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This concept is similar to the process outlined in How to add multiple user levels by category. However, the difference here is that we will restrict each category to a specific group (or level), but those users will not have access to the other categories.
In the other example, higher level users have access to lower level categories. In this example, each category is restricted to that specific group of users. Continue Reading →
Every once in awhile, I get a question about restricting content (either page or post) to a specific user. There is a limited way to do that with the wpmem_securify filter, similar to the method for blocking content by category and user level.
This process is actually easier than blocking by levels or categories because you only need to determine three things:
This example will make use of a couple of new action hooks that will allow us to add a dropdown selector of users to the WP-Members post meta box. Continue Reading →
This post will demonstrate how to restrict content to users based on user levels. Content could be restricted by category, by tag, or by some other meta (such as a custom field).
This example will demonstrate “level” restriction by category, such as Silver, Gold, and Platinum categories. In this example, we will set up those levels so that the Gold level users have access to Gold & Silver, and Platinum level users have access to all of the content.
Lately, this question has come up a lot. How do you block content that is outside the loop and still display the login/registration forms on the page.
This type of issue may come up if you are using a custom query to put some specific content on a specific page, or it might be that you are displaying specific data that you want to protect. As long as it is something in the WordPress template framework, you can still use WP-Members to block the content. Continue Reading →