wp file download

I would like to clarify two things:

1. I’m not filtering any permission related to WPFD with your plugin — I have all of them unchecked.
2. I guess WPFD uses some JavaScript to change the order of the categories — maybe something is being filtered or blocked anyway, regardless of the permissions settings?
   
   this is the request format when i change order
   
   https://www.xxxxxxxx.it/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=wpfd&task=category.changeOrder&pk=195&position=first-child&ref=194&dragType=default&security=xxxxxxxxxx

• This reply was modified 1 year, 1 month ago by patrikmuse.

Hi Riza tnks for your help

https://www.joomunited.com/wordpress-products/wp-file-download

this is the plugin

I’ve realized that once PublishPress (permission) is installed, even if I don’t explicitly select a permission category to filter, it still gets filtered anyway, and permissions are denied to all my users.

File and wp file download taxonomy not filtered

🧨 Bug Description

When a non-admin user with the studi role renames a WPFD folder, many subfolders disappear or only partially show up (up to the third level).
The only way to restore visibility is to rename any folder again using an administrator account. 📌 Bug-Triggering Queries (From non-admin role)

Executed by user studi (role studi):

UPDATE wp_terms SET name = 'prova131', slug = 'prova131', term_group = 0 WHERE term_id = 5729;

UPDATE wp_term_taxonomy SET term_id = 5729, taxonomy = 'wpfd-category', description = '{...}', parent = 0 WHERE term_taxonomy_id = 5729;

INSERT INTO wp_options (option_name, option_value, autoload) VALUES ('wpfd-category_children', 'a:53:{...}', 'auto') ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE option_name = VALUES(option_name), option_value = VALUES(option_value), autoload = VALUES(autoload);

❌ The serialized array in wpfd-category_children contains only 53 entries, causing loss of relations and hiding folders from the interface.

✅ Working Queries (From administrator)

Executed just seconds later by administrator, for the same folder:

UPDATE wp_terms SET name = 'prova231', slug = 'prova231', term_group = 0 WHERE term_id = 5729;

UPDATE wp_term_taxonomy SET term_id = 5729, taxonomy = 'wpfd-category', description = '{...}', parent = 0 WHERE term_taxonomy_id = 5729;

INSERT INTO wp_options (option_name, option_value, autoload) VALUES ('wpfd-category_children', 'a:147:{...}', 'auto') ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE option_name = VALUES(option_name), option_value = VALUES(option_value), autoload = VALUES(autoload);

✅ The serialized array has 147 entries, and the folder tree is fully preserved.

🧪 Tests Performed

• Granted manage_options, edit_terms, manage_categories, and pp_administer_content to the role → bug disappears only with pp_administer_content or pp_unfiltered
• Tried both filters (no effect):

add_filter('presspermit_skip_filtering', function($skip, $args) { return isset($args['taxonomy']) && $args['taxonomy'] === 'wpfd-category' ? true : $skip; }, 10, 2);

add_filter('presspermit_disable_taxonomy_filtering', function ($disable, $taxonomy) { return $taxonomy === 'wpfd-category' ? true : $disable; }, 10, 2);

➡️ These filters are not triggered during the AJAX request issued by WPFD when editing categories. 🧩 Technical Summary

• The non-admin user executes valid queries.
• But the serialized option wpfd-category_children is truncated under permission filtering.
• This breaks the folder structure.
• Only assigning pp_unfiltered or pp_administer_content allows a full, correct update — but these disable all filtering (not acceptable for our use case).

🙏 Request for Help

Please help us with:

1. Why is wpfd-category_children being truncated for non-admin users?
2. Is there a capability or permission to allow only this option to be saved fully?
3. Can you provide a filter or exception to bypass permission filtering only when WPFD updates the wpfd-category_children option?

• This reply was modified 1 year, 1 month ago by patrikmuse.