Hiding Meta Box Plugin from WordPress Dashboard Menu for Non-Admins - Meta Box

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April 19, 2021 at 3:55 PM #27373

omarthegeek
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The Meta Box plugin is currently visible as an item on the WordPress Dashboard Menu to Administrators as well as non Administrators users ex: Editor User.

While those non Administrators get a message saying "Sorry, you are not allowed to access this page.", I would very much prefer the plugin was fully hidden from them instead of showing them something they shouldn't have access to.

I know there are plugins out there for customizing the menu and such, but I would rather prefer a simple script to add to functions.php to hide it from all users except Administrators.

Thanks!

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April 19, 2021 at 7:15 PM #27382
Long Nguyen
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Hi Omar,

Please try to use this code to remove the Meta Box menu from the dashboard if the user is not an administrator.
```
add_action( 'admin_init', 'remove_menu_metabox' );

function remove_menu_metabox() {
    if ( !current_user_can( 'administrator' ) ) { //change role or capability here
        remove_menu_page( 'meta-box' );
    }
}
```
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April 20, 2021 at 2:21 AM #27398

omarthegeek
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Worked beautifully, Thanks!

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June 14, 2024 at 10:00 PM #45642

Keith Cross
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Could this be an administrator setting in the plugin? It's very likely a common need.

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