Hide Posts by Category
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A WordPress plugin to hide posts from non-administrators by category.
This plugin enables Editors to see only their content and categorized content. Uncategorized posts from Administrators do not show up for Editors.
Hide A Post Settings
Typed in the categories that I don’t want to have seen:
Awesome, Spicy
Example Posts (seen from Administrators)
- Tomato (Owner: Administrator, Categories: Fruit, Red)
- Potato (Owner: Administrator, Categories: Vegetable, White)
- Broccoli (Owner: Administrator, Categories: Vegetable, Green)
- Mushrooms (Owner: Administrator, Categories: Vegetable, White, Awesome) – This is a post, I want to hide from other non-Administrators based on the “Awesome” category.
- Apple (Owner: Administrator, Catgories: Fruit, Red)
- Pear (Owner: Administrator, Categories: Fruit, Green, Awesome) – This is a post, I want to hide from other non-Administrators based on the “Awesome” category.
- Peppers (Owner: Administrator, Categories: Vegetable, Green, Spicy) – This is a post, I want to hide from other non-Administrators based on the “Spicy” category.
- Peach (Owner: Administrator, Categories: Uncategorized) – I’ve just started creating this post as an Administrator
- Blueberries (Owner: Administrator, Categories: Fruit, Blue, Uncategorized) – Even thought I’ve started adding categories to this post, it won’t show up based on the “Uncategorized” category.
- Raspberries (Owner: Editor, Categories: Fruit, Red, Awesome) – Since I’m an administrator, I can still see this post, even though its in the “Awesome” category.
Example Posts (seen from Editors)
- Tomato (Owner: Administrator, Categories: Fruit, Red)
- Potato (Owner: Administrator, Categories: Vegetable, White)
- Broccoli (Owner: Administrator, Categories: Vegetable, Green)
- Apple (Owner: Administrator, Catgories: Fruit, Red)
- Raspberries (Owner: Editor, Categories: Fruit, Red, Awesome) – Since I’m an administrator, I can still see this post, even though its in the “Awesome” category.
About the plugin
We wanted to use WordPress with our tabletop gaming group. This enables us to all collaborate on content creation, while enabling the dungeon master to retain some “secrets”.