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Data access levels

Restrict access to posts by user access level.

By lienann·Level·Free
5(1 reviews)
·10 active installs·Updated 11 years ago
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As of April 2026, Data access levels is a WordPress level plugin with 10 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 1.7K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 11 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Init User Engine – Gamified, Fast….

5/51 reviews
10active installs
1.7K+total downloads
12 yearssince 2014

Overview

This plugin allow to set access level value for users and materials and limit
access to materials of a specific type (posts, pages, custom post types) when
user access level lower then material access level.

Also this plugin creates a new capabilities:

  1. dal_admin – capability to change plugin settings
  2. dal_edit – capability to change user access level

Attention to developers!
Filters used in this plugin does not work when using get_posts() with
the parameter ‘suppress_filters’ => true.

Install script don’t assign any values of user access levels and post access levels.
By default post access level = 100 and user access level = 0 (except Administrator = 100 ).
By default access to posts is limited in front-end. There is an option
“Should we apply rest…

Read full description on WordPress.org

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Ratings & Reviews

51 reviews
5 ★
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2 ★
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1 ★
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Compatibility

WordPress3.0+ requiredTested up to 4.1.42
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.1.1

  • Fixed bug where default values are set every time at the activation
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

lienannlienann
Plugin Info
Version
1.1.1
Last Updated
Jan 22, 2015
WP Requires
3.0+
Tested Up To
4.1.42
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
10
Downloads
1.7K+
Added
Mar 20, 2014
Business
Free

Tags

levelaccesspermissionsrestriction

Developer

L
lienann
2 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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