Topic: How to block access to specific groups based on membership

How to block access to specific groups based on membership

shirleyddsn
Participant

@shirleyddsn

7 years, 4 months ago

I’m working on a membership site where there are free memberships and paid subscriptions. Members with certain subscriptions would have access to certain groups while everyone else would not.

I purchased WooCommerce Memberships and Subscriptions in order to accomplish this, only to find out that I can’t restrict exact URI like I thought I could. I need to be able to restrict exact URIs so I can list out exactly which groups go with which subscriptions. Right now the only option I have to restrict the whole groups directory, which is not what I want at all.

Does anyone have any suggestions or ideas on how I can get this done? I know (or at least think) that MemberPress offers this option, but WooCommerce offers more in terms of add-ons that go along with what I want my site to offer long-term. Such as Events and Bookings. I’m not sure if MemberPress would play well with WooCommerce, and I’d also rather not spend another $200 on another plugin, when all I need is the URI restriction.

Any ideas?
Shirley D.

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Henry Wright
Moderator

@henrywright

7 years, 4 months ago

Hey @shirleyddsn

Which URLs do you need to restrict access to?

shirleyddsn
Participant

@shirleyddsn

7 years, 4 months ago

The URLs to specific groups that would only be accessible by certain subscriptions.

For example, someone with a Artist subscription could access
http://www.mywebsite.com/groups/TheArtGroup

someone with a Vocalist subscription could access
http://www.mywebsite.com/groups/VocalistsUnite

but the Artist couldn’t access the URL (or see the content) for Vocalists Unite without a Vocalist subscription, and the Vocalist couldn’t access The Art Group without an Artist Subscription.

Am I making sense?
Henry Wright
Moderator

@henrywright

7 years, 4 months ago
You can do this:
```
if ( bp_is_groups_component() && 'group-name-here' === bp_current_item() ) {
    // Restrict access
}
```
shirleyddsn
Participant

@shirleyddsn

7 years, 4 months ago

@henrywright
Oh, ok. And so I would create a line of code (I’m assuming in my bp-custom.php?) for each group that I create and want to block access to? Sounds great!.

I’m trying to understand how I accomplish this with the WooCommerce Membership plugin I’m using. Would I use do_shortcode() along with the given parameters for the WooCommerce shortcode? And how would that display on the page? I guess maybe just show the restriction message . . .

Unfortunately, I don’t have time this weekend to play around with this, but I’ll have a go at it some time around Monday, and I’ll be sure to let you know how things go.

THANK YOU SO MUCH for getting back to me. I was starting to get really frustrated with this =)

Henry Wright
Moderator

@henrywright

7 years, 4 months ago

Let me know how you get on on Monday and feel free to post questions if you get stuck.

johnriggs78
Participant

@johnriggs78

7 years, 4 months ago

Hello Shirleyddsn,

If you have still problem you can try WordPress Lock for BuddyPress , I faced same problem for my personal blog, But now i am happy :).

swiggle
Participant

@swiggle

5 years, 10 months ago

is ther a way to auto remove someone from a group if their membership/subscription expires or doesnt renew?

mom4321
Participant

@mom4321

5 years, 10 months ago

hey! I have tried your suggestion and it’s really good.

Thanks!
Elia
Participant

@prettyboyelias

1 year, 8 months ago
@henrywright @mom4321 @shirleyddsn Could you please help me to use this code?
```
if ( bp_is_groups_component() && 'group-name-here' === bp_current_item() ) {
    // Restrict access
}
```
I would like to restrict specific group for specific membership plan