/** * Restrict access to the administration screens. * * Only administrators will be allowed to access the admin screens, * all other users will be shown a message instead. * * We do allow access for Ajax requests though, since these may be * initiated from the front end of the site by non-admin users. * * @link https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/admin_init/ */ function restrict_admin() { // Set user capability required to access dashboard. // List of standard capabilities here: https://wordpress.org/support/article/roles-and-capabilities/ $required_capability = 'manage_options'; if ( ! current_user_can( $required_capability ) && ( ! wp_doing_ajax() ) ) { wp_die( __( 'You are not allowed to access this part of the site' ) ); } } add_action( 'admin_init', 'restrict_admin', 1 );
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