How to disable page's title in wp-admin from being edited?
You should definitely use CSS to hide the div#titlediv. You'll want the title to show in the markup so the form submission, validation, etc continues to operate smoothly.
Some elements you'll need to know to implement this solution:
- current_user_can() is a boolean function that tests if the current logged in user has a capability or role.
- You can add style in line via the admin_head action, or using wp_enqueue_style if you'd like to store it in a separate CSS file.
Here is a code snippet that will do the job, place it where you find fit, functions.php in your theme works. I'd put it inside a network activated plugin if you're using different themes in your network:
<?phpadd_action('admin_head', 'maybe_modify_admin_css');function maybe_modify_admin_css() { if (current_user_can('specific_capability')) { ?> <style> div#titlediv { display: none; } </style> <?php }}?>
I resolved the problem, just if someone comes here using a search engine, I post the solution.
Doing some research, I found the part of the code where the title textbox gets inserted, and I found a function to know if a user has a certain capability.
The file where the title textbox gets added is /wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php. This is the line before the textbox
if ( post_type_supports($post_type, 'title') )
I changed it to this
if ( post_type_supports($post_type, 'title') and current_user_can('edit_title') )
That way, the textbox is only added when the user has the capability called "edit_title"
When this IF block ends few lines after, I added:
else echo "<h2>".esc_attr( htmlspecialchars( $post->post_title ) )."</h2>";
To see the page title but not to edit it, when the user hasn't got "edit_title" capability.
Then I had already installed a plugin to edit user capabilities and roles, wich help me to create a new capability (edit_title) and assign it to the role I want.