Hide Posts by Category
This plugin enables Editors to see only their content and categorized content. Uncategorized posts from Administrators do not show up for Editors.
Hide A Post Settings
Typed in the categories that I don’t want to have seen:
Awesome, Spicy
Example Posts (seen from Administrators)
- Tomato (Owner: Administrator, Categories: Fruit, Red)
- Potato (Owner: Administrator, Categories: Vegetable, White)
- Broccoli (Owner: Administrator, Categories: Vegetable, Green)
- Mushrooms (Owner: Administrator, Categories: Vegetable, White, Awesome) – This is a post, I want to hide from other non-Administrators based on the “Awesome” category.
- Apple (Owner: Administrator, Catgories: Fruit, Red)
- Pear (Owner: Administrator, Categories: Fruit, Green, Awesome) – This is a post, I want to hide from other non-Administrators based on the “Awesome” category.
- Peppers (Owner: Administrator, Categories: Vegetable, Green, Spicy) – This is a post, I want to hide from other non-Administrators based on the “Spicy” category.
- Peach (Owner: Administrator, Categories: Uncategorized) – I’ve just started creating this post as an Administrator
- Blueberries (Owner: Administrator, Categories: Fruit, Blue, Uncategorized) – Even thought I’ve started adding categories to this post, it won’t show up based on the “Uncategorized” category.
- Raspberries (Owner: Editor, Categories: Fruit, Red, Awesome) – Since I’m an administrator, I can still see this post, even though its in the “Awesome” category.
Example Posts (seen from Editors)
- Tomato (Owner: Administrator, Categories: Fruit, Red)
- Potato (Owner: Administrator, Categories: Vegetable, White)
- Broccoli (Owner: Administrator, Categories: Vegetable, Green)
- Apple (Owner: Administrator, Catgories: Fruit, Red)
- Raspberries (Owner: Editor, Categories: Fruit, Red, Awesome) – Since I’m an administrator, I can still see this post, even though its in the “Awesome” category.
About the plugin
We wanted to use WordPress with our tabletop gaming group. This enables us to all collaborate on content creation, while enabling the dungeon master to retain some “secrets”.
Download & install the zip archive
The plugin package installer can be downloaded from the WP2E project tab called “code”.
1 – Select the version to download if this option is available otherwise the “latest” version of the main plugin will be used.
2 – After downloading the zip archive install the plugin package installer in you local environment and activate the script from the plugin list.
3 – Under the section “Plugins” of the admin dashboard you should see a new “Dependencies & Licenses” link. Follow the instructions from this panel to finalize the installation of the missing dependencies.
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- Give a name to your project
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- Download the Installer Package
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- Install & activate the plugin locally
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- Install the suggested dependencies
Tips: Use the WP2E panel to add/suggest new dependencies to the local installation. Press F5 in the list of dependencies if the changes are not displayed right away.