How to lock content?

What is the easiest method to make all my articles accessible only to registered users?

My homepage contains titles and excerpts but I want to allow access to the full content only to registered users.

I remember there was an admin setting for that but I cannot find it.

Maybe Im wrong. Any ideas?

Thanks.

Answers:

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Method 1

You could hook into template_redirect, check if it is a singular page (post, page, custom post type) and force a log in:

add_action( 'template_redirect', 'login_to_see_content' );

function login_to_see_content()
{
    if ( is_singular() && ! is_user_logged_in() )
        auth_redirect(); // does nothing for logged in users
}

As suggested by @s_ha_dum in the comments, an additional ! is_user_logged_in() might be necessary. In theory, it shouldn’t (and it isn’t in my setup).

Method 2

I recommend a plugin like User Access Manager for that purpose. It gives more function and control than using native function such as making posts Private.

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