Make content exclusive for X days to paid Membership Y?

Hello @gooloode ,

We have a post on our site about how this can be done. https://www.paidmembershipspro.com/lock-unlock-posts-based-age-post-date/
The post may be behind a firewall, so here is the gist you can work with to help you get started. https://gist.github.com/strangerstudios/480651b9131bd6b36885#file-make_old_posts_free-php

Kim W

Hi Kim, thank you very much!

Could i change that to only one category specifically? I really am not that handy with PHP, but would that work?

if($post->post_type != 'post')
elseif($post->post_category != 'Beauty')

Hi @kimwhite would that be the correct code? 3 Days upon publishing, restricted to the Category “Beauty”?

function make_old_posts_free($hasaccess, $post, $user, $post_membership_levels)
{
	//if they already have access, let them at it
	if($hasaccess)
		return $hasaccess;
		
	//only make posts of type post (i.e. not pages or other CPTs) free
if ( in_category( 'category-name', $post )) $hasaccess = true;
		
	//now check the publish date
	$published = strtotime($post->post_date, current_time('timestamp'));
	if($published < strtotime("-3 Days", current_time('timestamp')))
		$hasaccess = true;

	return $hasaccess;
}
add_filter('pmpro_has_membership_access_filter', 'make_old_posts_free', 10, 4);

Hello, you need to add it to the check the the category along with the date.

if($published < strtotime("-3 Days", current_time('timestamp')) && in_category( 'category-name', $post ))
		$hasaccess = true;

I hope this helps to get started. Code recipes are provided as is, you may need to reach out to a local developer for additional customizations..

Kim W