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converting2wp
Member
Posted 1 month ago #

I've been trying to use the User Access Manager plugin, http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/user-access-manager/ , and while it seems flexible and powerful for restricting access to pages and posts, I just can't get it working for files. [See earlier unanswered questions in the plugins forum.]

I've looked at the list of plugins at
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tags/restrict and others mentioned in MichaelH's fabulous page:
http://codex.wordpress.org/User:MichaelH/Plugins/Restriction
and don't see others that deal with the files in the uploads folder (but may have missed something).

I'm wondering if anyone has any other plugin recommendations or other suggestions before I go down another path entirely. Thanks!
samboll
moderator
Posted 1 month ago #
if you just want to keep folks from browsing your folder, just create a simple index.html and stick it in there
```
<html>
<body>
What are you looking in here for moron? (or whatever)
</body>
</html>
```
you could even have it redirect to a real page
converting2wp
Member
Posted 1 month ago #

That's a partial solution -- but since the links are apt to be stable over time and people do leave the community, I'd like to prevent access to the current version of the file even if someone knows the address.

Thanks, though!

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