Restrict Access to Special Posts

Hey Rustarius,
Thanks for the kind reply.
The coupons page is a menu link & the coupons are custom posts, as far as my limited knowledge goes. Probably in WP, it is called an Archive page?
Now, since I am not a programmer, I am not sure about editing the functions.php file.
I don’t see a way to attach a notepad file, hence I have copied the code of “functions.php” as below. Kindly take a look & see if you can make any sense of it.

<?php
/**
* starter functions and definitions.
*
* @link https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/basics/theme-functions/
*
* @package starter
*/

if ( ! function_exists( ‘starter_setup’ ) ) :

function starter_setup() {

load_theme_textdomain( ‘starter’, get_template_directory() . ‘/languages’ );

// Add default posts and comments RSS feed links to head.
add_theme_support( ‘automatic-feed-links’ );

/*
* Let WordPress manage the document title.
* By adding theme support, we declare that this theme does not use a
* hard-coded <title> tag in the document head, and expect WordPress to
* provide it for us.
*/
add_theme_support( ‘title-tag’ );

/*
* Enable support for Post Thumbnails on posts and pages.
*
* @link https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/functionality/featured-images-post-thumbnails/
*/
add_theme_support( ‘post-thumbnails’ );

// This theme uses wp_nav_menu() in one location.
register_nav_menus( array(
‘primary’ => esc_html__( ‘Primary Menu’, ‘starter’ ),
‘footer’ => esc_html__( ‘Footer Menu’, ‘starter’ ),
) );

/*
* Switch default core markup for search form, comment form, and comments
* to output valid HTML5.
*/
add_theme_support( ‘html5’, array(
‘search-form’,
‘comment-form’,
‘comment-list’,
‘gallery’,
‘caption’,
) );

// Set up the WordPress core custom background feature.
add_theme_support( ‘custom-background’, apply_filters( ‘starter_custom_background_args’, array(
‘default-color’ => ‘ffffff’,
‘default-image’ => ”,
) ) );

add_editor_style();
}
endif;
add_action( ‘after_setup_theme’, ‘starter_setup’ );

/**
* Set the content width in pixels, based on the theme’s design and stylesheet.
*
* Priority 0 to make it available to lower priority callbacks.
*
* @global int $content_width
*/
function starter_content_width() {
$GLOBALS[‘content_width’] = apply_filters( ‘starter_content_width’, 760 );
}
add_action( ‘after_setup_theme’, ‘starter_content_width’, 0 );

/**
* Register widget area.
*
* @link https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/functionality/sidebars/#registering-a-sidebar
*/
function starter_sidebar_init() {

register_sidebar( array(
‘name’ => esc_html__( ‘Sidebar’, ‘starter’ ),
‘id’ => ‘sidebar-1’,
‘description’ => esc_html__( ‘Add widgets here.’, ‘starter’ ),
‘before_widget’ => ‘<div id=”%1$s” class=”widget %2$s”>’,
‘after_widget’ => ‘</div>’,
‘before_title’ => ‘<h2 class=”widget-title”>’,
‘after_title’ => ‘</h2>’,
) );

register_sidebar( array(
‘name’ => esc_html__( ‘Header Newsletter’, ‘starter’ ),
‘id’ => ‘header-newsletter’,
‘description’ => esc_html__( ‘Drag the “Newsletter” widget here.’, ‘starter’ ),
‘before_widget’ => ‘<div id=”%1$s” class=”header-promo %2$s”>’,
‘after_widget’ => ‘</div>’,
‘before_title’ => ‘<h3 class=”widget-title”>’,
‘after_title’ => ‘</h3>’,
) );

register_sidebar( array(
‘name’ => esc_html__( ‘Footer Column 1’, ‘starter’ ),
‘id’ => ‘footer-1’,
‘description’ => esc_html__( ‘Add widgets here.’, ‘starter’ ),
‘before_widget’ => ‘<div id=”%1$s” class=”widget footer-widget %2$s”>’,
‘after_widget’ => ‘</div>’,
‘before_title’ => ‘<h3 class=”widget-title”>’,
‘after_title’ => ‘</h3>’,
) );
register_sidebar( array(
‘name’ => esc_html__( ‘Footer Column 2’, ‘starter’ ),
‘id’ => ‘footer-2’,
‘description’ => esc_html__( ‘Add widgets here.’, ‘starter’ ),
‘before_widget’ => ‘<div id=”%1$s” class=”widget footer-widget %2$s”>’,
‘after_widget’ => ‘</div>’,
‘before_title’ => ‘<h3 class=”widget-title”>’,
‘after_title’ => ‘</h3>’,
) );
register_sidebar( array(
‘name’ => esc_html__( ‘Footer Column 3’, ‘starter’ ),
‘id’ => ‘footer-3’,
‘description’ => esc_html__( ‘Add widgets here.’, ‘starter’ ),
‘before_widget’ => ‘<div id=”%1$s” class=”widget footer-widget %2$s”>’,
‘after_widget’ => ‘</div>’,
‘before_title’ => ‘<h3 class=”widget-title”>’,
‘after_title’ => ‘</h3>’,
) );
register_sidebar( array(
‘name’ => esc_html__( ‘Footer Column 4’, ‘starter’ ),
‘id’ => ‘footer-4’,
‘description’ => esc_html__( ‘Add widgets here.’, ‘starter’ ),
‘before_widget’ => ‘<div id=”%1$s” class=”widget footer-widget %2$s”>’,
‘after_widget’ => ‘</div>’,
‘before_title’ => ‘<h3 class=”widget-title”>’,
‘after_title’ => ‘</h3>’,
) );
}
add_action( ‘widgets_init’, ‘starter_sidebar_init’ );

