Remove Dashboard Access Plugin: Limit Access, Choose Redirect URL, User Profile, Login Message

About Remove Dashboard Access

This plugin allows you to limit access to the WordPress dashboard based on user roles or specific capabilities. You can also choose a custom redirect URL, allow user profile access, and display a message on the login screen. Additionally, the plugin can hide toolbar menus from other plugins or themes.

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Frequently asked questions

How can I limit Dashboard access?

You can limit Dashboard access to admins only, admins + editors, admins + editors + authors, or limit by specific capability.

Can I choose my own redirect URL?

Yes, you can choose your own redirect URL.

Can I allow user profile access?

Yes, you can optionally allow user profile access.

Can I display a message on the login screen?

Yes, you can optionally display a message on the login screen.

Where can I find more information about WordPress roles and capabilities?

You can find more information on WordPress' default roles and capabilities here: https://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities

Changelog

1.2.1 on November 29, 2024

Fixed: Compatibility with WordPress 6.7 (there was a warning that translations were being loaded too soon)
Tweak: Sanitized admin menu URL

1.2 on January 29, 2024

Confirmed compatibility with WordPress 6.4.2
New: Added a new filter, rda_allowlist, to configure pages that should be accessible to all users, regardless of their capabilities or roles (see FAQ for usage)
Improved: Added a description that clarifies that the Login Message is only displayed on the WordPress “Log In” screen
Improved: The User Profile Access text is now a proper label for the checkbox
Fixed: Allow access to the Wordfence 2FA configuration page (#33)
Fixed: Text domain not properly set for translations (thanks @fierevere)
Tweak: Prevent directly accessing PHP files by checking for ABSPATH (#26)
Tweak: Prevent browsing directories on poorly-configured servers by adding index.php files in plugin directories

1.1.4 & 1.1.5 on April 18, 2022

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Fixed: Deactivating and activating the plugin will no longer overwrite plugin settings
Fixed: Deprecated function screen_icon() warning
Fixed: Issue when front-end editing of profiles when the $pagenow global is not defined (#24)
Fixed: Potential Invalid argument supplied for foreach() PHP warning (#22)

1.1.3

Fixed a compatibility issue with bbPress and the media grid view.

1.1.2

Bump tested-up-to to 4.1.0
Miscellaneous readme changes.

1.1.1

Bug Fix:

Move options back to Settings > Dashboard Access screen to resolve conflict with page_on_front UI.

1.1

Enhancements:

Instantiate as a static instance for better modularity
Move Dashboard Access Controls settings to Settings > Dashboard Access
Add optional login message option
Add better settings sanitization
New Filter: rda_default_caps_for_role – Filter default roles for Admins, Editors, and Authors
New Debug Mode

Bug Fixes:

Remove unnecessarily stringent URL mask on the redirect URL option

1.0

Complete rewrite!
New: Limit dashboard access for Admins only or by capability
New: Allow/disallow edit-profile access
New: Choose your own redirect URL
New Filter: rda_default_access_cap – Change default access capability
New Filter: rda_toolbar_nodes – Filter which back-end Toolbar nodes are hidden
New Filter: rda_frontend_toolbar_nodes – Filter which front-end Toolbar nodes are hidden

0.4

Refined DOING_AJAX check for logged-out users, props @nacin and @BoiteAWeb

0.3

Changed cap to manage_options, replaced PHP_SELF with DOING_AJAX

0.2

Replaced preg_match with admin-ajax test. Added compatibility with rewritten dashboard URLs.

0.1

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