This thread is resolved. Here is a description of the problem and solution.
Problem:
How to only show a Form to submit content if the user hasn't already submitted any (i.e. only allow them to submit one post)?
Solution:
You would need to register a custom shortcode to return the number of posts a user has published to use inside a wpv-conditional shortcode that determined whether the link to the form was displayed or not.
Here is an example of such code:
add_shortcode( 'user-posts', function( $atts = [], $content = null ){
// default is any post type
$atts = shortcode_atts(
array(
'type' => 'any'
),
$atts
);
$user_id = get_current_user_id();
$posts = get_posts( array( 'post_type' => $atts['type'], 'post_author' => $user_id, 'numberposts' => -1 ) );
// Return number of published posts
return count( $posts );
});
The custom shortcode needs registering at Toolset > Settings > Front-end content to be able to use it for conditions.
The shortcode can be used with or without an attribute to specify the post type, like so:
[user-posts] // Will output the number of posts of any type published by the current user [user-posts type='thing'] // Will output number of posts of post type 'thing'
Relevant Documentation:
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/conditional-html-output-in-views/using-shortcodes-in-conditions/
https://toolset.com/documentation/adding-custom-code/
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