Topic: Hide container based on user role?

blackbirdsolutions
November 14, 2023 at 6:15 am

Hi, I would appreciate some guidance concerning how to show/hide content to guests versus logged in members.
I use plugin “User role editor”. We have member A and B.
I know how to hide pages, posts and so on, but is it possible to hide a Generatpress container or specificly only one of many Grid containers from a specific user role?

I know I can restrict part of a content by inserting User role editor “shortcode”. But that code sometimes creates a gap in the layout.

And as fas as I can see I can not shortcode around one specific inline container in a grid? Can I maybe choose what user role can see the container in another way??

For example six containers in a grid with container links to six different pages. But one of the pages you must be logged in as user role A to have access to. So I would like to hide that container IF user is no-role or B. And show another container to them with just a text “This is for members A only” and no link.
David
November 14, 2023 at 10:04 am

Hi there,

it can be done with some code, but there are plugins like this one:

https://wordpress.org/plugins/conditional-blocks/
blackbirdsolutions
November 15, 2023 at 6:36 am

Aha, well I do not want more plugins. (For now I duplicated the grid with all containers/items and made two alternatives, and with plugin User role shortcodes I show one grid to user role A and the other to user role B.)

I was more hoping that maybe something under Block settings > Advanced > “Custom attributes” could do the trick?

I can see under “allowed attributes” that “roles” is mentioned. But I have no idea if that can be used to say “show this block only to role A and B”, and if so: How to do that?? (I never used Attributes)

The following HTML attributes are allowed to be used in the Custom Attributes feature:

data-*
aria-*
title
download
role
itemtype
itemscope
itemprop
David
November 15, 2023 at 7:24 am
Custom Attributes are for adding attributes to the blocks HTML such as an aria-label or a role="list" – they aren’t for controlling a blocks behaviour.

I would opt for the plugin personally as its a lot more convenient and there code will be more robust then what i can offer here.

If you really want to use code then you can add this PHP Snippet to your site:
```
add_filter( 'render_block', function( $block_content, $block ) {
  if ( 
      !is_admin() && ! empty( $block['attrs']['className'] ) && 
      strpos( $block['attrs']['className'], 'has-user-role' ) !== false ) 
  {
    $user = wp_get_current_user();
    $disallowed_roles = array( 'editor', 'author' );
    if ( array_intersect( $disallowed_roles, $user->roles ) ) {
       return '';
    }
  }
  return $block_content;
}, 10, 2 );
```
In the code is $disallowed_roles = array( 'editor', 'author' ); where you specify the roles for which the block should be removed.

Then give the block a CSS class of: has-user-role
blackbirdsolutions
November 15, 2023 at 7:29 am

Thank you for the optional code and the explanation of attributes.

Well, then I stick to my shortcode for now and probably get back to it later in life. Things tend to change and evolve in the wordpress world every year…
David
November 15, 2023 at 10:31 am

For sure 🙂 Glad to be of help

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