Restrict comments by user role AND post category

  • Resolved weric

    (@weric)


    6 years, 6 months ago

    Good morning,

    I am building a blog with various post categories. I would need all users to see all comments in all categories but I would need to allow comments only for a specific user role for each category.
    Example : for CATEGORY_1 posts only users with an EXPERT_1 role could comment, for CATEGORY_2 only users with an EXPERT_2 role could comment, for CATEGORY_3 only EXPERT_3 users could comment.

    I undestand this requires several lines of PHP and could be done with hiding the comment form for all roles expect the EXPERT in his CATEGORY. Any help appreciated in achieving this.

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  • Moderator jordesign

    (@jordesign)

    Something like this should work

    <?php if( current_user_can(‘EXPERT_1’) && in_category(‘CATEGORY_1’) ) { ?>
    // Comment form here
    <?php } ?>

    <?php if( current_user_can(‘EXPERT_2’) && in_category(‘CATEGORY_2’) ) { ?>
    // Comment form here
    <?php } ?>

    You should use something along lines of the following code:

    <?php
	if( (current_user_can( 'expert_1') && has_category( 'category_1')) ||
		(current_user_can( 'expert_2') && has_category( 'category_2')) ||
		(current_user_can( 'expert_3') && has_category( 'category_3')) ) {
			if ( comments_open() || get_comments_number() ) {
				comments_template();//or comment_form() or whatever function you are using to display the comment form
			}
	}
?>

    You will need to place it in single.php or content-single.php of whatever relevant your theme is using.

    Thread Starter weric

    (@weric)

    will try all this and get back, thanks

    Thread Starter weric

    (@weric)

    Hi,

    Thanks vmuch, it works perfect when I insert this code in comments.php
    (did not work in single.php)

    Thanks again

    Glad it worked for you.

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