[Resolved] Limi to create posts by user and unexpected results

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[David Gimenez]

Hello Jamal. I explain you the problem. I have a custom functions to limits pots by role. I have 2 roles gratuit (free) and premium. Gratuit can submit limited number of custom posts (40 productes - 40 wines - 2 menus). I have the following funcionts:

/**
 *Count posts of given type, so each user can create post only [desired number of posts] posts
 */
function u_post_count() {
  
  
    //we create the $variable
    $user_post_count = count( get_posts( array( //we get the posts
      
    //we define the Post type 
    'post_type' => 'negoci', 
  
    //we get the current logged in author
    'author'    => get_current_user_id(), 
        'numberposts' => -1,
) ) );
        
    //We return the amount of posts created by user  
    return $user_post_count;
}
 
function u_product_count() {
  
  
    //we create the $variable
    $user_product_count = count( get_posts( array( //we get the posts
      
    //we define the Post type 
    'post_type' => 'producte', 
  
    //we get the current logged in author
    'author'    => get_current_user_id(), 
) ) );
        
    //We return the amount of posts created by user  
    return $user_product_count;
}
 
function u_vi_count() {
  
  
    //we create the $variable
    $user_vi_count = count( get_posts( array( //we get the posts
      
    //we define the Post type 
    'post_type' => 'vi', 
  
    //we get the current logged in author
    'author'    => get_current_user_id(), 
) ) );
        
    //We return the amount of posts created by user  
    return $user_vi_count;
}
 
function u_menu_count() {
  
  
    //we create the $variable
    $user_menu_count = count( get_posts( array( //we get the posts
      
    //we define the Post type 
    'post_type' => 'menu', 
  
    //we get the current logged in author
    'author'    => get_current_user_id(), 
) ) );
        
    //We return the amount of posts created by user  
    return $user_menu_count;
}

And conditions:

[wpv-conditional if="( '[wpv-current-user info='role']' eq 'gratuit' ) AND ( u_product_count() lt '40' )"]
[cred-form form="add-producte" ]
[/wpv-conditional]
[wpv-conditional if="( '[wpv-current-user info='role']' eq 'gratuit' ) AND ( u_product_count() gt '40' )"]
No pots posar més de 40 productes
[/wpv-conditional]

The first works fine but second not.

[David Gimenez]

Hi again Jamal... i need a private message for credentials.

Thank U

[Jamal]

My apologies for the late reply. I took the copy from your website and analyzed it locally.

It turned out that the function "u_product_count" returned 5 for the user "croqueteria". Because the "numberposts" was not passed to get_posts, I would expect the function to return 10, from Settings->Reading, but for some reason it returns only 5.

I updated the code to introduce the "numberposts" equal to -1, to return all posts, and it worked form.

function u_product_count() {
 
 
    //we create the $variable
    $user_product_count = count( get_posts( array( //we get the posts
     
    //we define the Post type 
    'post_type' => 'producte', 
		
    //all posts
    numberposts' => -1,
 
    //we get the current logged in author
    'author'    => get_current_user_id(), 
) ) );
       
    //We return the amount of posts created by user  
    return $user_product_count;
}

https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_posts/

I'll let you update the code of all the functions. Let me know if you have any questions.

[David Gimenez]

Hi Jamal, sorry for my delay.

I updated the funcion and I tested it and it doesn't work

This code doesn't output any message.

[wpv-conditional if="( '[wpv-current-user info='role']' eq 'gratuit' ) AND ( u_product_count() lt '40' ) )"  <p>Tens menys de 40 productes</p>
[cred-form form="add-producte" ]
[/wpv-conditional]

[wpv-conditional if="( '[wpv-current-user info='role']' eq 'gratuit' ) AND ( u_product_count() gt '40' ) )" ]
<p>Tens més de 40 productes</p>
[/wpv-conditional]

u_product_count doesnt't work.

Any idea....

[David Gimenez]

Jamal... wait. Let me check...
Thanks!

[Nigel]

Jamal is off on vacation but will be back soon, if you have an update for him when he returns please share it.

[Jamal]

Hello,

As you can see in my screenshot, this is working for the free plan user on my local copy: hidden link
And check how the page is built on the backend: hidden link

I wanted to check on your website, but my user and password are not working anymore. I set your next reply as private to let you share new credentials safely. ** Make a database backup before sharing credentials. **

[David Gimenez]

Hi Jamal.
With conditional blocks and your code addon it Works like a charm.
Thanks for your time and help. Your support rocks!
My issue is resolved now. Thank you!