Title: Gravity Forms capabilities
Last modified: September 14, 2018

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# Gravity Forms capabilities

 *  Resolved [asif7861](https://wordpress.org/support/users/asif7861/)
 * (@asif7861)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gravity-forms-capabilities/)
 * Hi,
 * Gravity Forms plugin adds a bunch of capabilities ([https://docs.gravityforms.com/role-management-guide/](https://docs.gravityforms.com/role-management-guide/))
   to WordPress but they are not visible in the Capabilities section of the main
   panel of AAM UI. Modern Tribe events calendar also introduces custom capabilities
   and they are all visible in AAM UI. Gravity Forms is recommending Members plugin(
   [https://wordpress.org/plugins/members/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/members/))
   to for role management but we are already using AAM pro and don’t want to use
   another plugin for the same job. Can you tell me why we can’t see gravity forms
   capabilities in AAM UI?
 * Thanks

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 *  [Brian_Milnes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brian_milnes/)
 * (@brian_milnes)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gravity-forms-capabilities/#post-10722793)
 * I got this now – first you have to set Gravity Forms access to the Role in [Miscellaneous]
   Capabilities. (we have 200+)
 * Then, you will see Gravity Forms and Flow and can control finer access as required.
 * Thanks
    -  This reply was modified 7 years, 8 months ago by [Brian_Milnes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brian_milnes/).
 *  [panto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/panto/)
 * (@panto)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gravity-forms-capabilities/#post-10727291)
 * Thanks Brian
 * As an AAM newbie, I tried adding this in Miscellaneous: “gravity_forms”, but 
   there was no visibility in AAM.
 * What are the exact steps to enable Gravity Forms in AAM?
 * Many thanks
 *  [panto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/panto/)
 * (@panto)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gravity-forms-capabilities/#post-10727486)
 * Just to clarify above – I’ve got “Forms” displaying on the left WordPress Admin
   menu, to manage all our Gravity Forms. However in AAM it’s not displaying.
 * So would like to know how to enable G-Forms so I can grant individual Form ID
   access to specific user/roles.
 * Thanks
 *  [Brian_Milnes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brian_milnes/)
 * (@brian_milnes)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gravity-forms-capabilities/#post-10727814)
 * So – your user roles will not have access to Gravity Forms or Gravity Flow
    Go
   to AAM Select the Role [or individual user] that you wish to grant access Click
   on Capabilities Find Miscellaneous find and check gform_full_access Go to Backend
   Menu and control those Gravity Forms features that you want to enable/disable
 * see this video showing control of similiar features:
 *  [panto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/panto/)
 * (@panto)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gravity-forms-capabilities/#post-10727869)
 * Thanks Brian
 * gform_full_access didn’t exist inside Capabilities so I manually created that
   in.
 * Then in Backend Menu, “Forms1” displayed for the first time.
 * When expanding that it has selection boxes for Forms, Entries, Import, Export
   etc available for restricting.
 * The question now is, where in AAM do I restrict a user/role to specific Form 
   IDs?
 * Thank you
 *  Plugin Author [AAM Plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vasyltech/)
 * (@vasyltech)
 * [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gravity-forms-capabilities/#post-10751638)
 * [@panto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/panto/) and [@brian_milnes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brian_milnes/),
 * Thank you so much for keeping this conversation going. So Gravity Form is a tricky
   plugin. It does not registers its own capabilities with WordPress core (does 
   not append them to the roles & capabilities option in the database) HOWEVER uses
   the concept of “dynamic capabilities”. This is type of capabilities that are 
   injected to the user object during the request to a website. That is why you’ll
   not see any GF capabilities on the Capabilities tab.
 * Plugin like Members explicitly have a piece of code that checks if GF installed
   and if so, fetches the list of capabilities from it. We are trying to keep AAM
   pure and do not reference to other plugins. So you best way to manage access 
   to Gravity Forms is to recreate all capabilities (as you’ve already figured).
 * Another problem with GFs is that it does not use the concept of WordPress post
   types. Yes, the list of form may look exactly like list of posts or pages, however
   under the hood it is “reinvented wheel”. I’m sure the GF core developers had 
   a solid reason to go this route.
 * I’ve obtained a copy of the latest GF plugin and will look if there is any way
   to integrate with it and if so, we’ll introduce a new free AAM extension to cover
   your needs. Currently I can’t provide any ETA on this as we are working on the
   next AAM version 5.5.
 * Thank you for your interest in AAM and feel free to ask more questions.
 * Regards,
    Vasyl
 *  [panto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/panto/)
 * (@panto)
 * [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gravity-forms-capabilities/#post-10752511)
 * Thanks Vasyl
 * Besides this GF issue – AAM has saved us from an enormous multi-user admin issue.
   Your work is brilliant. Especially keeping to the WP core.
 * Keep up the great work – we would happily pay for a pro version to incorporate
   your updates mentioned above.
 * cheers
 *  [TyantA](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tyanta/)
 * (@tyanta)
 * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gravity-forms-capabilities/#post-10954769)
 * I too am quite interested in this functionality. Today I went looking for the
   ability to manage capabilities for GF and came up short. Google brought me here.
   As wide spread as GF is, I’m surprised there aren’t more people clamoring for
   this.
 * I understand I can add them manually but really, there should be an extension
   for this. I’m happy to hear it’s under consideration. And while no ETA is provided,
   it has been 2 months so I’m just wondering if there’s an update on whether it
   might see the light of day?
 * Many thanks!
 *  [mlink27](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mlink27/)
 * (@mlink27)
 * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gravity-forms-capabilities/#post-11045553)
 * Just bought AAM today and am pleased so far. However, a Gravity Forms extension
   would be a HUGE help!!!
 *  [mlink27](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mlink27/)
 * (@mlink27)
 * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gravity-forms-capabilities/#post-11045556)
 * Thanks!

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