How can I restrict View to only users of a certain role

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Problem:

Is it possible to create a custom shortcode to get the current user "role" and compare that to a string?
Eg. [get_logged_in_user_role] == "administrator"

Solution:

It is possible with Toolset Access plugin, for example:

https://toolset.com/forums/topic/how-can-i-restrict-view-to-only-users-of-a-certain-role/#post-2055089

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Last updated by PaulS4783 3 years, 6 months ago.

Assisted by: Luo Yang.

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May 14, 2021 at 3:07 am #2054839

PaulS4783

I can see that it is possible to create conditional output.
https://toolset.com/documentation/legacy-features/views-plugin/conditional-html-output-in-views/

I can see that it is also possible to create a custom shortcode and evaluate the output against a string.
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Is it possible to create a custom shortcode to get the current user "role" and compare that to a string?
Eg. [get_logged_in_user_role] == "administrator"

Can you suggest how to write the shortcode which will be evaluated against?

May 14, 2021 at 7:44 am #2054999

Luo Yang

Hello,

It is possible with Toolset Access plugin, for example:

[toolset_access role="Administrator" operator="allow"]
Here display something for administrator only
[/toolset_access]

May 14, 2021 at 9:20 am #2055075

PaulS4783

Yes, in fact I already tried that.
It works, but it adds superfluous <p> tags to the layout, and generally messes things up.
So I though conditional tags which check for "administrator" role via a short code might work better.

May 14, 2021 at 9:36 am #2055089

Luo Yang

Please try to modify it as below, and test again:
[toolset_access role="Administrator" operator="allow" raw="true"]
Here display something for administrator only
[/toolset_access]

The attribute raw="true" should be able to avoid the problem you mentioned above.

May 17, 2021 at 7:06 am #2057309

PaulS4783

My issue is resolved now. Thank you!
You can close the ticket.