Restricted access posts

  • I’m happy to say that I was able to install and import my old entries into WordPress without any problems. Now I have a question regarding restricted p0sts. I know that WordPress comes with a “Post Password” feature that allows the author to set a password for each individual post. I previously used a Scriptygoddess script
    https://www.scriptygoddess.com/archives/000916.php
    for MT to password protect my posts. Since I have over 120 restricted posts from my old MT blog, it would be quite tedious to manually enter a password for each entry. I think I also prefer the cookie method of the Scriptygoddess script.
    I would appreciate it if anyone could tell me if there is a way to use the Scriptygoddess restricted access post script in WordPress. Or if they have any other suggestions on how to do this without manually entering a password for my old entries.

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  • I think I can come up with a modification to the script so that it works with WP – but honestly, I’m still getting my “sea legs” in WP myself – so it may take a little while. In essence the script would stay the same – you’d swap out the “MT Category” tag – with the WP equivalent – but I’m still trying to figure out how archive pages work with WP – so I’m not sure what happens when you move to the ind. archive page (equivalent) –
    not sure if that made sense…

    Actually, I was re-thinking this…
    probably even easier than my original thought would be to USE the built-in WP password protection. A simple mySQL query on any posts with category=restricted – set password = (your password) would set all your imported posts to the password you picked originally
    I’ll try to look into that very soon…
    As for the cookie thing, though – that will take a little longer to work out…

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    Thank you! I’ve been look at WP and though I’m a novice compared to others, I’ve found my way around it. The cookie thing would be nice but I’m definitely open to new ideas.
    I took a look at what davidchait wrote in this post: https://www.ads-software.com/support/4/1997 about having certain posts viewable by users with a certain level. I’m having trouble with the code snippet he has in that post. I keep receiving a parse error. I’ll keep at it. I know I’m missing something that’s probably really simple. lol

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