Title: “install_plugins” capability limitations
Last modified: November 27, 2017

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# “install_plugins” capability limitations

 *  Resolved [janrenn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/janrenn/)
 * (@janrenn)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/install_plugins-capability-limitations/)
 * Hi Pablo,
    It would be more convenient to use e.g. “edit_users” to identify admin
   role in Admin_Pages class instead of “install_plugins”. “install_plugins” capability
   does not work when using DISALLOW_FILE_MODS, which is not so uncommon on production
   sites. Then nobody even admin cannot set any plugin option. Thanks, Jan

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 *  Plugin Author [Pablo Pacheco](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karzin/)
 * (@karzin)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/install_plugins-capability-limitations/#post-9725226)
 * Hi [@janrenn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/janrenn/),
 * Thanks for this suggestion too!
    Great idea. Will do that on next version
 * Do you mind testing a new plugin I’ve just released?
    It’s a simple plugin that
   displays plugins icons. You just have to enable it. [https://wordpress.org/plugins/txtoit-icons-for-plugins/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/txtoit-icons-for-plugins/)
 * I hope you enjoy it 🙂
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 6 months ago by [Pablo Pacheco](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karzin/).
 *  Thread Starter [janrenn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/janrenn/)
 * (@janrenn)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/install_plugins-capability-limitations/#post-9725702)
 * wow, it’s updated in 2.2.3, thank you 🙂
 * TxToIT is cool idea, it helps to navigate between a large number of plugins. 
   Response from ps.w.org is fast enough, but it seems the plugins tries 4 different
   image URL variants what causes tons of 404s in console. There should be some 
   more soft method to try if image exists. And result should be cached, via transients
   api maybe?
 *  Plugin Author [Pablo Pacheco](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karzin/)
 * (@karzin)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/install_plugins-capability-limitations/#post-9726352)
 * Anytime 🙂
 * Thanks. Very well noted.
    Probably you’re right. I’m going to think up on a solution
   for that. Transient is probably a good idea, thanks!
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 6 months ago by [Pablo Pacheco](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karzin/).

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 * 3 replies
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 * Last reply from: [Pablo Pacheco](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karzin/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/install_plugins-capability-limitations/#post-9726352)
 * Status: resolved