Title: UAM 'allow_user_group' shortcode Last modified: August 21, 2016 --- # UAM 'allow_user_group' shortcode * [Pat Garner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpressorgpatgarnercom/) * (@wordpressorgpatgarnercom) * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uam-allow_user_group-shortcode/) * For those times when you need finer access control granularity, when you need to hide/show a section of a page based upon the current user’s group, here is my solution. NOTE: I am not a PHP developer, just a casual user, so there are no doubt improvements that can be made to this. * I put this in functions.php: * ``` /* Allow user group shortcode. Usage: [allow_user_group groupname="UAM_Group_Name|etcetera"][/allow_user_group] */ add_shortcode('allow_user_group', 'allow_user_group_func'); function allow_user_group_func($atts, $content = '') { $result = ''; // <-- user does not have permission extract(shortcode_atts(array('groupname' => ''), $atts)); if(!empty($groupname)) { global $wpdb; $entries = $wpdb->get_results ( $wpdb->prepare ( "SELECT groupname FROM {$wpdb->prefix}uam_accessgroups uamag, {$wpdb->prefix}uam_accessgroup_to_object uamagto WHERE uamagto.group_id=uamag.id and uamagto.object_id=%d", wp_get_current_user()->ID ) ); $parts = explode("|", $groupname); foreach($parts as $part) { foreach($entries as $entry) { if(trim($entry->groupname) == trim($part)) { $result = $content; // <-- user has permission break; } } } } return $result; } ``` * and I put the following into the page itself: * ``` [allow_user_group groupname="Data_Top_Secret|Biatches_Only|etcetera"] You are authorized, biatch! [/allow_user_group] ``` * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/user-access-manager/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/user-access-manager/) Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total) * [miyanke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/miyanke/) * (@miyanke) * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uam-allow_user_group-shortcode/#post-4867766) * I used it, but I can’t read it as admin of the site, ¿may I change something? * Thread Starter [Pat Garner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpressorgpatgarnercom/) * (@wordpressorgpatgarnercom) * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uam-allow_user_group-shortcode/#post-4867768) * You need to leave a code example. I have no idea what you are talking about “ it.” * [hidde1968](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hidde1968/) * (@hidde1968) * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uam-allow_user_group-shortcode/#post-4867811) * Hello, thank you for your shortcode.I have same issue. UAM can’t add admin user to any group. If I use this code, admin user can’t see THE CONTENT, because admin is not belong to GROUP_NAME. * ``` [allow_user_group groupname="GROUP_NAME"] THE CONTENT [/allow_user_group] ``` * Do you have any idea how to show admin THE CONTENT ? * Thanks. * Thread Starter [Pat Garner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpressorgpatgarnercom/) * (@wordpressorgpatgarnercom) * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uam-allow_user_group-shortcode/#post-4867812) * Ohhhh, now I understand miyanke’s post. Y’all’s problems are that you can’t add admin user to a user group. Well you can’t use my shortcode for role, only for user groups. Instead you must use a shortcode that works with roles. * Google is your friend. * [http://blog.haraldkraft.de/2014/01/wordpress-shortcode-for-user-role-visibility/](http://blog.haraldkraft.de/2014/01/wordpress-shortcode-for-user-role-visibility/) * [hidde1968](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hidde1968/) * (@hidde1968) * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uam-allow_user_group-shortcode/#post-4867813) * Than you for quick reply, Pat. And thank you for your infromation. * Sorry for my double post. Thanks again! Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total) The topic ‘UAM 'allow_user_group' shortcode’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/user-access-manager/assets/icon.svg?rev=1563783) * [User Access Manager](https://wordpress.org/plugins/user-access-manager/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/user-access-manager/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/user-access-manager/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/user-access-manager/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/user-access-manager/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/user-access-manager/reviews/) ## Tags * [shortcode](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/shortcode/) * [UAM](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/uam/) * 5 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [hidde1968](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hidde1968/) * Last activity: [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uam-allow_user_group-shortcode/#post-4867813) * Status: not resolved