Purpose
The [protect-content] shortcode can be used to show or hide small sections of content based on role or status.
Usage
It has three parameters:
- operation
- Whether to show or hide the content if the conditions are met. Valid values:
show
orhide
(default:show
) - role
- Which role(s) to require or forbid. Valid values: the internal name of any role (e.g.
administrator
,non-member
, etc.), comma-separated if more than one (default: null) - status
- Which status to require or forbid. Valid values:
logged-in
orlogged-out
(defaults to null)
Examples
Each code example is followed by the actual shortcode, but you’ll only see it if you meet the conditions.
Show content if conditions are met
[protect-content role="editor"]This content is only shown to Administrators and Editors.[/protect-content]
Result
[protect-content role="author"]This content is only shown to Administrators and Authors.[/protect-content]
Result
[protect-content role="contributor"]This content is only shown to Administrators and Contributors.[/protect-content]
Result
[protect-content role="member"]This content is only shown to Administrators and Members.[/protect-content]
Result
[protect-content role="subscriber"]This content is only shown to Administrators and Subscribers.[/protect-content]
Result
[protect-content status="logged-in"]This content is only shown to logged-in users.[/protect-content]
Result
Hide content if conditions are met
[protect-content operation="hide" role="editor"]This content is hidden from Editors.[/protect-content]
Result
This content is hidden from Editors.[protect-content operation="hide" role="author"]This content is hidden from Authors.[/protect-content]
Result
This content is hidden from Authors.[protect-content operation="hide" role="contributor"]This content is hidden from Contributors.[/protect-content]
Result
This content is hidden from Contributors.[protect-content operation="hide" role="members"]This content is hidden from Members.[/protect-content]
Result
This content is hidden from Members.[protect-content operation="hide" role="subscriber"]This content is hidden from Subscribers.[/protect-content]
Result
This content is hidden from Subscribers.[protect-content status="logged-out"]This content is only shown to visitors who aren't logged in.[/protect-content]
Result
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