Disable active elements for non-admin users

Hi there,

It’s possible but you’ll need to use a Child theme because a JS file needs to be enqueued.

We’ll be referring to this thread to do this: https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/339436/removing-panels-meta-boxes-in-the-block-editor/339437#339437

You need to create a js directory in your Child theme with this file inside: block-script.js.

The code should be something like this:

<script>
wp.domReady( function() {
    var unregisterPlugin = wp.plugins.unregisterPlugin;

    unregisterPlugin( 'generatepress-elements-info-panel' );
} );
</script>

Then, you need to add a PHP like this to enqueue your JS file:

function cc_gutenberg_register_files() {
if (!current_user_can('activate_plugins')) {
    // script file
    wp_register_script(
        'cc-block-script',
        get_stylesheet_directory_uri() .'/js/block-script.js', // adjust the path to the JS file
        array( 'wp-blocks', 'wp-edit-post' )
    );
    // register block editor script
    register_block_type( 'cc/ma-block-files', array(
        'editor_script' => 'cc-block-script'
    ) );
}
}
add_action( 'init', 'cc_gutenberg_register_files' );

Adding PHP: https://docs.generatepress.com/article/adding-php/

Hi there,

with the Code Snippet plugin, you could try this snippet to simply hide the panel:

function hide_gpp_element_panel() {
    if (!current_user_can('activate_plugins')) {
    ?>
    <style>
    .gpp-element-info-panel {
        display: none !important;
    }
    </style>
    <?php
    }
}
add_action('admin_footer', 'hide_gpp_element_panel');

If you want to remove the Elements Info panel in post editor entirely for non-admin users then try this snippet:

function inline_custom_gutenberg_script() {
    if (!current_user_can('activate_plugins')) {

    ?>
    <script>
    document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function () {
        if (typeof wp !== 'undefined' && typeof wp.plugins !== 'undefined') {
            var unregisterPlugin = wp.plugins.unregisterPlugin;
            unregisterPlugin('generatepress-elements-info-panel');
        }
    });
    </script>
    <?php

    }
}
add_action('admin_footer', 'inline_custom_gutenberg_script');

Glad to hear that