Recent Posts and Recent Comments Restrict Viewing
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The site is currently in development mode so cant provide the link, as much as I would like to.
We have installed UM and created multiple user roles, when we create post entry, it is restricted by member role. For instance My Website Is New post has two versions, a short version available for viewing by both visitors (anonymous) and by Subscriber. It has NOT restrictions via UM metabox.
There is another longer version of the same post, My Website is New, and it is created for Gold Members and has restricted access by users with Gold role.
The problem arises when we log off and visit the site as ANONYMOUS, non registered visitors, we go to the Blog section and it has RECENT POSTS AND RECENT COMMENTS at the top of the page via WPBakery widgets.
Oddly enough the RECENT POSTS is displaying the post entry link/summary for BOTH the short version and the Gold user version, even though I am browsing as anonymous and should not be seeing the listing for the Gold members in Recent Posts.
The same thing for Recent comments, comments for both subscriber/anonymous and gold are listing and viewable by anonymous.
I would like to be able to turn off the Recent Posts listings and Recent Comments listing based on subsciber role level and what level I am browsing the site with?
Can this be done with UM or do we need a child theme function.php patch to do this?
How can it be done?Thank you kindly
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Thank you for sharing this insight, Champ;
The Ultimate Member module design allows control and access features on a wide range of content in WordPress and has multiple configurations screens to assure the web administrator can use click radio buttons and drop down menus to avoid the hassle of customization, something a developer usually has insights into because they created the overall architecture of the module and have developer notes on interface points with the core WordPress engine components.
Its a lot to ask from a web admin to do, they would be throwing darts in the blind and can modify some files which could have hidden issues that do not surface immediately on other parts of the installation – the reason developers test their modules and debug for months before release.
THIS IS A BASIC FEATURE which is rooted in role levels which is core to controlling accessing to the blog and forums on WordPress. The fact that the developers overlooked the fact that a certain role/membership level should not be seeing content assigned to another role/membership level is THE ENTIRE PURPOSE OF THE ULTIMATE MEMBER module.
How did the developers distribute the Ultimate Member plugin while Recent Posts and Recent Comments IS OVERLOOKED IN THE CONTROL LOOP???? this is a longstanding CORE FUNCTION for any WordPress installation which highlights content recently published by authors and members/visitors.
With UM, the intent is to control who sees and can read what based on their membership restriction created by your module, how are these core WordPress functions (Recent Posts and Recent Comments) not part of the configuration screens available in Ultimate Member?
I am beyond bewildered; and to suggest this is some casual customization that a web admin can do, is a little humorous.
- For one thing, I dont have the workflow layout of your module and I would expect your people to be able to put together a patch or a code snippet on the fly considering how central the RECENT POSTS/RECENT COMMENTS is to all WORDPRESS installations. A gross oversight? sure it happens to the best of us, but no patch available in like a couple of days? wow that takes the cake!
Kind regards
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