How can I restrict users not to create new posts - Wordpress - php

Question

When someone click on Add New post then a message will appear like "you are not allowed to create posts" and users also not allow to publish or draft the post.
I tried this code -:
function post_published_limit( $ID, $post ) {
$max_posts = 5; // change this or set it as an option that you can retrieve.
$author = $post->post_author; // Post author ID.
$count = count_user_posts( $author, 'post'); // get author post count
if ( $count > $max_posts ) {
// count too high, let's set it to draft.
$post->post_status = 'draft';
wp_update_post( $post);
}
}
add_action( 'publish_post', 'post_published_limit', 10, 2 );
This code helps me not to publish the post but it creates draft of that posts .

Answer 1

I don't quite understand what you mean but I think this will do the trick.
function post_published_limit( $ID, $post ) {
global $current_user;
get_currentuserinfo();
if ( user_can( $current_user, "administrator" ) ){
$max_posts = 5;
$author = $post->post_author; // Post author ID.
$count = count_user_posts( $author, 'post');
if ( $count > $max_posts ) {
$post->post_status = 'draft';
wp_update_post( $post);
}
}
}