Requiring a User to be Logged in to view a page

  • Its been a while since I WordPress’d with a vengeance. Probably 10+ years… since then we’ve gone all .html and Gutenberg’y

    How do I construct a page template that requires a user is logged in, in order to view it?

    My template is below… and doesn’t look like what I’m used to, which is throwing me off…

    <!-- wp:template-part {"slug":"header","theme":"theme-child","tagName":"header"} /-->

    ######### I NEED TO PROTECT THE CONTENT BELOW #############

    <!-- wp:group {"tagName":"main","style":{"spacing":{"margin":{"top":"0px","bottom":"0px"}}},"layout":{"type":"default"}} -->
    <main class="wp-block-group" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><!-- wp:group {"style":{"spacing":{"padding":{"top":"25px","right":"25px","bottom":"25px","left":"25px"}}},"backgroundColor":"custom-footer-blue","layout":{"type":"constrained"}} -->
    <div class="wp-block-group has-custom-footer-blue-background-color has-background" style="padding-top:25px;padding-right:25px;padding-bottom:25px;padding-left:25px"><!-- wp:group {"align":"wide","layout":{"type":"default"}} -->
    <div class="wp-block-group alignwide"><!-- wp:post-title {"textColor":"white","fontSize":"extra-large"} /--></div>
    <!-- /wp:group --></div>
    <!-- /wp:group -->

    <!-- wp:group {"style":{"spacing":{"margin":{"top":"0px","bottom":"0px"},"padding":{"top":"60px","right":"20px","bottom":"40px","left":"20px"}}},"layout":{"type":"constrained"}} -->
    <div class="wp-block-group" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding-top:60px;padding-right:20px;padding-bottom:40px;padding-left:20px"><!-- wp:group {"align":"wide","layout":{"type":"default"}} -->
    <div class="wp-block-group alignwide"><!-- wp:columns -->
    <div class="wp-block-columns"><!-- wp:column {"width":"70%"} -->
    <div class="wp-block-column" style="flex-basis:70%"><!-- wp:post-content /-->

    <!-- wp:group {"layout":{"type":"flex","flexWrap":"wrap","justifyContent":"space-between"}} -->
    <div class="wp-block-group"><!-- wp:post-navigation-link {"type":"previous","showTitle":true,"fontSize":"medium"} /-->

    <!-- wp:post-navigation-link {"showTitle":true,"fontSize":"medium"} /--></div>
    <!-- /wp:group -->

    <!-- wp:comments -->
    <div class="wp-block-comments"><!-- wp:comments-title /-->

    <!-- wp:comment-template -->
    <!-- wp:columns -->
    <div class="wp-block-columns"><!-- wp:column {"width":"40px"} -->
    <div class="wp-block-column" style="flex-basis:40px"><!-- wp:avatar {"size":40,"style":{"border":{"radius":"20px"}}} /--></div>
    <!-- /wp:column -->

    <!-- wp:column -->
    <div class="wp-block-column"><!-- wp:comment-author-name {"fontSize":"small"} /-->

    <!-- wp:group {"style":{"spacing":{"margin":{"top":"0px","bottom":"0px"}}},"layout":{"type":"flex"}} -->
    <div class="wp-block-group" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><!-- wp:comment-date {"fontSize":"small"} /-->

    <!-- wp:comment-edit-link {"fontSize":"small"} /--></div>
    <!-- /wp:group -->

    <!-- wp:comment-content /-->

    <!-- wp:comment-reply-link {"fontSize":"small"} /--></div>
    <!-- /wp:column --></div>
    <!-- /wp:columns -->
    <!-- /wp:comment-template -->

    <!-- wp:comments-pagination -->
    <!-- wp:comments-pagination-previous /-->

    <!-- wp:comments-pagination-numbers /-->

    <!-- wp:comments-pagination-next /-->
    <!-- /wp:comments-pagination -->

    <!-- wp:post-comments-form /--></div>
    <!-- /wp:comments --></div>
    <!-- /wp:column -->

    <!-- wp:column {"width":"30%"} -->
    <div class="wp-block-column" style="flex-basis:30%"><!-- wp:group {"tagName":"main","style":{"spacing":{"margin":{"top":"0px","bottom":"0px"}}},"layout":{"type":"default"}} -->
    <main class="wp-block-group" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><!-- wp:group {"align":"wide","layout":{"type":"default"}} -->
    <div class="wp-block-group alignwide"><!-- wp:group {"style":{"spacing":{"padding":{"top":"20px","right":"20px","bottom":"20px","left":"20px"}}},"backgroundColor":"section-bg","layout":{"type":"constrained"}} -->
    <div class="wp-block-group has-section-bg-background-color has-background" style="padding-top:20px;padding-right:20px;padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:20px"><!-- wp:group {"style":{"border":{"bottom":{"color":"var:preset|color|primary","width":"2px"}}},"layout":{"type":"constrained"}} -->
    <div class="wp-block-group" style="border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--primary);border-bottom-width:2px"><!-- wp:heading {"level":3,"style":{"typography":{"letterSpacing":"1px"},"spacing":{"margin":{"bottom":"10px"}}}} -->
    <h3 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-bottom:10px;letter-spacing:1px">Sponsors</h3>
    <!-- /wp:heading --></div>
    <!-- /wp:group -->

