Title: page content read only
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# page content read only

 *  [Sherry22](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sherry22/)
 * (@sherry22)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/page-content-read-only/)
 * I know I can set permissions based on users but if I have a page with tab shortcodes
   is there a way to lock the shortcode data but not what is in between? Plugins,
   functions, css? I want people to be able to edit the data but only admin to change
   tab shortcodes.
 * Thx

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 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/page-content-read-only/#post-7441945)
 * you mean if the page content is [sc1]some content here[/sc1] you want people 
   to be able to edit “some content here” but not touch the short code? If so, no.
 * If you want treat content as fields, using a custom post type and custom fields
   would probably be better.
 *  Thread Starter [Sherry22](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sherry22/)
 * (@sherry22)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/page-content-read-only/#post-7442236)
 * Yes that is what I mean I want to lock the shortcode itself but allow people 
   to edit the content in the tab code. Not sure what you mean custom fields?
 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/page-content-read-only/#post-7442237)
 * Well, no, that’s not possible. You can’t lock down just part of the content. 
   What I’d do is create a custom post type so users enter data field by field and,
   in the template which renders them, I’d do what the shortcodes would do with 
   that content.
 * Take a look at the PODS plugin or Advanced Custom Fields
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-custom-fields/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-custom-fields/)
   
   [https://wordpress.org/plugins/pods/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pods/)

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