how to hide comments and activity overview from visitors who are not logged in

Hi S?nke, there’s nothing in the UI that would allow you to do this, I’m afraid. You can achieve this with a few filters, however. If you put the following code into a plugin and amend it to suit, it’ll do what you want:

add_filter( 'commentpress_reply_to_para_link_text', 'my_override_reply_to_text', 10, 2 );
function my_override_reply_to_text( $link_text, $paragraph_text ) {
	if ( ! is_user_logged_in() ) {
		$link_text = 'Create an account to view and leave comments';
	}
	return $link_text;
}

add_filter( 'commentpress_reply_to_para_link_href', 'my_override_reply_to_href', 10, 1 );
function my_override_reply_to_href( $href ) {
	if ( ! is_user_logged_in() ) {
		$href = '/your-login-page-url';
	}
	return $href;
}

add_filter( 'commentpress_reply_to_para_link_onclick', 'my_override_reply_to_onclick', 10, 1 );
function my_override_reply_to_onclick( $onclick ) {
	if ( ! is_user_logged_in() ) {
		$onclick = '';
	}
	return $onclick;
}

add_filter( 'wp_list_comments_args', 'my_wp_list_comments_args', 10, 1 );
function my_wp_list_comments_args( $r ) {
	if ( ! is_user_logged_in() ) {
		$r['echo'] = false;
	}
	return $r;
}

Let me know if it does what you want.

Cheers, Christian

Hi Chris,

thanks for your fast response. Unfortunately, WordPress has found this syntax error:

“syntax error, unexpected T_FUNCTION on line 2”.

I wrote the plugin, but as I am an absolute php beginner, I don’t know how to fix the code by myself. Would you help me one more time?

Thanks,

S?nke

Without seeing you code, I can’t tell what’s wrong. However, the following Gist is a complete and functioning plugin:

https://gist.github.com/christianwach/c9d69b8b783e21e8bba6

Again, let me know if this works for you.

Cheers, Christian

Hi Christian, your Gist works fine for the comments sidebar, thanks. I’d like to hide the activity sidebar from public access, too. Would you mind me asking if you have a similar solution for it? It would be great if I could hide the activity sidebar accordingly.

Cheers, S?nke

I’ve updated the gist.

Great! Thanks a lot, Christian.

I really appreciate your service, and I am more than happy with your solution.

Sincerely,

S?nke