DP Judge Role Sync

Lightweight WordPress plugin for Don't Panic Awards sites using dp-dashboard.

When a user is assigned the Judge (entry_judge) role in WP Admin → Users, this plugin syncs the user meta and activation state that the awards dashboard expects—so the judge appears on Site Dashboard → Judges without using the custom “Add judge” form.

Requirements

• WordPress 6.0+
• PHP 7.4+
• dp-dashboard (registers the entry_judge role)
• dp-entries (optional; only needed for category assignment fallback)

What it syncs

On first assignment to entry_judge:

Category assignment is not automatic by default. Assign categories in Site Dashboard → Judges → Edit judge.

Optional: auto-assign categories

add_filter( 'dp_judge_role_sync_category_ids', function ( $ids, $user_id, $user ) {
    return [ 12, 34 ]; // category IDs
}, 10, 3 );

When dp-dashboard is loaded, this uses the existing assign_judge_categories() helper so judges_assigned on categories stays in sync.

Installation

1. Upload the plugin folder to wp-content/plugins/dp-judge-role-sync/
2. Activate DP Judge Role Sync in WP Admin → Plugins

Or install from the release zip.

Usage (e.g. existing user → judge)

1. WP Admin → Users → Edit user
2. Set Role to Judge
3. Update User
4. Open Site Dashboard → Judges and assign categories if needed

License

GPL-2.0-or-later