User access control in sidebar archive and categorires

Question

Could someone please help me solve my problem which is: I want content restrictions based on user roles and a sidebar category based on user roles. I have three type of user roles: Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced.

Beginner Role: can read only self blog Intermediate Role: can read self and beginner blog Advanced Role: full read access to all levels of the blog

The same case is with sidebar archives and categories if user is logged in. With beginner role (like demo/demo), user could only view beginner member area and limited sidebar categories and archives.

case 2: if user is logged in with intermediate role (inter/inter), user could view intermediate area and would be able to see beginner, self category and archives.

case 3: advanaced user login with (adv/adv) could view advanced member area and would be able to see all level categories.

please help me

Answer 1

The Members Plugin would allow you to define a user role then you could use the widget logic plugin to control the sidebar. Something like current user can('new_role') Show sidebar

Answer 2

I believe role-scoper would fit your needs well.

Role Scoper is a comprehensive access control solution, giving you CMS-like control of reading and editing permissions. Assign restrictions and roles to specific pages, posts or categories.

With this, users would automatically see only menu items that are within the scope of their roles, so it answers both your questions.