I found the simplest way – just use Simply Exclude WordPress plugin. It has the option to exclude each post (or tag, for that matter) from front page, archive, search or feed. It works flawlessly. You can still view the posts by using direct links.
Solution pulled out of the comments: This bug has already been in the Trac for a long time, but isn’t fixed! There is a workaround though. Use the Plugin PressPermit or hack the core as explained here: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/20114/20114.diff
Template Tags for the rescue Only logged in users: is_user_logged_in() Only logged in users that have a certain capability assigned to their role current_user_can($capability) Only logged in users that have a specific role assigned current_user_has_role($role) Only logged in users that have a specific capability assigned (to their role) on a specific blog current_user_can_for_blog($blog_id, $capability)
Check this plugin. I’ve used it and it’s quite versatile regarding user roles and user capabilities. You can also add conditional statements in your php files, like this: if (!current_user_can(‘some_capability_you_added’)) { echo “You don’t have permission for it!”; return; } You can output that sentence or nothing at all.
I assume your theme already has a ‘feed-rss.php’ (if not, here’s how they work: http://codex.wordpress.org/Customizing_Feeds) You’ll need to pass a few parameters to the query before you loop through them. //Get all posts that are private or public $the_query = new WP_Query( array( ‘post_status’ => array( ‘private’, ‘publish’ ) ); while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) { … Read more
Actually all you have to do is changing the script part to this: <script type=”text/javascript”> (function($){ try { $(‘#post-visibility-display’).text(‘<?php echo $visibility_trans; ?>’); $(‘#hidden-post-visibility’).val(‘<?php echo $visibility; ?>’); $(‘#visibility-radio-<?php echo $visibility; ?>’).attr(‘checked’, true); } catch(err){} }) (jQuery); </script> You see there is an additional line compared to your code. I’m referring you to my original answer for … Read more
You can create a page template to check if user is loggedin. And if it does then redirect user to website homepage (configurable), otherwise show page content. This is the simple condition you can use to check if user is loggedin. <?php if ( is_user_logged_in() ) { wp_redirect( home_url( “https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/” ) ); exit; } else … Read more
You could add this to your themes functions.php file. This adds private posts to the initial loop on the homepage only. /** * Include private posts in homepage loop */ function show_private_posts_on_homepage($query) { if ( $query->is_home() && $query->is_main_query() ) { $query->set( ‘post_status’, array( ‘publish’, ‘private’ ) ); } } add_action(‘pre_get_posts’, ‘show_private_posts_on_homepage’); Depending on your theme, … Read more
The solution was straightforward, though it took me forever to find it. The website has a “Members” plugin (by Justin Tadlock) and the option “Redirect all logged-out users to the login page before allowing them to view the site.” was checked. So I just unchecked that box, problem solved.
By default, WordPress posts set to private are visible to admins, and you can distinguish them on the frontend because they have ‘Private:’ prepended to their title. However, you might have plugins installed that are modifying this behaviour. It could be your capability management plugin, or it could be WooCommerce. The specifics of third-party plugins … Read more