Files URL protection and based on user roles

Hi @agustinbitbug ,

Thank you for reaching out to us.

If I understand correctly, you can use the feature Restrict WordPress Files Access by IP Addresses of our plugin to meet your requirement.

To use this feature, you will need our PDA Gold plugin and PDA Access Restriction extension

By whitelisting their IP addresses, you can grant them permission to access your protected files without any login requirement.

You can also set up restrict all your files or restrict individually file on your Media Library.

For?faster assistance from our team, please email us at support(at)wpfolio.com

I already saw that they have what I need but I have one more question. Is it possible to create different folders to store files on media and apply the role conditions to the folder? I think this would be easier for my client than going file by file.

Hi @agustinbitbug ,

Yes, it’s possible to create different folders to store files on Media and apply the role conditions to the folder.

You just need define your new access permission rules by adding them into wp-config.php file.

define('PDA_FOLDER_PROTECTION',
	[
		[
			'folder' => 'folder-A',
			'permission' => array('administrator', 'editor'),
		],
		[
			'folder' => 'folder-B/01',
			'permission' => 'logged_in_users'
		],
	]
);

References: https://preventdirectaccess.com/docs/set-file-access-permissions-wordpress-folders/#roles

Let us know if it works.

Great but also notice this “Go to Prevent Direct Access Gold settings page and click on “Save Changes” button to add this rule into your .htaccess file. You need to do it whenever you update the folder in the wp-config.php file .”. This means that after adding an image to a folder the changes have to be saved there or it refers to changes in the PDA_FOLDER_PROTECTION configuration

Hi @agustinbitbug ,

It doesn’t mean that after adding an image to a folder you have to be saved,

You just need to be save when you change access permission rules by adding them into wp-config.php file.?

Let us know if it works