Hi Michael

At the moment, it’s not possible to restrict access to the direct URLs in this way, though it would be possible as a customisation.

Thanks.

Hi Gareth,

Sorry that I am confused.
If “Images may still be available, e.g. if a user had the direct URL to the image.”,
would it be in conflict with the description – “without the rest of the world seeing them” – in the Photographers example of this article?

“Photographers
If you’re running a photography business, there’s a good chance that you’d like your customers to be able to purchase and download their photos from your site without the rest of the world seeing them.”

Would it be possible to further enhance the plugin to also restrict access to the product images?

Thank you very much!

Hi Michael

Yes, you should be able to do this using a CSV import/export plugin that allows you to import metadata.

Thanks.

For large number of users, creating a unique user role for each user could be laborious. I would like to explore protecting the products by user ID this way:
What if I assign the user ID to a large quantity of products in the same csv file for updating products and import the csv file to Woocommerce?

Does your plugin support product csv import?

Thank you very much.

Thanks Gareth!

Hi Brent

You can create new user roles by following the steps here: https://pluginrepublic.com/documentation/create-new-user-roles/.

Then you can assign products to categories by following the guidance here: https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/managing-product-taxonomies/.

There’s a tutorial on protecting categories by user role here: https://pluginrepublic.com/woocommerce-protected-categories/.

If you have a licence and you need further help, please raise a ticket here – https://pluginrepublic.com/support/ – and we’ll get straight back to you.

Thanks.

Gareth, could you please tell me exactly how you would do what’s above? How do I “create a unique user role for each user then assign all the user’s products to a unique category. Then you can restrict categories by user role.”?

Thanks!
b.

Hi Charlie

Yes, absolutely. You can create as many customer-specific products as you like. Please remember that the plugin protects access to product pages. Images may still be available, e.g. if a user had the direct URL to the image.

Thanks.

Yes, absolutely.