[Paid Memberships Pro] Give users 7 day early access to unpublished posts

Hi,

for gooloo.de +PLUS, our new ad-free solution, we wanted to enable that users of specific levels [in this code snippet levels 2 and 3, please change accordingly!] the ability to access all future, unpublished posts, that would be published in 7 days or max. That way, users of specific levels, can access posts 7 days earlier. For this, add the following code snippet to your functions.php, or via a Code Snippets Plugin.

What you have to do:

• Change the Level IDs accordingly to the levels you want to give access to
• Change the amount of days to your needs [this snippet uses 7]

/**
 * Show future posts up to 7 days ahead for PMPro Levels 2 & 3 members
 * Exclude pages and other post types
 */
function pmpro_show_future_posts_for_members($query) {
    if (is_admin()) return;

    // Get current post type being queried
    $post_type = $query->get('post_type');
    
    // Handle default post type (post)
    if (empty($post_type)) {
        if ($query->is_home() || $query->is_archive() || $query->is_search()) {
            $post_type = 'post';
        } else {
            return;
        }
    }

    // Only affect normal posts
    if ($post_type !== 'post') return;

    // Check membership access
    $has_access = false;
    if (is_user_logged_in()) {
        $has_access = pmpro_hasMembershipLevel(array(2, 3));
    }

    if ($has_access) {
        // Calculate 7 days from now
        $current_time = current_time('timestamp');
        $seven_days_later = date('Y-m-d H:i:s', $current_time + (7 * DAY_IN_SECONDS));
        
        // Modify query for members
        $query->set('post_status', array('publish', 'future'));
        $query->set('date_query', array(
            array(
                'before' => $seven_days_later,
                'inclusive' => true,
            )
        ));
    } else {
        // Non-members see only published posts
        $query->set('post_status', 'publish');
    }
}
add_action('pre_get_posts', 'pmpro_show_future_posts_for_members');

/**
 * Handle single post access for future posts
 */
function pmpro_check_single_future_post() {
    if (!is_singular('post')) return;

    global $post;
    
    // Only check future posts
    if ($post->post_status !== 'future') return;

    // Verify membership and post date
    $has_access = false;
    if (is_user_logged_in()) {
        $has_access = pmpro_hasMembershipLevel(array(2, 3));
    }

    $post_time = strtotime($post->post_date);
    $cutoff_time = current_time('timestamp') + (7 * DAY_IN_SECONDS);

    if (!$has_access || $post_time > $cutoff_time) {
        global $wp_query;
        $wp_query->set_404();
        status_header(404);
        nocache_headers();
    }
}
add_action('wp', 'pmpro_check_single_future_post');