Title: Remove caps
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# Remove caps

 *  Resolved [Angelo Rocha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angelorocha/)
 * (@angelorocha)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-caps/)
 * Is possible remove “upgrade_core” cap from specific administrator?
    I try:
 *     ```
       function admin_security() {
       	$adminID   = get_current_user_id();
       	$userCap = new WP_User($adminID);
       	if ( $adminID != 1 ) {
       		$userCap->remove_cap( 'update_core' );
       		$userCap->remove_cap( 'update_plugins' );
       		$userCap->remove_cap( 'update_themes' );
       		$userCap->remove_cap( 'install_plugins' );
       		$userCap->remove_cap( 'install_themes' );
       		$userCap->remove_cap( 'delete_themes' );
       		$userCap->remove_cap( 'delete_plugins' );
       		$userCap->remove_cap( 'edit_plugins' );
       		$userCap->remove_cap( 'edit_themes' );
       		$userCap->remove_cap( 'switch_themes' );
       		$userCap->remove_cap( 'remove_users' );
       		$userCap->remove_cap( 'activate_plugins' );
       	}
       } add_action( 'admin_init', 'admin_security' );
       ```
   
 * In this situation i’m trying to keep certain caps only for administrator ID 1.
   
   But not success =(
 * > Note: I have good reasons to need to do so.

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 *  Moderator [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * (@bcworkz)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-caps/#post-7674706)
 * No, because the caps actually belong to the administrator role, not the user.
   If you removed the cap from the role, it would affect all administrator users.
 * What you could do is create a new role that is the same as administrator except
   for that one cap, then assign this role to that one user.
 *  Thread Starter [Angelo Rocha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angelorocha/)
 * (@angelorocha)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-caps/#post-7674710)
 * =/
    Imagined, thanks for the info, really did not want to create another role.
 *  Thread Starter [Angelo Rocha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angelorocha/)
 * (@angelorocha)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-caps/#post-7674736)
 * A little solution:
 *     ```
       function ars_admin_screens(){
       	$current_screen = get_current_screen();
       	$adminID = get_current_user_id();
       	if( $current_screen->id === 'update-core' ){
       		if($adminID != 1){
       			wp_die('Ooooops... <a href="javascript:history.go(-1)" title="Back">Back</a>');
       		}
       	}
       } add_action( 'current_screen', 'ars_admin_screens' );
       ```
   
 * =P
 *  Moderator [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * (@bcworkz)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-caps/#post-7674847)
 * 🙂 That’ll probably work for the most part, but it is possible to invoke an update
   without going to that screen, so not totally secure. It’ll keep the riff-raff
   out though.
 * FWIW, you could avoid a new role by assigning the Editor role, then assigning
   all the other caps an admin has (except update-core of course) to each applicable
   user’s object.
 * Someone may not like being “only” and editor, but it’s only a label, you could
   re-name the role “uber-admin” for all it matters. It’s meaningless since they
   still only have editor caps.

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-caps/#post-7674847)
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