“You can’t give users that role” When Update User

  • Resolved InHouse

    (@inhouse)


    8 years, 3 months ago

    Hello, I’m seeing an error “You can’t give users that role” when trying to edit any user while Multiple Roles in activated. The error appears when I click “Update User” even without having made any actual changes to the user. The error redirects me to /wp-admin/user-edit.php. When I deactivate the plugin I can edit the user successfully.

    I’m using Capability Manager Enhanced to create and delete roles which I’ve pasted below. I have also deactivated this plugin as a test with no success.

    • Administration
    • Administrator
    • Associate Professor
    • Editor
    • Faculty
    • Graduate Student
    • No Role
    • Others
    • Postdoctoral Scientist
    • Professor Emeritus
    • Research Assistant
    • Research Associate
    • Senior Leadership
    • Undergraduate Student
    • Visiting Scholars

    The user in question does have 2 roles; however, I tested trying to save just 1 role which also triggered the error.

    I’m happy to run any tests to help troubleshoot the issue. Any help is greatly appreciated!

    • This topic was modified 8 years, 3 months ago by InHouse.
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  • “You can’t give users that role” When Update User
    I have the same error too. ;). Without any Capability Manager.
    Thank you for help in advance!

    Thread Starter InHouse

    (@inhouse)

    Today when I tried to edit a user I not only got the aforementioned error message but also “Notice: Array to string conversion in /../../../wp-includes/formatting.php on line 1025”.

    Initially the user was not assigned any active roles but I do see
    Additional Capabilities
    Capabilities: subscriber

    What’s interesting is that I have deleted the Subscriber role. Without making any changes to the user I updated the user successfully. When I tried to assign an active role I received the error.

    Hope this help!

    • This reply was modified 8 years, 3 months ago by InHouse.
    Plugin Author Florian TIAR

    (@mista-flo)

    Hello,

    Sorry for this bug that was introduced in 1.1.2 version. I have pushed a new released tagged 1.1.3 to fix this issue.

    Please tell me if you encounter bugs in user creation in a non multisite website too.

    Thread Starter InHouse

    (@inhouse)

    Thanks @mista-flo this seems to be fixed!

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