Removing the S2member meta-box from Post editor page

[dwdutch]

I would like to direct my users to the back-end to Add New Post; however, i don't want them to see/access the S2member security meta-box that appears on Post editor page (i.e. the box in which the user can specify restricted levels that can access the post). in my case, this box won't make any sense to my users.

Any suggestions?

[dwdutch]

anyone?

[dwdutch]

okay, i made some progress... i found a way to remove the box by adding a the following line in my functions.php:

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   remove_action ("admin_menu", "ws_plugin__s2member_add_meta_boxes");


Next, I tried to nest it in a conditional but it seems the value is not set at the time that functions.php executes.

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if (S2MEMBER_CURRENT_USER_ACCESS_LEVEL > 2){
   remove_action ("admin_menu", "ws_plugin__s2member_add_meta_boxes");
}


Can anyone suggest an alternative?

[Jason Caldwell]

Thanks for the excellent question.

With s2Member v3.5.3+, create this directory and file:
/wp-content/mu-plugins/s2-hacks.php

Inside the file, do something like this:

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<?php
add_action ("plugins_loaded", "my_function");
function my_function ()
    {
        if (current_user_can ("access_s2member_level2"))
            {
                remove_action ("add_meta_boxes", "c_ws_plugin__s2member_meta_boxes::add_meta_boxes");
            }
    }
?>

* This code is untested, please use with caution.

[doctorproctor]

I'd like to do the same thing. I'm confused, however: is this code for a new plugin, s2-hacks.php, that's located in the plugins folder but not inside its own enclosing folder? There must be something I'm missing here.

Thanks,

Jim

[Cristián Lávaque]

It goes in the /wp-content/mu-plugins/ directory (mu: must use), just create it if it doesn't exist yet.

[doctorproctor]

Thank you!

Jim

[Cristián Lávaque]

You're welcome.