Hiding unauthorized categories

I’m converting over from the now defunct WP-Filebase (free version) and I’m trying to re-create a page with multiple categories of files displayed.

Each category has its own user permissions.

I would like to have the page only display the category(s) that a user is authorized to access and hide those they aren’t authorized to access.

For example, if a user has access to category A and C, the page would only show categories A & C.

Currently, it shows all categories – A,B & C, but all the files under category B say “Access Denied”. Instead of that message, I just don’t want that category displayed.

I’m using separate shortcodes to display each category:

[wpdm_category id=”category-a,” cols=”3″ toolbar=1 desc=0 item_per_page=15 order_by=”post_title” order=”asc” template=”link-template-default-new.php”] [wpdm_category id=”category-b,” cols=”3″ toolbar=1 desc=0 item_per_page=15 order_by=”post_title” order=”asc” template=”link-template-default-new.php”] [wpdm_category id=”category-c,” cols=”3″ toolbar=1 desc=0 item_per_page=15 order_by=”post_title” order=”asc” template=”link-template-default-new.php”]

Is there any way to hide a category from unauthorized users but display it for the authorized users?

Thanks for your time.

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