The basis for making this work is actually pretty simple. Essentially, you just need to hook pre_get_posts and set the author query var to the value of the currently logged in user for each type of query you want to limit results on. function logged_in_user_posts( $query ){ if ( is_user_logged_in() ){ global $current_user; get_currentuserinfo(); $query->set( … Read more
The simplest method would be to create a single page and use a custom page template. For example, make a page with slug my-account. Then create a template and name it page-my-account.php. Then within that template, check if the user is logged in, and load their data if they are. if( is_user_logged_in() ){ $current_user = … Read more
My mistake. I had Absolute Privacy plugin turned on and that was interfering.
Even if you’re skilled in “complex PHP websites” it’s safer to go with something that’s already built. If you code it yourself you’re very likely to overlook security issues and you’d have to constantly be updating it. It’s worth investing a bit of money in plugins up front (if necessary; you may well do fine … Read more
The comment by ‘warm_tape’ is correct. Use home_url(), then put a die() after the wp_redirect to ensure that the accessed page will ‘die’ and not interfere with your main page.
An htaccess rule is evaluated before WP is called to get page content. So there is no variable you could use in an htaccess rule to check if a user is logged in. Instead, I’d add to your functions.php file code that would check the is_user_logged_in() result. If not logged in, then use wp_redirect() to … Read more
There are several membership plugins or customer area plugins. MemberPress is an easy one to setup.
These four requirments comes right of the box with wordpress. You don’t need any extra plugin for that. Any user can register – Go to General settings page and enable Anyone can register option by checking checkbox available next to it. They can post product – Assign them a role of author so that they … Read more
All of this can be done with code of course but since you say, “The first part (check if the user is registered / subscribed) is the difficult one for me.” …then your time will be better spent going directly to plugins that allow for similar functionality as described in your question. The first recommendation, … Read more
Source: Chris Lima – Managing a High Performance WordPress Membership Site I should look at caching plugins because it makes things faster, better and worked for you. The problem with that answer is that most caching plugins don’t do much for logged in users. Most sites have is that non-logged in users should get pre-cached … Read more