[Resolved] Can I set access to some posts that belong specific category with Toolset Access

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[dominiqueM-3]

Tell us what you are trying to do?
I'm working on a site which has private contents.

I'm wondering if I can use Toolset Access Control to setup permissions to read posts that belong to some specific categories.
In other words I would like to restrict posts (or custom post type posts) at a taxonomy term level.
For example: members of user role A could read posts with category A but not members of user role B.

Thank you

[Shane]

Hi Dominique,

Thank you for getting in touch.

While you may not be able to do this with our Access plugin, you can make use of our Conditional block which allows you to check if a post is attached to a taxonomy as well as the ability to check the user's role and if both are true then you can display the post for that user.

There is also the method where you can assign different content templates based on the taxonomy that is attached to the posts and in there you can use the conditional to check the user's role to ensure they can have access to the post.

In summary there is essentially 2 ways to do this but I would recommend using the last method where you assign different content templates to the posts.

Under the Usage tab where you select the post type, you can set a conditional for the posts that should get this template assigned, see Screenshot.

Please let me know if this helps or if further clarification is needed.

Thanks,
Shane

[dominiqueM-3]

Hi Shane,

Thank you for your detailed explanations.
But I can't see the screenshot you are talking about.

Thank you

[Shane]

Hi Dominique,

My Apologies, i've re-attached the screenshot to the post.

The screenshot illustrates where the "set conditions" button is to apply the conditional statement to the content template.

Thanks,
Shane

[dominiqueM-3]

My issue is resolved now. Thank you!