No easy way to add custom settings to post/page content permissions

[Stiofan]

I would like to be able to add my own settings to your settings page for an addon i'm building. I was thinking either we can add some do_actions before/after the li tags or convert the settings to an array that can be filtered https://github.com/justintadlock/members/blob/master/admin/class-meta-box-content-permissions.php#L182 (the same would need to be done for the content sections)

[justintadlock]

This is actually intentional for the time being for a number of reasons:

1. Right now, the Gutenberg WP project could turn this into a disaster.
2. Content Permissions (this meta box) is slated to be a part of a larger "Content Permissions" standalone plugin in the future.
3. Most add-on plugins wouldn't need to hook into the Content Permissions meta box unless they're extending that specific feature.

I nearly added the ButterBean framework. However, Gutenberg has given me pause for the moment. Depending on the direction of Gutenberg, I may eventually build out the Content Permissions meta box with it.

If/When the direction of Gutenberg becomes clear, I'll reevaluate. And, if it looks like I'm ready for this to be extended, it'll definitely be in the form of integrating ButterBean.

[Stiofan]

Thanks for the fast reply, i totally get it... I'll move onto plan B for the moment :)

[justintadlock]

With Gutenberg now available, we need to make a hard decision about this ticket for 3.0.

[mgerzabek]

I'd appreciate if there was some API to build plugins on top of members. "Content Permission" sounds like what's in my mind. I want to have the possibility to

• add a couple of pages programatically for a given role without having a user doing this
• override decision on "is page visible" for given role to be able to map pages to tags (or products)
• … (what else?)

Maybe extendability is the overall topic of this ticket.