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21 questions linked to/from How to Protect Uploads, if User is not Logged In?
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simple solution for restricting access to (some) uploads/downloads
Initial Situation
For a site I'm setting up I was looking into the whole field of securing uploads/downloads and restricting access to them based on user roles/capabilities. Of course I have read ...
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How to restrict access to uploaded files?
I have a restricted area on a website that can only be accessed by logged in users. For that I created a page template with a 'current_user_can()' condition.
My problem is that the documents attached ...
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Protecting direct access to PDF and ZIP unless user logged in (without plugin)
Working on a WordPress support site which has registered only user content, including uploaded PDF and ZIP files.
I'm looking for a way to prevent direct access to those PDFs and ZIP files inside the ...
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How to make media upload private? [duplicate]
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How to Protect Uploads, if User is not Logged In?
I know how to mark a Page or Post as visible only to members, using the Member Access plugin. This way, the public cannot ...
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Password protect some uploaded files, so only logged-in users can view them
I would like to protect some uploaded files, so that they are not publicly accessible (they are not accessible without a login). I'm uploading some PDF files, and I'd like to mark some of them as ...
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How to protect uploads in multisite if user is not logged in?
I am trying to set up a multisite intranet (using subdomains) where content on each sub-site is only accessible to users logged into their respective site. The problem I am having is trying to ...
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Using "wordpress_logged_in" to restrict direct access to uploads folder in 2021
I am looking at ways to restrict direct access to the Wordpress Uploads folder. I've read a handful of Stackoverflow and blog posts about using "wordpress_logged_in" in .htaccess to check if ...
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Restricting access to files within a specific folder [duplicate]
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How to Protect Uploads, if User is not Logged In?
Is there any way at all to restrict direct access to files within a specific folder to only specific wordpress users that ...
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Block Logged-Out User Access to Directory Outside of WordPress using .htaccess and PHP file
I have successfully blocked access to a folder directory outside of WordPress based on user cookies using the following code in the .htaccess file:
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
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Restrict uploaded files into a custom folder to logged in users by htaccess: looking for Nginx - not only Apache - solution
Talking about this well known solution:
Github
Original discussion
I'm looking for a straightforward way working also on a Nginx installed WP and not only on Apache ones.
Is there any other code-based ...
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How to protect post attachments related to a custom post type, from non-logged in users, on 1 subsite of a multisite installation?
I'm developing a simple "member's only" section within a website, with the sole intention of allowing the client to post files for their members. I've come to realize quickly that the posts' ...
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Protect Uploads in Multisite
I am using WordPress multisite (3.3.1) and am trying to protect uploads from certain blogs from being hotlinked and directly accessed. This is loosely related to How to Protect Uploads, if User is not ...
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File Upload Permissions
Introduction:
I want that a logged-in user can upload a file. Then he should be able to download that file whenever he wants to. I have finished the uploading by using wp_upload_bits - so the files ...
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Protecting uploads not working
I am trying to build a private site. One of the most important aspects of the site consists in the uploads, and they definitely need to be private.
I found a very interesting topic on that here: How ...
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How to protect specific uploaded files from being accessed by non-logged-in users in WP-multisite
I have a question that I thought the below thread would provide the answer to, but things in WP have changed so it doesn't quite do it, although it helped my understanding of things.
How to protect ...
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