Subscribers Can See Dashboard Data!

#8016
  • Resolved getivan
    Rank Math free

    Hey…
    Do you guys realize that Subscribers can see the RankMath Search Console Dashboard on their WordPress Backend?

    That’s REALLY not cool!
    1. How Do I turn it off for Subscribers?
    2. You should really have that switched to OFF, by Default.

    Thanks…

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  • Hello,

    Thank you for contacting Rank Math and sorry for any inconvenience that might have been caused due to that.

    The search console is normally turned off by default in the plugin for subscribers. Please ensure that you have enabled the “Role Manager” module via Dashboard > Rank Math > Dashboard as shown below:
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    The below options are the ones that should be available to subscribers once this module is enabled and you can customize the settings even further to limit access:
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    I hope this info helps. Thank you.

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    Thanks for your Support…
    Unfortunately, that did not work.

    My Test Subscriber account can STILL see Search Console in the Dashboard area of the WordPress Backend. 🙁

    Hi there,

    Thanks for the clarification.

    To remove the RM dashboard widget from the admin dashboard, you can add the following code to your functions.php file:

    
    /*
     * Remove the Rm dashboard widget for non-admins
     * 
     */
    
    function remove_dashboard_widgets() {
      global $wp_meta_boxes;
      if(!current_user_can('manage_options')){
      unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['normal']['core']['rank_math_dashboard_widget']);
      }
    }
    add_action('wp_dashboard_setup', 'remove_dashboard_widgets' );

    This will remove this metabox for all users except the admin.

    I hope this info helps. Thank you.

    Thank You for the Potential Solution…
    Unfortunately, I added that bit of code to my functions.php file, and it did not work.

    Hi there,

    Thanks for the response.

    This code works on my end. Please edit the first post on this ticket and include your WP logins in the designated Sensitive Data section.
    Sensitive Data Section

    It is completely secure and only our support staff has access to that section. If you want, you can use the below plugin to generate a temporary login URL to your website and share that with us instead:

    https://wordpress.org/plugins/temporary-login-without-password/

    You can use the above plugin in conjunction with the WP Security Audit Log to monitor what changes our staff might make on your website (if any):

    https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-security-audit-log/

    We really look forward to helping you.

    No… I’m not doing that.
    Ever.

    I don’t handout logins to my site, like that, for anyone.
    It’s pretty much never necessary.

    There is no site-owner who wants their subscribers to see their Search Console Data!
    That’s just crazy!

    The code that allows this dashboard for ALL users needs to be focused on selectable classes, or only the admin users, or even only a specific user/s, which would be ideal.
    You guys need to implement a fix, like a tickable option, directly into a RankMath Update, as soon as possible.

    This is an problem that should not be treated like the isolated issue of an individual.
    Thanks…

    Hi there,

    Thank you for the response and the valuable suggestion.

    I will pass this on to our dev team so that we can implement this in a future update.

    Feel free to contact us should you run into any other issues. Thank you.

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