Hey folks! 👋
I'm interested in creating a Flarum extension that shows partial post content to guests, and I’d love to know if anyone has already built something similar or would be interested in collaborating or supporting development.
I already know of two plugins that achieve similar functionality, but I like the idea of showing some of the content to guest visitors.
BBCode Hide Content and Login 2 See Plus already do very similar functionality. Extending those plugins to achieve my goals would be really cool too.
🎯 What It Would Do
For Guests (not signed in):
Show the first 50% of a post (or a set number of characters/words or percentage).
Append a “Sign in to read more” link at the end.
Optional: Blur the second half or fade out visually.
For Logged-in Users:
Show the full post content as normal.
🛠️ How It Might Work
Frontend-only JavaScript or a lightweight extension.
Hooks into the Post component in the forum frontend.
Detects if app.session.user === null.
Truncates the .Post-body HTML, adds a CTA.
Optional CSS for blur/fade.
🧪 Why?
Useful for:
Course communities (like mine I'm building for my farming community!), where some discussion content is gated.
Encouraging sign-ups without totally hiding public content.
Creating teaser-like experiences.
Creating a paywall potentially if you have enabled some kind of monetization for your community.
💬 Interested?
If you’ve already built something like this, know of someone who has, or want to collaborate / sponsor / contribute to the development, drop a comment or message me!
I would also potentially be interested in commissioning a developer to help/make this plugin for me to save my time. If you have any thoughts about this please let me know!
Seb 🌱
I grow food: solarity.farm
I make websites: solarity.studio
