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How to Assign Role-Based Permission to View Files & Folders
Sandeep Kumar Mishra
January 18, 2020
5 minutes read
Using the WP DISPLAY FILES plugin, the Permission module allows restricting files for role-based permission. Admins can control which user roles can see and download files and folders on the frontend, based on whether the user is logged in or not.
How to Assign Role-based Permission to View Files on the Frontend
- Step 1: Please log in to the WordPress admin dashboard and navigate to the Add or Edit Shortcodes page.
- Step 2: On this shortcode page, scroll down to the Permission Settings section.
- Step 3: In this section, enable the Login Required? button.
- Step 4: In the same section, go to the Roles tab and select the roles you want to allow access to. You can decide whether certain roles require users to be logged in to access files/folders.
- Step 5: Enter a custom login message in the Login Required Message textbox. This message will display when a user is not logged in.
- Step 6: Save the permission settings. The selected user roles will now require login permission to view the file page.
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