Reply To: disable media library on front end form

• DACrosby, LLC

• April 8, 2017 at 7:06 am

I found a bit cleaner solution that doesn’t require the basic uploader – use the nice uploader and just stop the Media Library itself from loading.

// Conditionally don't load the Media Library tab/ content
function remove_medialibrary_tab($strings) {
	if ( !user_is_admin() ) {
		unset($strings["mediaLibraryTitle"]);
		return $strings;
	} else {
		return $strings;
	}
}
add_filter('media_view_strings','remove_medialibrary_tab');

// Conditionally don't run the Media Library's initializing AJAX
function restrict_non_Admins(){
	if( !user_is_admin() ){
		exit;
	}
}
add_action('wp_ajax_query-attachments','restrict_non_Admins',1);
add_action('wp_ajax_nopriv_query-attachments','restrict_non_Admins',1);