Question about Custom Capabilities

Is it possible to start with only one thing that needs subscriber access on the site – and not use custom capabilities. And at a later date to add things and to assign that first thing as a custom capability and give that custom capability to current users?

In other words, where custom capabilities will be needed in the future but aren’t currently needed, can that whole thing not be dealt with at the start? Or would it need planning — custom capability need assigning — right from the start?

Hi Richard,

You can assign and remove Custom Capabilities at any time. If you start using Custom Capabilities in the future, you’ll simply need to assign that/those custom capabilities to the existing users manually. You can do this either by editing each user one-by-one and adding the Custom Capability to their account, or if you have s2Member Pro, you can use the Import/Export tool to export all your users, update their Custom Capabilities in bulk, and then re-import those users, thereby updating all the Custom Capabilities they have access to.

In short, you can start using Custom Capabilities at any time. If you plan on making extensive use of Custom Capabilities in the future, you may want to keep that in mind when designing how you currently restrict thing so as to make that transition easier in the future.

thanks Raam

Glad to help, Richard! :)