I wrote a bit of code that limits the posts a user can edit/view via the dashboard. The only reason I did this was because every plugin that supposedly could do this for me is either outdated and does not work or is not what I need (see: Bind User to Cat, Limit Categories, Level2Categories, Category Access, Role Scoper, User assign categories).
Members already has a component that can control which users see individual posts/pages on the front end of a site. I'm not sure how hard it would be to add this feature, but I'd really like to be able to control which groups can edit/view certain posts by category.
For example, if I create a new group and assign them the Test category, their Edit Posts screen will only show those posts.
Currently, this is how I'm restricting by user name:
if ( is_admin() ) {
global $pagenow;
if ( $pagenow == 'edit.php' ) add_action( 'admin_head', 'post_RestrictCats' );
}
function post_RestrictCats() {
global $wp_query, $current_user;
get_currentuserinfo();
$args = implode(',',array(16,11));
if( $current_user->user_login == 'test' ) $wp_query->query( 'cat=' . $args );
}Let me know if this is something that might be possible. Thanks.
Marcin