Set user forum access when using bbPress with the PayPal subscription extension

[Chad Butler]

People have asked how I manage user forum access when using the PayPal subscription extension.  Here is how I do it on this site.   I currently keep t
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[JoeDostie]

Hello Chad,

New subscriber to your site and so far it has been a fantastic product and I am really learning a ton!

So from what I can gather reading these directions. I have a web site where everything is free (no charge) its just the user needs to sign up and become a member (via WP-members) and my goal is to have a new User become a “generic” level person and they will have access to comment. I have that working perfectly.

My next step is to have them automatically get the “Participant” role assigned to them in the bbPress forum role.

I suspect that is accomplished with the same code as above but using the wpmem_post_register_data action (as follows):


add_action( 'wpmem_post_register_data', 'wpmem_set_user_bbp_role', 10, 2 );
function wpmem_set_user_bbp_role( $user_id, $renew ) {
if( $renew ) {
bbp_set_user_role( $user_id, 'bbp_participant' );
}
return;
}


I dont want any of my admins to have to assign the bbPress role, just to Activate the user.

My only issue is I cant get the action to populate. Its most likely I am using the wrong, the $renew is throwing me off…

Any help is appreciated!

Thanks,
Joe Dostie

[Chad Butler]

Thanks for the post – sounds you like you are getting along quite well with the plugin.

It sounds like you are not using the PayPal extension? If not, you are pretty close to what you need in that filter – the logical test for $renew needs to come out. All you need is this:

add_action( 'wpmem_post_register_data', 'wpmem_set_user_bbp_role' );
function wpmem_set_user_bbp_role( $user_id ) {
	bbp_set_user_role( $user_id, 'bbp_participant' );
	return;
}

The snippet as given in the post was specific to the PayPal extension and enabling forum access once the user has paid.

Hope that helps.

[JoeDostie]

Thanks Chad,

Works perfect! One thing I will mention incase anyone else uses this post, and I didn’t realize this myself until testing it a few times…

Initially the Forum Role is NOT set when the user signs up for their account…

The user will need to validate themselves and finish the registration process before the bbPress role is added to their account.

I was using a fake account (fake@fake.com) to test the “flow” of the registration thinking it should set up everything ahead of time, but I guess it makes sense to set it after they are validated.

Again, thanks so much for your help so far!

[Chad Butler]

No problem – and thanks for the extra insights!

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