Wordpress - How can I hide a category from Contributors in the edit/add new post screen?
Hi @davemac:
Well, I wrote this before I saw that you answered your own question so I might as well post it anyway:
add_filter('list_terms_exclusions', 'yoursite_list_terms_exclusions', 10, 2);
function yoursite_list_terms_exclusions( $exclusions, $args ) {
global $pagenow;
if (in_array($pagenow,array('post.php','post-new.php')) &&
!current_user_can('see_special_cats')) {
$exclusions = " {$exclusions} AND t.slug NOT IN ('slug-one','slug-two')";
}
return $exclusions;
}
This code presumes that you've used a plugin like the Members plugin to create a capability called 'see_special_cats'
and that you've assigned it to every role that you want to have access to the categories except of course 'Contributors'
.
Since you found the plugin you may not need this, but maybe it will help someone else.