Role Scoper 1.3.28 is Released

A Role Scoper plugin update (version 1.3.28) is now available to address the following issues:

WP 3.1

  • BugFix : Role Options, Role Defaults menu items were not available on 3.1 multisite
  • Feature : Filter “Add New” links out of WP Admin bar if user lacks site-wide capability

Navigation Menus

  • Feature : Nav Menu Manager role can be assigned to users who do not have edit_theme_options capability
  • Feature : Nav Menu Manager role can be assigned site-wide
  • Feature : For Nav Menu Management, option to list only user-editable content as available items
  • BugFix : Nav Menus displayed categories even if no posts readable

Miscellaneous Bug Fixes

  • When editing is based on category, could not upload files into edit form prior to saving post
  • Non-administrators could not add a non-hierarchical custom term to post if taxonomy is included in post type registration
  • Internal Cache (and therefore permissions) did not refresh when an existing user’s role is changed
  • Default roles were not applied at Page / Post creation
  • In wp-admin, Page menu not visible while editing a post if page editing access is not site-wide
  • Duplicate entries in Author dropdown if RS editing roles have been assigned to WP role groups
  • Did not support meta_key without meta_value in get_pages call (or vice versa)

Category Listing (front end)

  • BugFix : New categories were not listed until Role Scoper re-activation, under some configurations
  • Change : Support post_type argument in get_terms / wp_list_terms function call

Category Management

  • Feature : Category Assigner role does not grant post creation/editing capabilities but specifies categories which are assignable to any user-editable post regardless of post ownership or status
  • BugFix : Term-specific management roles did not grant editing access
  • Change : Term-specific management role also grants ability to create child terms
  • BugFix : Non-administrators could not delete categories

Plugin Compatibility

  • NextGEN Gallery – with versions 1.7+, error when uploading images as a non-Administrator
  • Grand Flash Gallery – error when uploading images as a non-Administrator
  • More Types: support late registration of post types by automatically forcing RS to initalize later
  • Simple Fields plugin – non-Administrators could not use custom field file uploader
  • Quick Post Widget – categories were not filtered
  • When plugin or theme code forces autologin, RS filtering does not reflect it until the next http request