Title: VaraStudy Vault Access Control Author: Vara Prasad Jada Published: October 30, 2026 Last modified: October 30, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/varastudy-vault-access-control/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev =3774765) ![](https://ps.w.org/varastudy-vault-access-control/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev= 3774765) # VaraStudy Vault Access Control By [Vara Prasad Jada](https://profiles.wordpress.org/varaprasadjada/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/varastudy-vault-access-control.1.0.5.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/varastudy-vault-access-control/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/varastudy-vault-access-control/#reviews) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/varastudy-vault-access-control/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/varastudy-vault-access-control/) ## Description Course, semester and contributor access controls with administrator moderation for VaraStudy Vault. Purpose – Public visitors can view published resources across all courses and semesters. – Contributors can submit/manage only content in their assigned course groups and semesters. – Contributor submissions are sent to Pending Review; only administrators can publish. – Admins assign groups and semesters on Users - > Edit User. – Admins can record the current academic year from VaraStudy Access; rollover is manual. Existing-site assumptions – Course taxonomy slug: course_group– Custom post types: subjects, study-materials, question-papers – Subject semester stored in ACF field/meta key: semester – Resource-to-subject relationship stored in ACF field/meta key: subject – ACF Question Paper semester field key: field_6ad34225ddea5– ACF Subject semester field key: field_6ad33bd28e7e0 – ACF Question Paper subject field key: field_6ad3405a22db5 – ACF Study Material subject field key: field_6ad33d167a5ce– The course_group taxonomy is expected to be assigned to Subject posts. Version 1.0.5 changes – Excludes Draft and Pending Review Subjects from contributor subject selectors; administrators retain unrestricted choices. Version 1.0.4 changes – Filters the Subject semester dropdown to the active contributor’s assigned semesters. – Filters Question Paper semester choices to assigned semesters. – Filters Subject Post Object selectors for Question Papers and Study Materials by assigned course groups and semesters. – Adds post-save validation after ACF field saving; invalid submissions are kept as drafts and flagged with an error meta value. – Question Paper semester must match both the contributor assignment and the linked Subject semester. – Administrators retain unrestricted choices and access. Installation / update 1. Back up the WordPress site and database first. 2. Test on a staging site or backup before production. 3. Upload this ZIP via Plugins -> Add New -> Upload Plugin, replacing/updating the existing plugin. 4. Test with a separate contributor account and an administrator account. Test cases – Contributor with one assigned group and semesters 1-2 sees only semesters 1-2 in Subject and Question Paper fields. – Subject selectors show only Subjects in the assigned course_group terms and allowed semesters. – A crafted save with an unauthorized semester/subject is moved to Draft and flagged. – Administrators can still select all semesters and subjects. Validation status – The user reports testing v1.0.5 in their WordPress/ACF installation: assigned-semester filtering, subject-selector filtering, editing own Draft/Pending content, and administrator access behaved as expected. – The PHP file passes a syntax check and the ZIP archive passes an integrity check. – These tests cover the scenarios listed above; they do not guarantee that every possible unauthorized request path has been tested. Keep a backup and use staging before production updates. ## Screenshots [⌊VaraStudy Access Control dashboard for administrator settings.⌉⌊VaraStudy Access Control dashboard for administrator settings.⌉[ VaraStudy Access Control dashboard for administrator settings. [⌊Contributor access scope showing assigned course groups and semesters.⌉⌊Contributor access scope showing assigned course groups and semesters.⌉[ Contributor access scope showing assigned course groups and semesters. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “VaraStudy Vault Access Control” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Vara Prasad Jada ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/varaprasadjada/) [Translate “VaraStudy Vault Access Control” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/varastudy-vault-access-control) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/varastudy-vault-access-control/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/varastudy-vault-access-control/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/varastudy-vault-access-control/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/varastudy-vault-access-control/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Meta * Version **1.0.5** * Last updated **1 day ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 6.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.1.4** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Tags * [access-control](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/access-control/)[content restriction](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/content-restriction/) [permissions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/permissions/)[user roles](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/user-roles/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/varastudy-vault-access-control/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. 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