/**
* Implement the Custom Header feature.
*/
require get_template_directory() . ‘/inc/custom-header.php’;

/**
* Custom template tags for this theme.
*/
require get_template_directory() . ‘/inc/template-tags.php’;

/**
* Custom functions that act independently of the theme templates.
*/
require get_template_directory() . ‘/inc/extras.php’;

/**
* Customizer additions.
*/

require get_template_directory() . ‘/admin/customizer-library.php’;

require get_template_directory() . ‘/admin/customizer-options.php’;

require get_template_directory() . ‘/admin/styles.php’;

require get_template_directory() . ‘/admin/mods.php’;

require get_template_directory() . ‘/inc/customizer.php’;

/**
* Load Jetpack compatibility file.
*/
require get_template_directory() . ‘/inc/jetpack.php’;

/**
* Load plugins.
*/
require get_template_directory() . ‘/inc/plugins.php’;

/**
* Enqueues scripts and styles.
*/
function starter_scripts() {

// load jquery if it isn’t

//wp_enqueue_script(‘jquery’);
wp_enqueue_script(‘jquery’, get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . ‘/assets/js/jquery.js’, array(), ”, true );

// Enqueues Javascripts
wp_enqueue_script( ‘superfish’, get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . ‘/assets/js/superfish.js’, array(), ”, true );
wp_enqueue_script( ‘slicknav’, get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . ‘/assets/js/jquery.slicknav.min.js’, array(), ”, true );
wp_enqueue_script( ‘modernizr’, get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . ‘/assets/js/modernizr.min.js’,array(), ”, true );
wp_enqueue_script( ‘html5’, get_template_directory_uri() . ‘/assets/js/html5.js’, array(), ”, true );
wp_enqueue_script( ‘clipboard’, get_template_directory_uri() . ‘/assets/js/clipboard.min.js’, array(), ”, true );
wp_enqueue_script( ‘modal’, get_template_directory_uri() . ‘/assets/js/jquery.modal.min.js’, array(), ”, true );
wp_enqueue_script( ‘custom’, get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . ‘/assets/js/jquery.custom.js’, array(), ‘20170604’, true );

// Enqueues CSS styles
wp_enqueue_style( ‘starter-style’, get_stylesheet_uri(), array(), ‘20161209’ );
wp_enqueue_style( ‘superfish-style’, get_template_directory_uri() . ‘/assets/css/superfish.css’ );
wp_enqueue_style( ‘genericons-style’, get_template_directory_uri() . ‘/genericons/genericons.css’ );
wp_enqueue_style( ‘modal-style’, get_template_directory_uri() . ‘/assets/css/jquery.modal.css’ );

if ( get_theme_mod( ‘site-layout’, ‘choice-1’ ) == ‘choice-1’ ) {
wp_enqueue_style( ‘responsive-style’, get_template_directory_uri() . ‘/responsive.css’, array(), ‘20161209’ );
}

if ( is_singular() && comments_open() && get_option( ‘thread_comments’ ) ) {
wp_enqueue_script( ‘comment-reply’ );
}
}
add_action( ‘wp_enqueue_scripts’, ‘starter_scripts’ );

/**
* Post Thumbnails.
*/
if ( function_exists( ‘add_theme_support’ ) ) {
add_theme_support( ‘post-thumbnails’ );
set_post_thumbnail_size( 300, 300, true ); // default Post Thumbnail dimensions (cropped)
add_image_size( ‘single_thumb’, 600, 360, true );
}

/**
* Registers custom widgets.
*/
function starter_widgets_init() {

require trailingslashit( get_template_directory() ) . ‘inc/widgets/widget-popular.php’;
register_widget( ‘starter_Popular_Widget’ );

require trailingslashit( get_template_directory() ) . ‘inc/widgets/widget-recent.php’;
register_widget( ‘starter_Recent_Widget’ );

require trailingslashit( get_template_directory() ) . ‘inc/widgets/widget-random.php’;
register_widget( ‘starter_Random_Widget’ );

require trailingslashit( get_template_directory() ) . ‘inc/widgets/widget-views.php’;
register_widget( ‘starter_Views_Widget’ );

require trailingslashit( get_template_directory() ) . ‘inc/widgets/widget-social.php’;
register_widget( ‘starter_Social_Widget’ );

require trailingslashit( get_template_directory() ) . ‘inc/widgets/widget-ad.php’;
register_widget( ‘starter_Ad_Widget’ );

require trailingslashit( get_template_directory() ) . ‘inc/widgets/widget-newsletter.php’;
register_widget( ‘starter_Newsletter_Widget’ );

}
add_action( ‘widgets_init’, ‘starter_widgets_init’ );

/* Fix PHP warning */
function _get($str){
$val = !empty($_GET[$str]) ? $_GET[$str] : null;
return $val;
}

Regards-Venu

Hi Rustaurius,
Thanks. But for a small change, I can’t go look for a developer because he/she needs to understand the theme & plugin functionality etc. Since there are other plugin options like Restrict Content, Membership plugins etc available in the directory that could serve my purpose, I would rather NOT use Front-End Only Users plugin.
Anyway thanks for sparing time for me.
Regards-Venu