2. Capabilities & User Roles

HyperTaxonomy defines six custom capabilities. Always check capabilities using HyperTaxonomy_Capabilities::current_user_can() (or the standard current_user_can()) rather than hard-coding role checks.

Capability	Default roles	Controls
manage_hypertaxonomy_settings	Administrator	Plugin settings pages
manage_term_relationships	Administrator, Editor	Edit term inclusions, containers, groups
manage_term_redirects	Administrator, Editor	Set and remove term redirects
manage_term_icons	Administrator, Editor	Upload and remove term icons
manage_term_visibility	Administrator, Editor	Mark terms hidden/visible
manage_term_sticky_posts	Administrator, Editor	Pin posts to term archives

Example:

if ( current_user_can( 'manage_term_relationships' ) ) {
    // Show relationship editing UI
}

Capabilities can be granted to or removed from any role using a capabilities plugin or custom code:

// Grant icon management to Authors
add_action( 'init', function() {
    $role = get_role( 'author' );
    if ( $role ) {
        $role->add_cap( 'manage_term_icons' );
    }
} );

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