Wordpress user dashboard custom left menu example code help needed

Question

I need help to show the left menu item on other role users dashboard. I am using the code at plugin to add the custom admin menu items .

add_action('admin_menu', 'wp_hotlel_admin_menu');
  function wp_hotlel_admin_menu() {

  add_menu_page('Page Title', 'Menu Title', 10,'unique-slug','ChainForm_page');  

  function ChainForm_page() {
  echo "test";
  } 

The menu is being displayed and working at admin dashboard. But not being displayed at other users dashboard. I am being logged in through Wordpress basic users login section.

I have added the line below,

global $wp_roles;

   $wp_roles->add_cap('Subscriber','wp-wall');

Subscriber is my user type. The menu item is not being displayed still at general users custom menu.

Please help me to fix this.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Your value 10 (the third argument) should be replaced with a capability (e.g. 'edit_pages'). User levels are deprecated. Here is a list of all available capabilities and their associated roles.

Answer 2

The add_cap has been deprecated since version 2.8 I believe. You could use something like:

<?php
if( current_user_can( 'edit-posts' ) ){
  //YOUR CODE HERE
}
?>

See the Codex Pages for Roles and Capabilities:

http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities

And a simplified version:

http://web-profile.com.ua/wordpress/dev/user-capabilities/