
   message that need to login as Admin.
 * any ideas?
 * warm regards Kimberley

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 *  Plugin Author [Janis Elsts](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whiteshadow/)
 * (@whiteshadow)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extra-capability-problems/#post-9107910)
 * What exactly are you trying to achieve: do you want to restrict access or allow
   access, and for which roles/users?
 * In general, the “extra capability” field acts as a filter that’s applied on top
   of other permissions. To be able to see a menu item, the user must first meet
   all of the other requirements (e.g. having the required capability, role permissions
   in the Pro version, etc). Users that pass those checks **and** have the extra
   capability will be allowed access.
 * For example, lets say you have a menu item where the default required capability
   is `manage_options`. If you set the extra capability to “shop_manager”, only 
   users who have **both** the manage_options capability **and** the Shop Manager
   role will be able to access this menu. Users who only have the Shop Manager role(
   but not the required capability) won’t have access.
 * That’s probably the reason why “shop manager + administrator” didn’t work. It
   allows only users who have both roles: Administrator and Shop Manager. A user
   that has only one of those roles – like Shop Manager – won’t see the menu.
 *  Thread Starter [birken](https://wordpress.org/support/users/birken/)
 * (@birken)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extra-capability-problems/#post-9108368)
 * Hi Janis,
    super thx for quick response. i am a newbie with admin editor plugin.
 * what i want to achive is that shop manager can edit the plugin with out being
   adminstrator.
 * warm regards Kimberley
 *  Plugin Author [Janis Elsts](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whiteshadow/)
 * (@whiteshadow)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extra-capability-problems/#post-9108394)
 * Unfortunately, that’s not possible with the free version of this plugin. One 
   of the limitations of the free version is that you can’t give a role access to
   a menu; you can only prevent/restrict access. You would need either the Pro version
   or a different role editing plugin to give Shop Manager access to something.
 *  Thread Starter [birken](https://wordpress.org/support/users/birken/)
 * (@birken)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extra-capability-problems/#post-9108485)
 * aha i see is for sure that pro will work?
 * what about if the restriction is hard­coded in the plugin?
 *  Plugin Author [Janis Elsts](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whiteshadow/)
 * (@whiteshadow)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extra-capability-problems/#post-9108905)
 * > aha i see is for sure that pro will work?
 * It’ll probably work, but it’s impossible to guarantee that without actually testing
   it. (If it doesn’t work, I would of course give you a refund.)
 * > what about if the restriction is hard­coded in the plugin?
 * In that case, the only thing that will work is editing plugin source code. It’s
   usually not possible to override restrictions like that with Admin Menu Editor
   Pro or any similar plugins.

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extra-capability-problems/#post-9108905)
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