Show dashboard widget – setting not working correctly

Hi @nyakuza,

I hope you are doing well today!

I tested but could not replicate the issue you are referring to. When you set Editor and above for Show the dashboard widget for settings
https://prnt.sc/zuQfV2SWpkS9

Dashboard widget only is available for Editors and Administrators (which is above Editors). I created one profile as Author and could not see the widget.

Therefore, I can only suggest plugin/theme conflict test at this stage.

Please make sure you have recent backups and perform this operation on your dev/staging site if possible.
To learn more about a conflict test, please see this guide below:
https://wpmudev.com/docs/getting-started/getting-support/#conflict-test

Check out this handy flowchart of the troubleshooting process detailed above.
https://wpmudev.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Support-Process-Support-Process.gif

Kind regards,
Zafer

Thanks for the suggestions. I tried those various troubleshooting methods, but unfortunately I couldn’t resolve this.

Interestingly, I even tried editing the plugin code to target a different permission, which still didn’t work. I went into the core.php file (legacy/core/core.php) and targeted this line:

_x( 'Editor and above', 'dashboard widget visibility', 'broken-link-checker' ) => 'edit_others_posts',

I changed from ‘edit_others_posts’ to a custom permission I added to WordPress, and then only gave that custom permission to one user. In that instance it wouldn’t show up for them, but it did still work for Admins.

Hello @nyakuza,

Thanks for letting us know, glad to hear that you’ve found the workaround.

Unfortunately we couldn’t replicate the same behavior, when switching edit_others_posts capability on/off for a user role. Could you please share some details about the user role that is affected in your case, which may help us with replicating the issue.

For example, was it working correctly out of the box for the default WordPress user roles?

Could you please also check and let us know which capabilities are granted for that particular role. For instance, using a plugin like User Role Editor.

Looking forward to your reply.

Best Regards,
Dmytro

Hi @nyakuza

I hope you are doing well.

We haven’t heard from you in a while, I’ll go and mark this thread as resolved. If you have any additional questions or require further help, please let us know!

Best Regards
Patrick Freitas