Draft posts appearing to users
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I have noticed that the users of my website have the possibility to view the posts that have been left in the draft by the admin of the panel.
I am not sure what is the reason that this function is in this state, but it seems to me that it is not right.
Or maybe I did something wrong that I am not aware of, if not, then it would be good if someone from the developers would change this.
Thank you
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It shouldn’t happen.
Are these users registered or guest users? If they are registered users, what role are they assigned?
Go to Users > All Users in your WordPress dashboard and check their roles. Only administrators and editors should have access to drafts.
Sorry for the confusion. Yes, contributors can view other people’s draft posts; however, they can only see the titles, not the content. This is expected behavior.
Unfortunately, there is no quick and easy fix for this.
The solution below appears to restrict contributors from viewing other users’ posts (they can only see their own posts in the admin area), but it doesn’t always work correctly, as it sometimes shows an incorrect post count in the admin panel.
// Restrict contributors to only view and edit their own posts
function restrict_contributor_posts( $query ) {
if ( ! is_admin() || ! $query->is_main_query() || ! current_user_can( 'contributor' ) ) {
return;
}
global $pagenow;
// Restrict contributors to only see their own posts in the post list
if ( $pagenow == 'edit.php' ) {
$query->set( 'author', get_current_user_id() );
}
}
add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'restrict_contributor_posts' );I’ve packaged it into a WordPress plugin so that you can install and try it. However, I bear no responsibility for its use (please proceed at your own risk): https://filebin.net/pq95kjuy25r1boop
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