jjci

Working, but not for “Functions” snippets.

Please consider this topic closed.

Understood.

Thanks for the feedback.

Thanks for your prompt response.

I suspect that my solution will be as follows (for a specific hierarchical taxonomy on single post):

1. Capture a list of all of the post’s current terms for the taxonomy;
2. For a specific ‘parent’ term, remove the existing child terms from the list of post terms;
3. Use a custom meta box to display only the specific parent term and its related child terms, and allow the user to select the new child term(s).
4. Once selected, add the new child term(s) to the list of post terms;
5. Update the post with the updated list of post terms.

Paul,
Firstly, thanks for both of your prompt and detailed responses. Much appreciated.

My primary issue is not directly related to permissions and capabilities, but instead is about limiting the scope of the posts that can be seen by a given User.
I have created a PODS-based database of multiple custom post types in hierarchical relationships (e.g. Organizations->Divisions->Stores->Products). My requirement is that a given Employee will only be able to see and access those Products which belong to his assigned Organization, Division and/or Store. Based on the properties of the logged-in User, I can determine the associated Organization/Division/Store identifiers, and these will be the basis for the selection criteria defined in the WHERE clause. As a data security precaution, the User (i.e. Employee) will NOT be able to select the Organization/Division/Store independently, but instead this selection process will be driven dynamically when retrieving the various post types.
Given this, I may need to explore native WP_Query techniques for limiting the scope of posts seen by any given User.
In any case, thanks for your help.
Regards,
JJCI

Jory,
Thanks for your prompt response.
Just to clarify, if I use the PODS Item List Block is it possible for me to populate the WHERE clause dynamically (i.e., using PHP)? If so, is this approach recommended and how would it work? Or, should I use the pods() function as I described?
I would prefer to use the Block-based approach, but only if it will satisfy my functional requirements.
Any feedback would be appreciated.
Thanks.

PS
I will be using FacetWP for detailed filtering on this page.
My requirement for dynamic initial filtering is to restrict the posts that are visible to the current logged-in User.

The problem appears to have resolved itself.
The expected taxonomies now appear in the dropdown list.

I logged out of my WP admin and then logged back in.
The plugin now appears to be working.
Please consider this topic closed.

Did you have any progress with this issue?
I am not having any luck getting a dropdown list to populate with values from a PODS custom post type. The main problem there is that the PODS feed requires every ‘required’ field to be mapped to a corresponding form field, which is irrelevant for a dropdown.
Any feedback would be appreciated.
JJCI

If you’re not going to respond to support requests for critical errors, then this plugin in of zero use to me.

I will now proceed to delete it. Permanently.

Reloading the plugin would only replace the plugin files, correct?

I am going to explore using REST API at some point in the future for a different application. However, right now, the learning curve would be too steep.

Thanks for the suggestion.

Did you ever receive a response regarding this question?

The reason I ask is because I discover some malware on my site, but I do NOT know the source of it. I have been using this plugin successfully for a while now, but I am concerned about malicious code injections.

The malware that I discovered would blank out my screen and display a link to a Russian news website when processing an AJAX request in a Gravity Form.

Any feedback would be appreciated.

Jory,

I am very comfortable with JS, JQuery and PHP, so that part of it won’t be a problem.

I will review the documentation and let you know of any questions.

The use of a ‘timed’ request is not applicable to my requirements, but thanks for the suggestion.