[Resolved] Show content dynamically based on author’s role

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[katjaL]

I'm trying to create a site where the posts are default hidden, but shown to the users that belong to the same role as the post author. In other words the site has multiple authors in different "groups" (role) and they should be able read each others posts.

I know how to show the post only to the logged in author dynamically, but how to do the same based on role of the logged in user?

If this is not possible, I should create a view for every role. This seems a bit clumsy when there are lots of roles/groups. Another way would be to share the user account, but that of course is not a good solution.

[Christian Cox]

Hi, have you looked at Access Post Groups? Depending on your site's workflow, they may be useful.
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/limiting-read-access-specific-content/
Apply a post group to any post, and then you can create Access restrictions for specific User roles, based on those post groups. One limitation is that it's not currently possible to set a post group programmatically or when a Form is submitted. The only way to set it is in wp-admin when you create or edit a post. So if your site's content is driven by Forms, this approach would require manual intervention in each post.

A more basic approach uses conditional HTML to test the current User's role against the author's User role. This approach does not prevent Users from accessing URLs of content in other groups, but you can use it to hide the content on those pages. I can give you more information about that if you're interested.

[katjaL]

Hi Christian, thank you! I have missed the access groups - I must get into that, it probably does what I need. Thanks again!