{"id":94802,"date":"2021-04-07T17:10:33","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T21:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blue-sea-697d.quartiers047.workers.dev:443\/https\/publishpress.com\/?post_type=epkb_post_type_1&#038;p=94802"},"modified":"2024-12-18T10:39:31","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T15:39:31","password":"","slug":"control-access-wpforms-admin-menus","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/blue-sea-697d.quartiers047.workers.dev:443\/https\/publishpress.com\/knowledge-base\/control-access-wpforms-admin-menus\/","title":{"rendered":"Control Access to WPForms Admin Menus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pro version of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blue-sea-697d.quartiers047.workers.dev:443\/https\/publishpress.com\/links\/capabilities\">PublishPress Capabilities<\/a>\u00a0allows you to block access to admin menu links in the WPForms plugin. This is useful because WPForms has limited options for managing who can access the admin screens and important features. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WPForms is one of the most popular WordPress contact form plugin with millions of active installs. WPForms allows you to create beautiful contact forms, feedback forms, subscription forms, payment forms, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When you first install the WPForms plugin, you&#8217;ll see one top-level menu link, plus at least 10 sub-menus:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>All Forms<\/li><li>Add New<\/li><li>Entries<\/li><li>Settings<\/li><li>Tools<\/li><li>Addons<\/li><li>Analytics<\/li><li>SMTP<\/li><li>About Us<\/li><li>Community<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blue-sea-697d.quartiers047.workers.dev:443\/https\/publishpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/wpforms-menu-links.png\" alt=\"Wpforms Menu Links\" class=\"wp-image-94804\" width=\"551\" height=\"516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blue-sea-697d.quartiers047.workers.dev:443\/https\/publishpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/wpforms-menu-links.png 734w, https:\/\/blue-sea-697d.quartiers047.workers.dev:443\/https\/publishpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/wpforms-menu-links-300x281.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 551px) 100vw, 551px\" \/><figcaption>Wpforms Menu Links<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is possible to control who can access these WPForms plugin links by using the <a href=\"https:\/\/blue-sea-697d.quartiers047.workers.dev:443\/https\/publishpress.com\/links\/capabilities\" class=\"tinypress-autolink\" title=\"PublishPress Capabilities\">PublishPress Capabilities Pro<\/a> plugin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>After installing <a href=\"https:\/\/blue-sea-697d.quartiers047.workers.dev:443\/https\/publishpress.com\/links\/capabilities\" class=\"tinypress-autolink\" title=\"PublishPress Capabilities\">PublishPress Capabilities Pro<\/a>, go to &#8220;Capabilities&#8221;, then &#8220;Admin Menus&#8221; in your WordPress admin area:<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blue-sea-697d.quartiers047.workers.dev:443\/https\/publishpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/admin-menus-woocommerce.png\" alt=\"Admin Menus\" class=\"wp-image-94743\" width=\"693\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blue-sea-697d.quartiers047.workers.dev:443\/https\/publishpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/admin-menus-woocommerce.png 924w, https:\/\/blue-sea-697d.quartiers047.workers.dev:443\/https\/publishpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/admin-menus-woocommerce-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/blue-sea-697d.quartiers047.workers.dev:443\/https\/publishpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/admin-menus-woocommerce-768x480.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 693px) 100vw, 693px\" \/><figcaption>Admin Menus Woocommerce<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>In the top-left corner of this screen, choose the role that you want to edit. In the image below, I&#8217;m going to restrict WPForms access for the &#8220;Administrator&#8221; role. If you do this, I would recommend <a href=\"https:\/\/blue-sea-697d.quartiers047.workers.dev:443\/https\/publishpress.com\/knowledge-base\/create-or-copy-user-roles\/\">making a copy of the Administrator role<\/a> so that one role still has full WPForms access.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blue-sea-697d.quartiers047.workers.dev:443\/https\/publishpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/administrator-role-menus-1024x465.png\" alt=\"Administrator Role Menus\" class=\"wp-image-94788\" width=\"768\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blue-sea-697d.quartiers047.workers.dev:443\/https\/publishpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/administrator-role-menus-1024x465.png 1024w, https:\/\/blue-sea-697d.quartiers047.workers.dev:443\/https\/publishpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/administrator-role-menus-300x136.png 300w, https:\/\/blue-sea-697d.quartiers047.workers.dev:443\/https\/publishpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/administrator-role-menus-768x349.png 768w, https:\/\/blue-sea-697d.quartiers047.workers.dev:443\/https\/publishpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/administrator-role-menus.png 1114w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Administrator Role Menus<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Scroll down and you can enter a red X for any WPForms menu link that you don&#8217;t want users in the Administrator role to access.<\/li><li>Click &#8220;Save Changes&#8221;.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blue-sea-697d.quartiers047.workers.dev:443\/https\/publishpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/block-wpforms.png\" alt=\"Block Wpforms\" class=\"wp-image-94805\" width=\"500\" height=\"665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blue-sea-697d.quartiers047.workers.dev:443\/https\/publishpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/block-wpforms.png 666w, https:\/\/blue-sea-697d.quartiers047.workers.dev:443\/https\/publishpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/block-wpforms-226x300.png 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption>Block Wpforms<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now when an Administrator logs in to your site, they will not be able to see the WPForms menu links that you have blocked:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"672\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/blue-sea-697d.quartiers047.workers.dev:443\/https\/publishpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/wpforms-limited-menus.png\" alt=\"Wpforms Limited Menus\" class=\"wp-image-94806\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blue-sea-697d.quartiers047.workers.dev:443\/https\/publishpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/wpforms-limited-menus.png 672w, https:\/\/blue-sea-697d.quartiers047.workers.dev:443\/https\/publishpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/wpforms-limited-menus-300x190.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><figcaption>Wpforms Limited Menus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This approach works for the core WPForms plugin and can also be used for add-on plugins such as Form Abandonment, Form Locker, Offline Forms, and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pro version of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blue-sea-697d.quartiers047.workers.dev:443\/https\/publishpress.com\/links\/capabilities\" class=\"tinypress-autolink\" title=\"PublishPress Capabilities\">PublishPress Capabilities<\/a>\u00a0allows you to block access to admin menu links in the WPForms plugin. This is useful because WPForms has limited options for managing who can access the admin screens and important features. WPForms is one of the most popular WordPress contact form plugin with millions of active installs. WPForms allows you&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"The Pro version of PublishPress Capabilities allows you to block access to admin menu links in the WPForms plugin. 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