Title: Privilege Widget
Author: FuzzGuard
Published: <strong>1 May 2014</strong>
Last modified: 18 February 2019

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# Privilege Widget

 By [FuzzGuard](https://profiles.wordpress.org/fuzzguard/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/privilege-widget.1.7.3.zip)

 * [Details](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/privilege-widget/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/privilege-widget/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/privilege-widget/#installation)
 * [Development](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/privilege-widget/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/privilege-widget/)

## Description

This plugin allows you to display widget items based on if a user is logged in, 
logged out or based on the role you have given the user.

This plugin allows fine-grained permissions to be added to each individual widget
item to display or not display the item based on the
 users logged in/logged out
status or the role assigned to the user. This solves the problem of having to modify
theme functions.php files to add in widget restrictions. The changes in functions.
php is often overwritten by a theme update. This plugin removes that worry, as you
can update the theme, independent of the plugin.

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * View of the rescriction option added to each widget in the admin panel so you
   can restrict the display of each widget.

## Installation

 1. Upload the `plugin` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ area in WordPress
 3. Go to Appearance > Widgets
 4. Add a widget to a sidebar.
 5. Edit the widget accordingly. First select whether you’d like to display the item
    to Logged out Users, Logged in Users (Selectable Roles), or All Users.
 6. Save the changes to each individual widget.

## FAQ

  I cannot see the options for Privilege Widget under widgets in the Admin Panel?

You need to add the widget to a sidebar before you can change the display status
on the widget.

  As a developer what hooks are there for this plugin?

There are two hooks that have been provided for this plugin. The first hook is: ‘
priv_widget_roles’. It can be used to allow other plugins to add roles to be checked
by ‘Privilege Widget’:
 add_filter( ‘priv_widget_roles’, ‘roles_to_add’, 10, 1 );

    ```
    function roles_to_add($roles /* WP_RoleNames Array */) {
        $roles['new_role'] = 'New Role';
        return $roles;
    }
    ```

The second hook is: ‘priv_widget_visibility’. It can be used for other plugins to
filter the result for the front-end display of the widget items generated by ‘Privilege
Widget’:
 add_filter( ‘priv_widget_visibility’, ‘filter_FE_display’, 10, 2);

    ```
    function filter_FE_display($visibility /* Boolean */, $item /* WP_POST Object*/) {
        if ($item->ID == '470' || $item->title == 'Logout') {
                $visibility = true;
        }
        return $visibility;
    }
    ```

## Reviews

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## Contributors and Developers

“Privilege Widget” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ FuzzGuard ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/fuzzguard/)

“Privilege Widget” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/privilege-widget/contributors)
for their contributions.

[Translate “Privilege Widget” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/privilege-widget)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/privilege-widget/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/privilege-widget/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/privilege-widget/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/privilege-widget/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Change Log

#### 1.7.3

 * Added hook support for the hooks ‘priv_widget_roles’ and ‘priv_widget_visibility’.
   See FAQ on usage.

#### 1.7.2

 * Fixed styling for text in widget admin panel
 * Fixed styling for text in widget admin panel in responsive mode.
 * Changed ‘Logged In Users’ to ‘Logged In’
 * Changed ‘Logged Out Users’ to ‘Logged Out’
 * Changed ‘All Users’ to ‘All’

#### 1.7.1

 * Fixed loading proper widget name in uninstall.php file from privWidget.php file

#### 1.7

 * Fixed MAJOR bug that allowed display of all widgets to all users, even when restrictions
   were on.

#### 1.6.5

 * Tested with version 4.7 of WordPress

#### 1.6.4

 * Tested with version 4.6 of WordPress
 * Upgraded TGM Plugin Activation class file version to 2.6.1

#### 1.6.3

 * Upgraded TGM Plugin Activation class file version to 2.6.0

#### 1.6.2

 * Removed errnous test function

#### 1.6.1

 * Added TGM Plugin Activation code to recommend FuzzGuards other useful plugins(
   v2.5.2)

#### 1.6

 * Added in ability to select widget display via User Role.
 * Removed ‘Admin Users” option – Replaced by “Logged In”, “Administrators” checkbox
 * Selecting logged in users now allows you to choose the Users Role

#### 1.5

 * Added uninstall file to remove all options from DB if plugin is removed.

#### 1.4.1

 * Added Serbian Translation – Translated by: Ogi Djuraskovic (firstsiteguide.com)

#### 1.4

 * Added “lang” folder for localization files
 * Added French, German, Spanish and Chinese translations
 * Added .pot file for localization by others. Located in “lang” folder
 * Added light top and bottom border around extra coding to emphasize restrictions
   area

#### 1.3

 * Changed widget hook to utilize in_widget_form to load extra options. Advantage
   is increased stability of plugin.

#### 1.2

 * Fixed bug where widgets were failing to display in admin panel.
 * Fixed for loop bug in saving privilege widget.

#### 1.1

 * Uncommented WordPress admin class protection coding from testing
 * Changed “Display Mode” to “User Restriction”
 * Added in bottom border to “User Restriction” area in each widget to make the 
   widget area easier to read

#### 1.0

 * Gold release

## Meta

 *  Version **1.7.3**
 *  Last updated **7 years ago**
 *  Active installations **600+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.9 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **5.0.25**
 *  Languages
 * [Chinese (Taiwan)](https://tw.wordpress.org/plugins/privilege-widget/) and [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/privilege-widget/).
 *  [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/privilege-widget)
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 *  [Advanced View](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/privilege-widget/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ FuzzGuard ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/fuzzguard/)

## Support

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