    <!-- wp:image {"lightbox":{"enabled":false},"id":622,"sizeSlug":"full","linkDestination":"custom"} -->
    <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a ><img src="https://website.domain/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/U7-2425-SponsorLogo-WBPS-1.png" alt="https://website.domain.co.uk" class="wp-image-622"/></a></figure>
    <!-- /wp:image --></div>
    <!-- /wp:group -->

    <!-- wp:group {"style":{"spacing":{"padding":{"top":"20px","right":"20px","bottom":"20px","left":"20px"}}},"backgroundColor":"section-bg","layout":{"type":"constrained"}} -->
    <div class="wp-block-group has-section-bg-background-color has-background" style="padding-top:20px;padding-right:20px;padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:20px"><!-- wp:group {"style":{"border":{"bottom":{"color":"var:preset|color|primary","width":"2px"}}},"layout":{"type":"constrained"}} -->
    <div class="wp-block-group" style="border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--primary);border-bottom-width:2px"><!-- wp:heading {"level":3,"style":{"typography":{"letterSpacing":"1px"},"spacing":{"margin":{"bottom":"10px"}}}} -->
    <h3 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-bottom:10px;letter-spacing:1px">Next Game</h3>
    <!-- /wp:heading --></div>
    <!-- /wp:group -->

    <!-- wp:shortcode -->
    [countdown team="171" show_venue="0" show_league="0" align="none"]
    <!-- /wp:shortcode --></div>
    <!-- /wp:group -->

    <!-- wp:group {"style":{"spacing":{"padding":{"top":"20px","right":"20px","bottom":"20px","left":"20px"}}},"backgroundColor":"section-bg","layout":{"type":"constrained"}} -->
    <div class="wp-block-group has-section-bg-background-color has-background" style="padding-top:20px;padding-right:20px;padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:20px"><!-- wp:group {"style":{"border":{"bottom":{"color":"var:preset|color|primary","width":"2px"}}},"layout":{"type":"constrained"}} -->
    <div class="wp-block-group" style="border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--primary);border-bottom-width:2px"><!-- wp:heading {"level":3,"style":{"typography":{"letterSpacing":"1px"},"spacing":{"margin":{"bottom":"10px"}}}} -->
    <h3 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-bottom:10px;letter-spacing:1px">Latest Result</h3>
    <!-- /wp:heading --></div>
    <!-- /wp:group -->

    <!-- wp:shortcode -->
    [event_blocks class="sp-table-caption" team="171" league="0" season="0" venue="0" status="publish" format="default" date="0" date_from="" date_to="1" date_past="14" date_future="1" date_relative="0" day="" number="1" orderby="date" order="DESC" show_all_events_link="0" align="none"]
    <!-- /wp:shortcode --></div>
    <!-- /wp:group -->

    <!-- wp:group {"style":{"spacing":{"padding":{"top":"20px","right":"20px","bottom":"20px","left":"20px"}}},"backgroundColor":"section-bg","layout":{"type":"constrained"}} -->
    <div class="wp-block-group has-section-bg-background-color has-background" style="padding-top:20px;padding-right:20px;padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:20px"><!-- wp:group {"style":{"border":{"bottom":{"color":"var:preset|color|primary","width":"2px"}}},"layout":{"type":"constrained"}} -->
    <div class="wp-block-group" style="border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--primary);border-bottom-width:2px"><!-- wp:heading {"level":3,"style":{"typography":{"letterSpacing":"1px"},"spacing":{"margin":{"bottom":"10px"}}}} -->
    <h3 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-bottom:10px;letter-spacing:1px">Calendar</h3>
    <!-- /wp:heading --></div>
    <!-- /wp:group -->

    <!-- wp:shortcode -->
    [event_calendar id="429" team="171" show_all_events_link="1"]
    <!-- /wp:shortcode --></div>
    <!-- /wp:group --></div>
    <!-- /wp:group --></main>
    <!-- /wp:group --></div>
    <!-- /wp:column --></div>
    <!-- /wp:columns --></div>
    <!-- /wp:group --></div>
    <!-- /wp:group --></main>
    <!-- /wp:group -->

    ############# STOP PROTECTION #################################


    <!-- wp:template-part {"slug":"footer","theme":"theme-child","tagName":"footer"} /-->

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  • Moderator bcworkz

    (@bcworkz)

    You could password protect the page. I don’t like this feature of WP and don’t advise using it, but it’s easy to do. In any case you asked how how to construct a template to do this, not how to do this in general.

    If you use a classic theme, you could build the logic directly into a page template using PHP. With block themes, templates do not use PHP, only patterns or blocks do. You could build a custom pattern or block that uses appropriate PHP logic, then include the pattern or block containing protected content on the page.

    You might try looking at some “membership” type plugins. They might offer the functionality you are looking for without you needing to custom code a solution.

    Thread Starter ibeats

    (@ibeats)

    You could password protect the page. I don’t like this feature of WP and don’t advise using it, but it’s easy to do. In any case you asked how how to construct a template to do this, not how to do this in general.

    @bcworkz

    I too don’t like this as its a static password etc…. Also, the plugin I’m using doesnt really support this ??

    If you use a classic theme, you could build the logic directly into a page template using PHP.

    @bcworkz

    This is what I’m used to, but I cannot fathom out how to achieve this in the modern block theme method. You’re further comment about building a pattern might be something I can play with. Ill have a look – thanks!

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