Hope this helps:
Add this to the bottom of your theme’s functions.php file. For example wp-content/themes/mycurrenttheme/functions.php
function add_my_new_theme_caps() {
$role = get_role( ‘editor’ ); // gets the editor role
$role->add_cap( ‘publish_forums’ );
$role->add_cap( ‘edit_forums’ );
$role->add_cap( ‘delete_forums’ );
$role->add_cap( ‘delete_others_forums’ );
$role->add_cap( ‘read_private_forums’ );
$role->add_cap( ‘publish_topics’ );
$role->add_cap( ‘edit_topics’ );
$role->add_cap( ‘edit_others_topics’ );
$role->add_cap( ‘delete_topics’ );
$role->add_cap( ‘delete_others_topics’ );
$role->add_cap( ‘publish_replies’ );
$role->add_cap( ‘edit_replies’ );
$role->add_cap( ‘edit_others_replies’ );
$role->add_cap( ‘read_private_topics’ );
$role->add_cap( ‘delete_replies’ );
$role->add_cap( ‘delete_others_replies’ );
$role->add_cap( ‘manage_topic_tags’ );
$role->add_cap( ‘edit_topic_tags’ );
$role->add_cap( ‘delete_topic_tags’ );
$role->add_cap( ‘read_private_replies’ );
$role->add_cap( ‘assign_topic_tags’ );
$role->add_cap( ‘moderate’ );
$role->add_cap( ‘throttle’ );
$role->add_cap( ‘view_trash’ );
}
add_action( ‘admin_init’, ‘add_my_new_theme_caps’);
function add_my_new_theme_caps2() {
$role = get_role( ‘author’ ); // gets the editor role
$role->add_cap( ‘publish_forums’ );
$role->add_cap( ‘edit_forums’ );
$role->add_cap( ‘delete_forums’ );
$role->add_cap( ‘delete_others_forums’ );
$role->add_cap( ‘read_private_forums’ );
$role->add_cap( ‘publish_topics’ );
$role->add_cap( ‘edit_topics’ );
$role->add_cap( ‘edit_others_topics’ );
$role->add_cap( ‘delete_topics’ );
$role->add_cap( ‘delete_others_topics’ );
$role->add_cap( ‘publish_replies’ );
$role->add_cap( ‘edit_replies’ );
$role->add_cap( ‘edit_others_replies’ );
$role->add_cap( ‘read_private_topics’ );
$role->add_cap( ‘delete_replies’ );
$role->add_cap( ‘delete_others_replies’ );
$role->add_cap( ‘manage_topic_tags’ );
$role->add_cap( ‘edit_topic_tags’ );
$role->add_cap( ‘delete_topic_tags’ );
$role->add_cap( ‘read_private_replies’ );
$role->add_cap( ‘assign_topic_tags’ );
$role->add_cap( ‘moderate’ );
$role->add_cap( ‘throttle’ );
$role->add_cap( ‘view_trash’ );
}
add_action( ‘admin_init’, ‘add_my_new_theme_caps2’);