Whitelist examples

Resolved meadows19
(@meadows19)

9 years, 4 months ago

Hello

Firstly, I want to thank the author for making this plugin! I can see he’s spent a lot of time and effort behind it.

I have the front page of my website locked down to non logged-in users. But I need to whitelist some dynamic URLs that build off the font page.

They are:
https://www.example.com/?crfw_cart_hash=op&[email protected]&crfw_action=checkout

and

https://www.example.com/?rcpga-invite-key=%24P%24BYO7dSbb544rPI%2FgNKxWseQZLRr8Lz%2F&rcpga-user=jimbob%2B1234%40gmail.com

So basically any URL starting with
https://www.example.com/?crfw_cart_hash

or

https://www.example.com/?rcpga-invite-key
needs to go through.

I’ve looked at the Github page here: Whitelist Dynamic URLs but I’m finding it quite difficult to understand because there are no worked-through examples.

Can anyone please help? Thank you kindly.

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Plugin Author Kevin Vess
(@kevinvess)

9 years, 4 months ago

Hi, thanks for using Force Login!

I believe the example you’re looking for is Method 3 – Page URL based on Query String Parameter(s) and/or Value(s).

Just replace the parameter and/or value in the example with yours. Also, you probably only want the first if conditional statement for whitelist URL if query string contains ‘parameter’.

Keep in mind though, if anyone adds those query strings to any page URL, it won’t require the visitor to login – unless you add another condition to the if statement to check if it’s the home page too.

Good luck!
Thread Starter meadows19
(@meadows19)

9 years, 4 months ago
Hello
Thank you for your reply and suggestions. I had a go at figuring it out. Does this seem like it would work?
```
/**
 * Filter Force Login to allow exceptions for specific URLs.
 *
 * @return array An array of URLs. Must be absolute.
 **/
 
function my_forcelogin_whitelist( $whitelist ) {

  // whitelist URL if query string contains 'parameter'

  if( is_home() && (isset($_GET['rcpga-invite-key']) || isset($_GET['crfw_cart_hash'])) ) 
  {
    $whitelist[] = site_url($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);
  }

  return $whitelist;
}

add_filter('v_forcelogin_whitelist', 'my_forcelogin_whitelist', 10, 1);
```
My other question is: what’s the difference between the Bypass Force Login function and the Whitelist URLs function? And when would I use one or the other?

Thank you once again for this plugin and for your help.
Plugin Author Kevin Vess
(@kevinvess)

9 years, 4 months ago
I had a go at figuring it out. Does this seem like it would work?

That looks correct to me – try it and see if it works. If it doesn’t, turn on WP_DEBUG mode and troubleshoot.

[…] what’s the difference between the Bypass Force Login function and the Whitelist URLs function?

They’re fairly similar and often used for the same goal of allowing visitors to view certain pages or posts based on certain conditions. However, one achieves the goal based on the exact URL and the other is based on a boolean (true|false) condition.

The whitelist filter is for specifying an array of exact URLs to allow visitors to view those pages without being forced to login. For example, if you only wanted to allow visitors to view the page with the exact URL: “http://www.domain.com/my-page/”

The bypass filter is for specifying a boolean (true|false) value based on any condition. For example, instead of whitelisting every individual blog post URL, you could just bypass the login if the condition of is_single() returns true.

You can read more about the bypass filter on my LinkedIn post here:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/new-features-force-login-50-kevin-vess

Thanks!
- This reply was modified 9 years, 4 months ago by Kevin Vess. Reason: added links for reference
Thread Starter meadows19
(@meadows19)

9 years, 4 months ago

Thank you. I’ll give it a try.

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