Block Posts After a Set Number of Page Views

On occasion, the question of how to only prompt to login after a specific number of page views or an amount of time has passed. While there is no real fool proof way to implement this type of process, there are some ways you can implement it if this is right for you.

This demonstration will focus on requiring a user to login on blocked content after a set number of pages have been viewed on the site.

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This topic has 7 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 6 years, 4 months ago by Chad Butler.

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- June 7, 2014 at 10:01 pm #5061
  
  Chad Butler
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  On occasion, the question of how to only prompt to login after a specific number of page views or an amount of time has passed. While there is no real
  [See the full post at: Block Posts After a Set Number of Page Views]
- September 10, 2014 at 7:37 am #5831
  
  jsowers897
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  Hi,
  
  I like this function, but is there a way to make it so that it only counts pages that are set to be blocked, and does not count pages set to unblocked? It seems to be counting/blocking all pages after the count of 5 even if that page is set to unblocked, and then blocks the unblocked page as well. Does that makes sense? I want non-members to be able to view 5 blocked pages, then after 5 they will be blocked, but leave the unblocked pages as unblocked.
  
  Thanks,
  
  James
  - September 11, 2014 at 11:20 am #5842
    
    Chad Butler
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    Hi James,
    
    So after working on this question a little bit, I put together a modified version of the original code snippet. See the notes and code in the original post above. I think this is an improvement over the original. Thanks for the suggestion!
- September 12, 2014 at 1:02 am #5847
  
  jsowers897
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  Awesome! Thanks! So the last part of the notes, what will need to be done? Or will you provide an updated function? Not really sure what you were saying, i’m not 100% code-speak literate :).
- September 12, 2014 at 1:14 am #5848
  
  jsowers897
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  Hmmm for me it’s blocking pages set to unblocked after the 5 views. I have it set to block all pages by default, then unblocked certain pages, like the home page, etc. But after the 5 views every page is blocked.
  - September 12, 2014 at 3:37 pm #5855
    
    Chad Butler
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    OK – I added some additional logic to the last function – the one that is the filter function for wpmem_block. Try that and let me know how it works out.
- September 14, 2014 at 6:32 am #5863
  
  jsowers897
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  I have it set to Block all Pages (posts are not blocked), and then have certain pages set to unblocked. With the newest code, it’s not allowing the 5 views, it’s just blocking the blocked pages. I deleted the cookie and cleared the cache, same result 🙁
  - September 14, 2014 at 3:34 pm #5866
    
    Chad Butler
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    I tested with the same setup as you described (blocking pages by default, unblocking specific pages). I’ll review it and see.
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