Read-only access to pages or documents?

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  saveda · Member · Jan 20, 2011 at 12:04 am

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  We want to create a couple of private pages on a public site, where a set of users have password-based access to those pages. Then based on their login, they would have access to certain documents or posts. The users would need to be read-only, not editors nor contributors.

  Is this a feature of WordPress or is there a plug-in that provides something like this?

  And if so, does anyone know of the max for users? We may be talking thousands.

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  auxclass · Member · Jan 20, 2011 at 12:52 am

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  The site linked to your name is empty – we need the URL beginning with http of the blog in question to provide accurate help.

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  theradiocrytic · Member · Jan 20, 2011 at 2:24 am

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  There are two ways you could do this.
  1. In the publish section of the editor, there is a section that says status, published. You can set this as password protected or private. I’m not sure how you would add users for just viewing a particular page though.
  2. You could also password-protect the page in question and then give the users the password. As for your limits question someone else will have to answer that. Also, Auxclass, I did that without looking at the site, so why did you want the URL before you would help?

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  raincoaster · Member · Jan 20, 2011 at 3:34 am

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  bob, there are innumerable ways he could do it, depending on the nature of his site. That’s why we always ask for the URL; so we can see what kind of a site it is. You possibly just gave completely incorrect information.

  ALWAYS wait for the URL.