Post Levels plugin v0.2

February 19, 2005 Tagged: plugin, postlevels, wordpress

Version 0.2 of the Post Levels plugin has been released.

Changes:

Two new functions were added:

is_private: Returns true if the current post is private (this follows the same model as the other “is” functions)
is_post_level($level): Returns true if the current post’s level is equal to $level, which defaults to 0

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Post Levels Plugin v0.2

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Installation instructions

Using the New Functions

An example for using the is_private() function is shown below:

<?php if (function_exists('is_private') && is_private()) : ?>
  <span class="private">(private)</span>
<?php endif;?>

It is good style to check if the function exists before calling, in case the plugin is disabled for some reason.

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Chrissy 4 years ago 1 point
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After I installed this plugin, an error I've never seen before appeared when I wished to manage posts:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: filter_posts() in /home/aelyssir/public_html/wp/wp-blog-header.php on line 258

Could this be due to the plugin and how can it be fixed?

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Chrissy 4 years ago 1 point
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After I installed this plugin, an error I've never seen before appeared when I wished to manage posts:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: filter_posts() in /home/aelyssir/public_html/wp/wp-blog-header.php on line 258

Could this be due to the plugin and how can it be fixed?

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Chrissy 4 years ago 1 point
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Nevermind! I fixed the problem, by myself. I had been using the ViewLevel plugin before and I had forgotten to change the last line in wp-blog-header.php. Thanks for plugin!

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Chrissy 4 years ago 1 point
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Nevermind! I fixed the problem, by myself. I had been using the ViewLevel plugin before and I had forgotten to change the last line in wp-blog-header.php. Thanks for plugin!

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Carla 4 years ago 1 point
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I installed the plugin and it appears that users are directed to the dashboard and can even post in a blog once they are registered. How do I solve this? Thanks. :)

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Carla 4 years ago 1 point
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I installed the plugin and it appears that users are directed to the dashboard and can even post in a blog once they are registered. How do I solve this? Thanks. :)

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Fortes 4 years ago 1 point
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Carla: What you're seeing is actually an issue with the WordPress login system, it auto-directs people to the dashboard. If you know PHP, you can edit this in code -- but I don't know of a way to do this from my plug in.

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Fortes 4 years ago 1 point
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Carla: What you're seeing is actually an issue with the WordPress login system, it auto-directs people to the dashboard. If you know PHP, you can edit this in code -- but I don't know of a way to do this from my plug in.

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Carla 4 years ago 1 point
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Ok, I can figure that out but what about their ability to post?

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Carla 4 years ago 1 point
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Ok, I can figure that out but what about their ability to post?

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Fortes 4 years ago 1 point
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There's no perfect way (WordPress fails here a bit), but if you edit the beginning of menu.php, you can change the minimum level of each section in the admin area.

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Fortes 4 years ago 1 point
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There's no perfect way (WordPress fails here a bit), but if you edit the beginning of menu.php, you can change the minimum level of each section in the admin area.

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giles 4 years ago 1 point
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" style="text-decoration:none;" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: ">

(private)

,

But I was expecting it to tell users who were not logged in that there is a private post there. But it doesn't is this a WP1.5 issue, and I can't wait for the new release the plans you have for it sound awesome ;)

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" style="text-decoration:none;" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: ">

(private)

,

But I was expecting it to tell users who were not logged in that there is a private post there. But it doesn't is this a WP1.5 issue, and I can't wait for the new release the plans you have for it sound awesome ;)

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Fortes 4 years ago 1 point
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WordPress Forums in case some one has done this already.

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WordPress Forums in case some one has done this already.

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giles 4 years ago 1 point
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thanks for the reply fil ... but i wanted to try the view level plugin .. but the website is down and i can't find it available anywhere else :( Thanks for your insite.

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giles 4 years ago 1 point
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thanks for the reply fil ... but i wanted to try the view level plugin .. but the website is down and i can't find it available anywhere else :( Thanks for your insite.

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apparently your plug in is the only one that is being updated anymore, and people that made other plugins think yours is better anyway.
I was really hoping in the index or whatever file I could just write some code like

it's nice to get a reply even if nope can't do this. I won't give up and hopefully I will get a solution to what I want sometime.

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apparently your plug in is the only one that is being updated anymore, and people that made other plugins think yours is better anyway.
I was really hoping in the index or whatever file I could just write some code like

it's nice to get a reply even if nope can't do this. I won't give up and hopefully I will get a solution to what I want sometime.

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Giles: I'll add your request to the to-do list, but it's a lower priority than getting better UI and RSS feed support (which more people are requesting)

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Giles: I'll add your request to the to-do list, but it's a lower priority than getting better UI and RSS feed support (which more people are requesting)

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Shelby 4 years ago 1 point
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fil, what kind of UI are you trying to add? Also yeah it would be cool to be able to config the plugin more. Have some check boxes to enable a lock picture or not too. Also to show to public that there is a private post or not show ... just some stuff to toggle.

