Hide custom fields by user's role

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Hide custom fields by user's role

Mark Nielsen

2022年5月26日 12:02

I've tried reading all the questions about this topic, and configured the code to fit my needs, but can't seem to get it to work. This is the code I have now:

function my_exclude_custom_fields( $protected, $meta_key, $user ) {

    $user = wp_get_current_user();
    if ( in_array( 'udlejer', (array) $user-roles ) ) {
        if ( in_array( $meta_key, array( 'email', 'text' ) ) ) {
            return true;
        }
    }

    return $protected;
}
add_filter( 'is_protected_meta', 'my_exclude_custom_fields', 10, 2 );

It doesn't make any change. Even though I'm logged in with another role than udlejer, I can still see these custom fields in front-end.

The custom fields are on a product page created by WooCommerce. Do I then need to include more to the code then? Hope you guys can help!

Topic user-roles custom-field Wordpress

Category Web

Marc · Accepted Answer · 2018年3月28日 13:47

You can use the current_user_can() function to test the current user's role. I would also recommend making the custom field protected by default and allowing access only to the proper users.

In theory, something like this should work:

function my_exclude_custom_fields( $protected, $meta_key) {

    if ( in_array( $meta_key, array( 'email', 'text' ) ) ) {
        if ( current_user_can( 'udlejer' ) ) {
            // meta key is not protected for user role 'udlejer'
            return false;
        } else {
            // make the meta keys protected by default
            return true;
        }
    }

    return $protected;
}
add_filter( 'is_protected_meta', 'my_exclude_custom_fields', 10, 2 );

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