[Resolved] Conditional display based on user role of post author

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[David]

I am trying to write a condition (using shortcode) to display content based on the user role of the post author.

I am using Access to created my user role.

Something like:

if post author equals user role...

Is there a shortcode for getting the user role?

I found this simliar thread:
https://toolset.com/forums/topic/toolset_access-roleadministrator-operatorallowtoolset_access-in-views/

But that gets user role of logged in user. I want user role of post author in a content template of a post.

[Noman Supporter Languages: English (English ) Timezone: Asia/Karachi (GMT+05:00)]

Hi David,

Thank you for getting in touch with us. This is not possible using builtin shortcodes, but I have created a custom shortcode for you which you can use:

1. Please add following code in your theme’s or child theme’s functions.php file:

function get_author_role()
{
    global $authordata;
 
    $author_roles = $authordata->roles;
    $author_role = array_shift($author_roles);
 
    return $author_role;
}
 
add_shortcode( 'user_role_func', 'get_author_role' );

2. Register the ‘'user_role_func'’ shortcode first in Toolset >> Settings >> Front-end Content >> Third-party shortcode arguments (see attached screenshot: Register custom shortcode.png)

3. Then use shortcode in conditional output something like this, you can add it in your View or Content Template:

[wpv-conditional if="( '[user_role_func]' eq 'contributor' )"]
contributor content goes here 
[/wpv-conditional]

Thank you

[David]

Thanks Norman, that works nicely.