Manage Woocommerce Orders Capability not visible

Hi,

Did you try the “Reset capabilities” tool offered by WooCommerce?
What capability you can not find?

This is how WooCommerce builds a full list of its capabilities:

private static function get_core_capabilities() {
		$capabilities = array();

		$capabilities['core'] = array(
			'manage_woocommerce',
			'view_woocommerce_reports'
		);

		$capability_types = array( 'product', 'shop_order', 'shop_coupon', 'shop_webhook' );

		foreach ( $capability_types as $capability_type ) {

			$capabilities[ $capability_type ] = array(
				// Post type
				"edit_{$capability_type}",
				"read_{$capability_type}",
				"delete_{$capability_type}",
				"edit_{$capability_type}s",
				"edit_others_{$capability_type}s",
				"publish_{$capability_type}s",
				"read_private_{$capability_type}s",
				"delete_{$capability_type}s",
				"delete_private_{$capability_type}s",
				"delete_published_{$capability_type}s",
				"delete_others_{$capability_type}s",
				"edit_private_{$capability_type}s",
				"edit_published_{$capability_type}s",

				// Terms
				"manage_{$capability_type}_terms",
				"edit_{$capability_type}_terms",
				"delete_{$capability_type}_terms",
				"assign_{$capability_type}_terms"
			);
		}

		return $capabilities;
	}

So there is no ‘manage_shop_orders’ capability. Only ‘edit_shop_orders’ exists.

Hi Vladimir

Thanks for the reply;

Yes I did use the reset capabilities tool.

The capability is the manage_woocommerce_orders capability – Upon further investigation, I think its activated/added by the “WooCommerce Print Invoice & Delivery Note” plugin.

I’ve added this plugin to my site as well, but no luck. Any idea why this capability is not coming up? I will follow up with the other plugin developer as well.

Thank you!

Yes, ‘manage_woocommerce_orders’ capability is not supported by WooCommerce.

I scanned WCDN plugin code. It does not use ‘manage_woocommerce_orders’ capability. It checks ‘edit_shop_orders’ one. So ‘manage_woocommerce_orders’ may be needed for some other plugin.

Some plugin developers expect that custom capability for their plugins will be added manually via tools, like User Role Editor.

Thanks Vladimir

I will try to find out if there is another plugin adding this custom capability.

I’ve duplicated all the plugins used on the other websites, still nothing.

Can perhaps I add the capability via the functions.php of my child theme?

May be you need to start from other side.
For what purpose do you need this capability? What functionality do you can not access without it?

Hi Vladimir

I need to separate access to the order management from Woocommerce settings.

I’ve created a role which allows access to 2 areas – user management and order management.

But I don’t want to give access to the shopping cart and other settings in WordPress.

Thanks