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fil, what kind of UI are you trying to add? Also yeah it would be cool to be able to config the plugin more. Have some check boxes to enable a lock picture or not too. Also to show to public that there is a private post or not show ... just some stuff to toggle.

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Dinh 4 years ago 1 point
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Hi, I was wondering if there is a way for the categories/calendar to display correctly for people who are privileged. (Right now, it only shows public posts, even for people who can see the private ones.)

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Hi, I was wondering if there is a way for the categories/calendar to display correctly for people who are privileged. (Right now, it only shows public posts, even for people who can see the private ones.)

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Dinh: This is a known issue, and it's currently a limitation in WordPress' plug-in architecture

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Dinh: This is a known issue, and it's currently a limitation in WordPress' plug-in architecture

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Anne 4 years ago 1 point
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I was wondering if there is a way so logged in users can see the private posts. At the moment I'm the only one that sees that because I am the highest user level. But I would like to change it so users with user level > 1 can see them

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I was wondering if there is a way so logged in users can see the private posts. At the moment I'm the only one that sees that because I am the highest user level. But I would like to change it so users with user level > 1 can see them

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crash 4 years ago 1 point
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hello all

i've made an enhancer plugin for Post Levels. if anyone is interested, it is here -> http://idlemind.org/journal/projects/post-level...

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hello all

i've made an enhancer plugin for Post Levels. if anyone is interested, it is here -> http://idlemind.org/journal/projects/post-level...

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Becca 4 years ago 1 point
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Thanks for this. :) Just wanted to say that it's working like a charm for me.

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Thanks for this. :) Just wanted to say that it's working like a charm for me.

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Ludwig 4 years ago 1 point
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Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/pingo1/public_html/wp-content/plugins/post-levels_enhancer.php:201) in /home/pingo1/public_html/wp-admin/admin.php on line 6

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/pingo1/public_html/wp-content/plugins/post-levels_enhancer.php:201) in /home/pingo1/public_html/wp-admin/admin.php on line 7

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/pingo1/public_html/wp-content/plugins/post-levels_enhancer.php:201) in /home/pingo1/public_html/wp-admin/admin.php on line 8

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/pingo1/public_html/wp-content/plugins/post-levels_enhancer.php:201) in /home/pingo1/public_html/wp-admin/admin.php on line 9

Got this error with enhancer, and no spaces before or after the s

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Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/pingo1/public_html/wp-content/plugins/post-levels_enhancer.php:201) in /home/pingo1/public_html/wp-admin/admin.php on line 6

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/pingo1/public_html/wp-content/plugins/post-levels_enhancer.php:201) in /home/pingo1/public_html/wp-admin/admin.php on line 7

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/pingo1/public_html/wp-content/plugins/post-levels_enhancer.php:201) in /home/pingo1/public_html/wp-admin/admin.php on line 8

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/pingo1/public_html/wp-content/plugins/post-levels_enhancer.php:201) in /home/pingo1/public_html/wp-admin/admin.php on line 9

Got this error with enhancer, and no spaces before or after the s

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Ludwig: You should contact the author of the enhancer for your error.

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Ludwig: You should contact the author of the enhancer for your error.

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Valerie 4 years ago 1 point
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So... if I set the level of the post as 0, which is default, it does nothing and everyone can see it? Or is it seen by those who are registered but have a level of 0 or above?

Thank you, by the way, this is solving quite a bit of problems for me. :-)

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So... if I set the level of the post as 0, which is default, it does nothing and everyone can see it? Or is it seen by those who are registered but have a level of 0 or above?

Thank you, by the way, this is solving quite a bit of problems for me. :-)

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Can a page be secured by this plugin? I hate the password feature and would like the same functionality for pages like this have for posts.

Best regards
Stian B. Barmen

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Can a page be secured by this plugin? I hate the password feature and would like the same functionality for pages like this have for posts.

Best regards
Stian B. Barmen

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Shelby 4 years ago 1 point
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It wont work with the new wordpress 1.5.1 ... it gives errors. Any idea on when this will work with it? Thanks

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It wont work with the new wordpress 1.5.1 ... it gives errors. Any idea on when this will work with it? Thanks

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1.5.1 just came out and I haven't had a chance to test the plugin on it. Could you give some more detail about the error?

I hope to update the plugin some time this weekend (the day job is keeping me quite busy).

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1.5.1 just came out and I haven't had a chance to test the plugin on it. Could you give some more detail about the error?

I hope to update the plugin some time this weekend (the day job is keeping me quite busy).

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i also got an error when i upgraded to wp 1.5.1
here the error message:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: get_currentuserinfo() in /home/www/htdocs/stefan-goehring.net/glatzopatzo/wp-content/plugins/post-levels.php on line 20

i use some other plugins which use that function and i don't get an error from them. perhaps there is an include or require missing??

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i also got an error when i upgraded to wp 1.5.1
here the error message:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: get_currentuserinfo() in /home/www/htdocs/stefan-goehring.net/glatzopatzo/wp-content/plugins/post-levels.php on line 20

i use some other plugins which use that function and i don't get an error from them. perhaps there is an include or require missing??

