Setting role for all posts by default

Hi @theotherdavid,

Thanks for reaching out Members Support Team!

Please copy/paste below PHP snippet to theme functions.php file and let me know if it helps.

add_action('save_post', 'update_members_access_role_after_publish');

function update_members_access_role_after_publish($post_ID) {
    update_post_meta($post_ID, '_members_access_role', 'administrator'); //change administrator to default role you want to use
}

Regards,

Hi @omarelhawary that’s perfect and working as expected. Thank you so much.

@omarelhawary actually, is there a way so that it only applies to posts and not pages?

Thank you!

Hi @theotherdavid,

Please replace the code with that one below:

add_action('save_post', 'update_members_access_role_after_publish');

function update_members_access_role_after_publish($post_ID) {
    // Check if the post type is 'post'
    if (get_post_type($post_ID) === 'post') {
        update_post_meta($post_ID, '_members_access_role', 'administrator'); // change 'administrator' to the default role you want to use
    }
}

Regards,

@omarelhawary perfect, thank you so much!

Sorry I made a mistake and need it to be two roles by default. I’ve tried a bunch of code and ChatGPT couldn’t even help. Is there a way to do this? Thank you so much!

Hi @theotherdavid,

Here’s the updated version of the code:

add_action('save_post', 'update_members_access_role_after_publish');

function update_members_access_role_after_publish($post_ID) {
    // Check if the post type is 'post'
    if (get_post_type($post_ID) === 'post') {
        add_post_meta($post_ID, '_members_access_role', 'administrator');
        add_post_meta($post_ID, '_members_access_role', 'author');
        add_post_meta($post_ID, '_members_access_role', 'editor');
    }
}

@omarelhawary you legend! Thank you again?–?appreciate it.

@theotherdavid You’re welcome! Have a great day!