Restrict access to custom post type on the front end.

[jourdain]

Hi guys,

I have a little question that hopefully I can get some assistance with.

I have added a custom post type to my site using the following tutorial by Brad Dalton http://wpsites.net/web-design/add-custom-post-type/.

So my code looks exactly like his tutorial apart from the fact I have changed the name of the custom post type and also allowed categories in the taxonomies.

//* Create Custom Post Type
add_action( 'init', 'add_custom_post_type' );
function add_custom_post_type() {
 
	register_post_type( 'members',
		array(
			'labels' => array(
				'name'          => __( 'Members', 'wpsites' ),
				'singular_name' => __( 'Member', 'wpsites' ),
			),
			'has_archive'  => true,
			'hierarchical' => true,
                        'menu_icon'    => 'dashicons-admin-users',
			'public'       => true,
			'rewrite'      => array( 'slug' => 'members', 'with_front' => false ),
			'supports'     => array( 'title', 'editor', 'author', 'thumbnail', 'excerpt', 'trackbacks', 'custom-fields', 'revisions', 'page-attributes' ),
			'taxonomies'   => array( 'category' ),
                        'menu_position' => 2,
 
		));
	
}

Now what I would like to do is restrict access to this post type on the front end. I know this can be achieved with a content restriction plugin but I was wondering if there was a way to achieve this within the code. So I only want this post type to be seen by a "Group Leader" or "Admin" role.

If this cant be achieved in the code then please suggest the best plugin / solution to achieve what I am looking for.

I look forward to hearing your replies.

Jourdain

[Brad Dalton]

Depends on what you want to restrict http://wpsites.net/wordpress-admin/restrict-access-to-custom-post-types-by-users-capability/

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[jourdain]

On second thoughts, I am going to be using genesis featured widget amplified to display the posts from the custom post type in a widget. Would it be easier to display the widget conditionally?

Basically I am creating a teacher support page but the content needs to be visible only when the user role is "Group Leader" or "admin". I can just remove the widget for anyone that is not a "Group Leader" or "admin", correct?

My code at the moment looks like

//* Register widget area for support page. 
genesis_register_sidebar( array(
	'id'          => 'new-widget',
	'name'        => __( 'Support Widget', 'domain' ),
	'description' => __( 'Add Content Here', 'domain' ),
) );
 
add_action( 'genesis_entry_content', 'your_widget' );
function your_widget() {
if ( is_page( 4825 ) and is_user_logged_in() && is_active_sidebar('new-widget') ) {
genesis_widget_area( 'new-widget', array(
'before' => '<div class="new-widget widget-area">',
'after'	 => '</div>',
		) ); 
 
  }
 
}

So my question is how to I display the widget conditionally based on user role? No doubt you have a tutorial already written for that. 🙂

Jourdain

[Brad Dalton]

Try

if ( current_user_can('update_core') ) 

or

if ( is_admin() )

You will also need to display a login form or redirect to the login page

Does your code work?

Never seen and used before in a conditional statement
I have used AND or &&

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