[Resolved] Hide access controlled posts in loop or display different content based on it

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[Jan Thielemann]

I have added a bunch of posts to a access controlled post group. Guests cannot see those posts (basically a simple membership site). When viewing the posts directly, everything works as expected.

Now I have build a custom search and I would like to either:

a) Hide restricted posts so the guests do not see them at all
b) Show the posts but add a visual hint so the guests know it is premium content and they won't be able to access those posts

If only b works, I would also need a way to filter for free/premium content.

I achieved something similar by adding a custom field to the post ("is-premium" checkbox) and checking it on all those posts which have the premium post group. Then I use conditional display and access in the loop but this feels very wrong:

[wpv-conditional if="( $(wpcf-is-premium) eq '1' )"]
[toolset_access role="Guest" operator="allow"]You need a premium account to see this[/toolset_access]
[toolset_access role="Guest" operator="deny"]Here is your content:...[/toolset_access]
[/wpv-conditional]

Is there a way to check for the post group instead of adding the custom field? I think it will get very hard to housekeep the field and the post group at the same time.

[Minesh]

Hello. Thank you for contacting the Toolset support.

Well - Toolset access offers a hook toolset_access_api_get_post_permissions using which you can check the current post permission. It returns the boolean value.

So, what if you create a custom shortcode and use it with [wpv-conditional] shortcode.
=> https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/conditional-html-output-in-views/using-shortcodes-in-conditions/#checking-custom-shortcodes

More info:
=> https://toolset.com/documentation/programmer-reference/access-api-filters/#toolset_access_api_get_post_permissions

Please feel free to get in touch with me if you need further help with your query.