Title: Same Role, Different User Capability Issue?
Last modified: November 22, 2016

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# Same Role, Different User Capability Issue?

 *  [toad78](https://wordpress.org/support/users/toad78/)
 * (@toad78)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/same-role-different-user-capability-issue/)
 * I have created a user Role that should give ALL users abilities under that Role.
   But there seems to be a problem with certain users under that role NOT able to
   take advantage of all of the User Role’s capabilities. There are, however, a 
   certain USER who can.
 * USER ROLE “MORTA”
    Can Edit/Create/Delete Content Blocks allowing with post ID:
   367, 377, 922, 872, 876, 895, 911, 913, 966, 964, 10330, 10331, 10332, 10333,
   10350, 10349, 10347, 10348.
 * ISSUE:
    Only one user can seem to edit both a Spanish and English translation
   of Content Blocks instead of all users under the role I created (“MORTA”). All
   others can edit the English version.
 * Explanation:
    There are a lot of content blocks that are in English and Spanish(
   Spanish translation program switches it to a different Content block when clicking
   the translate button).
 * All users under MORTA user role can edit/create/delete content blocks that are
   set in the ‘Posts Edit’ feature. I did, however, notice that ONE user profile
   had an added Capability called ‘translate’. I don’t know how this was created
   but it does allow this user to edit both the English and Spanish versions of 
   Content Blocks but not the MORTA user role as a whole.
 * So I went into the Mortgage User role and added ‘Translate’ as a Capability thinking
   this would allow all users under that role the same privilege, but it doesn’t.
   Why? I then went into a different user profile and noticed that under ‘Capabilities’
   there was no ‘translate’ added. So I went to ‘Edit’ the capabilities for this
   user and noticed that ‘Translate’ was checked. But this ‘Translate’ was capitalized
   and not in lower case as was the user profile that had the ability to edit both
   the English and Spanish Content Blocks. VERY confusing to say the least. So I
   attempted to delete the ‘Translate’ capability I created for MORTA, but there
   was no way to delete it as it was not in the ‘Delete Capability’ list. More confusion.
 * THE POINT:
    1. I’m rather confused how one specific user has the extra capability
   to edit both transations of content blocks and not the MORTA user role.
 * 2. How was this additional capability created to allow this one user to edit 
   both translations?

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 *  Plugin Author [Vladimir Garagulya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shinephp/)
 * (@shinephp)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/same-role-different-user-capability-issue/#post-8479035)
 * In order to delete capability, 1st revoke it (switch checkbox off) from the roles
   which use it.
 * If your translation plugin uses ‘translate’ capability, then you have to use 
   the same ‘translate’, not a ‘Translate’. Try to add ‘translate’ to the ‘Mortgage’
   user role.
 * Please ask questions related to the Pro version of User Role Editor at [the dedicated forum](https://www.role-editor.com/forums).
 *  Plugin Author [Vladimir Garagulya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shinephp/)
 * (@shinephp)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/same-role-different-user-capability-issue/#post-8479039)
 * Points 1, 2. It depends from your translation plugin code logic.

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 * Last reply from: [Vladimir Garagulya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shinephp/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/same-role-different-user-capability-issue/#post-8479039)
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