Yes, pre_get_posts runs for REST API requests. Your issue is likely that your request is not properly authenticated, so $user_ID is not set. To allow the REST API to recognise the logged-in user you need to send the wp_rest nonce with the request. You can create this with wp_create_nonce( ‘wp_rest’ ) and send it with … Read more
You should be able to get the current logged in user ID and then use pre_get_posts to alter the main query on the home/blog page to only show posts from that specific user. As I understand, you are talking specifically about authors. You might want to also check the user’s capabilities as well as simple … Read more
What about considering a specific template that tests to see if the user is logged in using something like: if ( is_user_logged_in() ) { // your code for logged in user } else { // your code for logged out user (e.g. a “you must be logged in” message) } You could go so far … Read more
I did something similar recently. 1. If the user is not logged in I captured the desired/destination page’s URL and added it as a query arg to the login page’s URL. 2. Redirect the user to the login page. function wpa_59205_redirect(){ global $post; if ( ! is_user_logged_in() ) { // this will tack on the … Read more
You have to change: ‘post_type’ => ‘post’, To: ‘post_type’ => ‘your_custom_post_type_name’, And a all the reference to standard post. Also, you should add the filters only for main query or you can end up with issues in secondary queries. Bellow an example code for gallery custom post type. I was trying to debug the code … Read more
I’m hereby answering my own question, because i found a solution, but I’m really interested in your opinions towards it. Or maybe you have a much better solution, if so, I really would like to here about it. Research result My research results were: 1. get the files outside of the document root, www folder; … Read more
What needs to happen is that you need to proxy download requests for the file types you want through WordPress. Let’s assume you’re going to restrict access to “.doc” files. 1. Define a query variable that indicates the requested file function add_get_file_query_var( $vars ) { $vars[] = ‘get_file’; return $vars; } add_filter( ‘query_vars’, ‘add_get_file_query_var’ ); … Read more