Title: Restricting users?
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Restricting users?

 *  Resolved [gentist](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gentist/)
 * (@gentist)
 * [19 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/restricting-users-2/)
 * I want to enable users to edit their own Pages, as well as create subPages without
   allowing them to create posts or Pages anywhere else (with the exception of comments).
   Is this possible, or do I have to give such users complete access?

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 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [19 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/restricting-users-2/#post-420301)
 * Check out the Role Manager Plugin:
    [http://redalt.com/wiki/Role+Manager](http://redalt.com/wiki/Role+Manager)
 *  Thread Starter [gentist](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gentist/)
 * (@gentist)
 * [19 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/restricting-users-2/#post-420305)
 * Thanks. I’ll look into it.
 * Since I imagine that this is a commonly requested feature, is there a chance 
   that something like it will be integrated in a later version of WP?
 *  Thread Starter [gentist](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gentist/)
 * (@gentist)
 * [19 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/restricting-users-2/#post-420324)
 * Role Manager doesn’t quite do what I want it to do. Basically I want some users
   to have complete control of a subsection of the blog, meaning that the user in
   question will be able to edit and add subPages to one section (or Page), while
   denying said user the ability to post anything on the rest of the blog.
 * With Role Manager, I suppose I can allow the user to edit Pages, and then create
   and assign the pages myself, but then the user won’t be able to add subPages 
   to the Page assigned to him/her.
 * Edit: It doesn’t appear to be possible to use Role Manager to enable a user to
   edit Pages without enabling the user to create Pages. In fact, the user is also
   able to delete Pages owned by other users, even though the user can’t touch normal
   posts.
 * Is there something else I can try?
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [19 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/restricting-users-2/#post-420347)
 * Nope.
 * _ I imagine that this is a commonly requested feature_
    No, it’s not. People 
   use Categories + LimitCategories plugin.
 *  [abhaymsncom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/abhaymsncom/)
 * (@abhaymsncom)
 * [19 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/restricting-users-2/#post-420420)
 * needed anouncewhen comes about
 *  Thread Starter [gentist](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gentist/)
 * (@gentist)
 * [19 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/restricting-users-2/#post-420439)
 * moshu: I think I can achieve the results I need with the Limit Categories plugin.
   However, when I load it (LimitCat version 1.5.2, WP version 2.0.3), and go to
   the write/post section when logged in as admin, I’m given a blank page.
 * Does anyone know why this occurs?
 * Edit: Obviously I forgot to configure it, though I assumed that it wouldn’t deny
   everyone (including the admin) the ability to post.
 * One problem though… When changing the settings, I’m getting error messages like
   so:
 * Warning: in_array(): Wrong datatype for second argument in /htdocs/www/wp-content/
   plugins/limitcats.php on line 182
 * I haven’t looked into it yet, though Role Manager also gives me error messages(
   I can’t recall what though now), when trying to delete roles. So far I haven’t
   noticed any problems, though I haven’t really looked at the database for leftovers
   or similar.
 * Edit 2: The error message for LimitCats appears to occur when I try to remove
   posting rights to the default category. I might be able to work around that though.
 * Is there a way to give posting rights to specific users instead of roles, or 
   do I have to create a separate role for each user?

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 * Last reply from: [gentist](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gentist/)
 * Last activity: [19 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/restricting-users-2/#post-420439)
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