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Bishop: Which plugins use that function and still work on 1.5.1?

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Bishop: Which plugins use that function and still work on 1.5.1?

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thats the same error I am getting. I dont know what other plugins use that, so I am of no help. And also fil if you are planning on working on it this weekend, any chance you can make a button to "make Private" when posting so you dont have to add post_level=x

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thats the same error I am getting. I dont know what other plugins use that, so I am of no help. And also fil if you are planning on working on it this weekend, any chance you can make a button to "make Private" when posting so you dont have to add post_level=x

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the problem is that get_currentuserinfo() is now part of "plugga ble functions," which "/* These functions can be replaced via plugins. They are loaded after plugins are loaded. */"

since the function is loaded AFTER the plugin, it's not defined at the time of plugin execution

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the problem is that get_currentuserinfo() is now part of "plugga ble functions," which "/* These functions can be replaced via plugins. They are loaded after plugins are loaded. */"

since the function is loaded AFTER the plugin, it's not defined at the time of plugin execution

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i found out the same as crash but i couldn't solve the problem, so i downgraded to 1.5 again and it works fine again.

@fil: i found the function get_currentuserinfo() in the plugin WYSI-Wordpress, but it is imho only executed when writing or editing an article.
i tried including / requiring the pluggable...php file (just try and error not really knowing what i'm doing) in the post-levels.php but didn't work. i also copied the function directly in your plugin but didn't work either...

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i found out the same as crash but i couldn't solve the problem, so i downgraded to 1.5 again and it works fine again.

@fil: i found the function get_currentuserinfo() in the plugin WYSI-Wordpress, but it is imho only executed when writing or editing an article.
i tried including / requiring the pluggable...php file (just try and error not really knowing what i'm doing) in the post-levels.php but didn't work. i also copied the function directly in your plugin but didn't work either...

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Hey, I'm also getting that error.

Part of the code where it says "In case we're running stand-alone..." I removed that, and the corresponding "}" and "else..." codes but then the posts functioned as private posts.

Since 1.5.1 is supposed to fix some security loopholes I decided to stick with the upgrade, and have uninstalled this plugin.

Hope you can find a fix soon =)

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Hey, I'm also getting that error.

Part of the code where it says "In case we're running stand-alone..." I removed that, and the corresponding "}" and "else..." codes but then the posts functioned as private posts.

Since 1.5.1 is supposed to fix some security loopholes I decided to stick with the upgrade, and have uninstalled this plugin.

Hope you can find a fix soon =)

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Just found something might be useful to you.
A list of plugin hooks http://codex.wordpress.org/User:Skippy/Plugin_H...

currentuserinfo is not in the list, might this be the reason why?

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Just found something might be useful to you.
A list of plugin hooks http://codex.wordpress.org/User:Skippy/Plugin_H...

currentuserinfo is not in the list, might this be the reason why?

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Velmont 4 years ago 1 point
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I've made a few changes to the code (it's a hack, more or less) to let registered users with *level 0* read post_level=1 posts. This way I can chose to just write something for my registered users, without letting them get writeaccess to the blog.

I've tried to outline how it is done on my blog; http://www.velmont.net/2005/05/12/post-levels/ - I do hope it can be useful for anyone. (it's nothing advanced, but maybe everyone doesn't know PHP well enough to hack around themselves) :)

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I've made a few changes to the code (it's a hack, more or less) to let registered users with *level 0* read post_level=1 posts. This way I can chose to just write something for my registered users, without letting them get writeaccess to the blog.

I've tried to outline how it is done on my blog; http://www.velmont.net/2005/05/12/post-levels/ - I do hope it can be useful for anyone. (it's nothing advanced, but maybe everyone doesn't know PHP well enough to hack around themselves) :)

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Ok, I found it, on "Advanced Editing." Seems ok, but a little awkward. My old WP 1.2 blog had a better implementation with Skippy's User-Level hack/plugin, which had a nice user-level drop-down menu on the main "Edit" page. This would be a nice addition here, as would be some sort of "Lock" icon. In any case, I'm grateful for your efforts so far on this useful plug-in.

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Ok, I found it, on "Advanced Editing." Seems ok, but a little awkward. My old WP 1.2 blog had a better implementation with Skippy's User-Level hack/plugin, which had a nice user-level drop-down menu on the main "Edit" page. This would be a nice addition here, as would be some sort of "Lock" icon. In any case, I'm grateful for your efforts so far on this useful plug-in.

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"; ?>

Come on, it's not really that hard now is it? :)

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"; ?>

Come on, it's not really that hard now is it? :)

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All: I've updated the Post Level plugin to be compatible with 1.5.1

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Kathy 3 years ago 1 point
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Where does this go?
This is not working for me.
The private posts don't show up even when I'm logged in as a user at the right levels.

(private)

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My post didn't show what I was talking about...

the is_private() function that is shown above...

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