How to allow users to edit posts

  • Resolved Jim

    (@jwmc)


    6 years, 5 months ago

    I’ve got the post submission and display stuff worked out, but I can’t see how to allow users to edit their post.

    In Settings > Frontend Posting > Edit Page, I selected a new page that has the [wpuf_edit] shortcode.

    Settings > Dashboard > Users can edit post? is set to Yes.

    I would like an edit link to appear on the post for the author only.

    I’m wondering if the only way to allow editing is to set up the whole My Account and Dashboard stuff. Our site already has two different account/dashboard pages, and we don’t want a third.

    Thanks

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  • Hi @jwmc,

    Currently it’s not possible from our plugin to show the edit link within posts for post_authors as WordPress does not allow that as they only check using edit_post capability.

    We have already created a ticket with patch to make the necessary changes so that any plugins can show the edit_post link within the post.

    You can now show it but for that you will need to override your theme’s template with custom code.

    Don’t call it dashboard, just change the page name to My Posts containing the dashboard short-code.

    Let me know if that works for you or if you need more assistance.

    Thanks

    Thread Starter Jim

    (@jwmc)

    Thanks for the explanation. I managed to create the page and put the [wpuf_dashboard] shortcode there, then put links to it in the pages where you submit and view the posts.

    If that code is available anywhere for putting an edit link in the author’s posts, I would appreciate a link.

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