6.0 Hide posts/plugins

6.1 Introduction

A key feature that has been implemented in the WordPress plugin check is the option to hide specific plugin checks. By doing this, we allow flexibility for back-end users to show only the plugins that they want to show to front-end users.

6.2 Instructions to hide plugin checks

To hide a specific plugin check, the user has to enter in [hidepost] and [/hidepost] around the plugin they do not want to include.

Example:

If the user wants to hide the Windows Media Player plugin check, they go to the edit post of “Media”. From here, in the Visual Editor, we add the [hidepost] tag to the front of Windows Media Player tab, and then add [/hidepost] into the end of the Windows Media Player table, in front of the next tab.

Below is an illustration of the process:

Figure 10. Hidepost Tags

Figure 11. Hide Windows Media Player

Once the hidepost tags are added, the effect will take place when the user has logged out of the back-end and view the site as a normal user.

6.3 Instructions to posts

To hide a post, we can use the hide post option commonly found in every WordPress template.

Figure 12. Hide Post – Check Private Post

Checking the “Private post” box will hide the post, in this case, “Media” from normal users.