# user-submitted-posts/trunk/library/shortcode-access.php

User Submitted Posts – Enable Users to Submit Posts from the Front End, version trunk. 167 lines.

- Page: https://pluginprobe.com/plugins/user-submitted-posts/trunk/code/library/shortcode-access.php
- Raw: https://pluginprobe.com/plugins/user-submitted-posts/trunk/raw/library/shortcode-access.php
- Modified: 2026-01-13T22:11:48+00:00

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```php
<?php // User Submitted Posts - Access Control

/* 
	Shortcode: display content based on user capability
	Syntax: [usp_access cap="read" deny=""][/usp_access]
	Can use {tag} to output <tag>
	https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/roles-and-capabilities/
*/

if (!function_exists('usp_access')) :

function usp_access($attr, $content = null) {
	
	extract(shortcode_atts(array('cap' => 'read', 'deny' => ''), $attr));
	
	// deny message
	
	$deny = htmlspecialchars($deny, ENT_QUOTES);
	
	$deny = str_replace("{", "<", $deny);
	$deny = str_replace("}", ">", $deny);
	
	$deny = wp_kses_post($deny);
	
	// content
	
	$content = htmlspecialchars($content, ENT_QUOTES);
	
	$content = str_replace("{", "<", $content);
	$content = str_replace("}", ">", $content);
	
	$content = wp_kses_post($content);
	
	//
	
	$caps = array_map('trim', explode(',', $cap));
	
	foreach ($caps as $c) {
		
		if (current_user_can($c) && !is_null($content) && !is_feed()) return do_shortcode($content);
		
	}
	
	return $deny;
	
}

add_shortcode('usp_access', 'usp_access');

endif;



/* 
	Shortcode: display content to visitors (not logged in)
	Syntax: [usp_visitor deny=""][/usp_visitor]
	Can use {tag} to output <tag>
*/

if (!function_exists('usp_visitor')) : 

function usp_visitor($attr, $content = null) {
	
	extract(shortcode_atts(array('deny' => ''), $attr));
	
	// deny message
	
	$deny = htmlspecialchars($deny, ENT_QUOTES);
	
	$deny = str_replace("{", "<", $deny);
	$deny = str_replace("}", ">", $deny);
	
	$deny = wp_kses_post($deny);
	
	// content
	
	$content = htmlspecialchars($content, ENT_QUOTES);
	
	$content = str_replace("{", "<", $content);
	$content = str_replace("}", ">", $content);
	
	$content = wp_kses_post($content);
	
	//
	
	if ((!is_user_logged_in() && !is_null($content)) || is_feed()) return do_shortcode($content);
	
	return $deny;
	
}

add_shortcode('usp_visitor', 'usp_visitor');

endif;



/* 
	Shortcode: display content to members (logged in)
	Syntax: [usp_member deny=""][/usp_member]
	Can use {tag} to output <tag>
*/

if (!function_exists('usp_member')) :

function usp_member($attr, $content = null) {
	
	extract(shortcode_atts(array('deny' => ''), $attr));
	
	// deny message
	
	$deny = htmlspecialchars($deny, ENT_QUOTES);
	
	$deny = str_replace("{", "<", $deny);
	$deny = str_replace("}", ">", $deny);
	
	$deny = wp_kses_post($deny);
	
	// content
	
	$content = htmlspecialchars($content, ENT_QUOTES);
	
	$content = str_replace("{", "<", $content);
	$content = str_replace("}", ">", $content);
	
	$content = wp_kses_post($content);
	
	//
	
	if (is_user_logged_in() && !is_null($content) && !is_feed()) return do_shortcode($content);
	
	return $deny;
	
}

add_shortcode('usp_member', 'usp_member');

endif;



/*
	Shortcode Empty Paragraph Fix
*/

if (!function_exists('usp_shortcode_empty_p_fix')) :

function usp_shortcode_empty_p_fix($content) {
	
    $array = array(
	    
        '<p>['    => '[',
        ']</p>'   => ']',
        ']<br />' => ']',
        ']<br>'   => ']'
        
    );
    
    $content = strtr($content, $array);
    
    return $content;
    
}

add_filter('the_content', 'usp_shortcode_empty_p_fix');

endif;
```