wordpress show only media user has uploaded in wp_editor

I’m creating a wordpress site where the registered user has the ability to create his own post via wp_editor() on the frontend, but just one post.

Now I want to restrict the user to be able to only see his uploaded media. I use the following script in the functions.php, which works in the backend. So if a user goes to the media section in the backend he will only see his uploaded media.

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But if the user goes to “insert media” pop-up on the frontend wp_editor he can still see the uploaded media from all the users.

function restricted_media_view( $wp_query ) {
if ( strpos( $_SERVER[ 'REQUEST_URI' ], '/wp-admin/upload.php' ) !== false  
|| strpos( $_SERVER[ 'REQUEST_URI' ], '/wp-admin/edit.php' ) !== false ) {
    if ( !current_user_can( 'level_5' ) ) {
        global $current_user;
        $wp_query->set( 'author', $current_user->id );
    }
    }
}
add_filter('parse_query', 'restricted_media_view' );

Do you have any idea hot to solve this annoyance? Thank you!

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3 comments

  1. You might try this plugin: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/view-own-posts-media-only/

    Alternatively try this:

    add_action('pre_get_posts','ml_restrict_media_library');
    
    function ml_restrict_media_library( $wp_query_obj ) {
        global $current_user, $pagenow;
        if( !is_a( $current_user, 'WP_User') )
        return;
        if( 'admin-ajax.php' != $pagenow || $_REQUEST['action'] != 'query-attachments' )
        return;
        if( !current_user_can('manage_media_library') )
        $wp_query_obj->set('author', $current_user->ID );
        return;
    }
    

    Source: http://wpsnipp.com/index.php/functions-php/restricting-users-to-view-only-media-library-items-they-upload/#comment-810649773

  2. alternatively since WordPress 3.7

    add_filter( 'ajax_query_attachments_args', "user_restrict_media_library" );
    function user_restrict_media_library(  $query ) {
        global $current_user;
        $query['author'] = $current_user->ID ;
        return $query;
    }
    
  3. I use API/Filter Reference/ajax query attachments args for WP 4.3.1 and works

    add_filter( 'ajax_query_attachments_args', 'show_current_user_attachments', 10, 1 );
    
    function show_current_user_attachments( $query = array() ) {
        $user_id = get_current_user_id();
        if( $user_id ) {
            $query['author'] = $user_id;
        }
        return $query;
    }
    

    just add on functions.php

    or check this link WP Codex