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1. lady_moocher
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Hi

   I'd like to hide part of the main body of my template from visitors who are not logged in. So I mean in the same way that the link for "Edit this entry" appears on page when you log in, I would like an extra form to be available only to admin members.

   Can somebody advise how I would do this please?

2. roya khosravi
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   <?php if ( !$user_ID ) : ?>
       Hide me
   <?php else : ?>
       show me
   <?php endif; ?>

3. roya khosravi
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   You can also use is_admin () function, depending on what you want exactly.
   

   <?php if ( !is_admin() ) : ?>
       Hide me
   <?php else : ?>
       show me
   <?php endif; ?>

   Other possibilities , using current_user_can() function :
   

   if current_user_can( 'edit_posts' )
   if current_user_can( 'read_posts' )

   and so on.

4. lady_moocher
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Thanks roya

   To explain exactly what I'm trying to do - I have a page with a list of links on it to archived newsletters for the public to download.

   I would like there to be a form on this page which allows the administrators to log into a separate site (I have the form code for this bit), but I only want this to be visible to the administrator and editors when they're logged in. So which approach would be best?

5. roya khosravi
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   The first solution (using $user_ID) will allow all logged in users (subscribers, administrators, authors, contributors, editors) to use the form.
   The second, using is_admin() will allow only administrators to use your form.
   So, if you want to allow only the administrators to log into a separate site I think that the second one is better (using is_admin()).

6. lady_moocher
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Is there anyway t use the first one but extend the access to editors as well?

   Thanks

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