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Chad Butler · ·
The WP-Members 3.1.9 release should clean up some loose ends before the next major update (where there will be some settings changes and some other feature changes). There are not any major changes in 3.1.9 that would prevent rolling back to a previous version.
Here’s an overview of the changes in this release. Continue Reading →
Chad Butler · ·
This article is a followup to “Restrict registration to specific email domains, IPs, or other data” that adds an element for moderated registration. In this case, moderated registration is used and registrants with emails accounts from whitelisted domains are automatically approved, leaving all others to be approved by an administrator.
It should be noted that this only applies to WP-Members registration. It has become more common to integrate WP-Members with other plugins that also have registration, such as WooCommerce, BuddyPress, bbPress, etc. If you are using one of these plugins for registration, that’s fine – but you need to then look into their process for custom validation. Continue Reading →
Chad Butler · ·
WP-Members allows for customizing the registration form validation. This feature can be used to restrict registration based on the user’s information such as email address, IP address, or some other data point. This article covers how to do that and includes some basic examples.
It should be noted that this only applies to WP-Members registration. It has become more common to integrate WP-Members with other plugins that also have registration, such as WooCommerce, BuddyPress, bbPress, etc. If you are using one of these plugins for registration, that’s fine – but you need to then look into their process for custom validation. Continue Reading →
Chad Butler · ·
When using the PayPal extension, any blocked content will require the user to have a valid and current subscription with an expiration date in the future. Otherwise, when viewing content, it would ordinarily be replaced by a message indicating they either have not completed payment or that their subscription has expired and they need to renew.
The following script will allow you to create a category or categories that are still restricted to registered users only, but they do not need to have a paid subscription – essentially a “free” category that still requires registration but not completed payment. Continue Reading →
Chad Butler · ·
WP-Members 3.1.8 is complete and is now available for upgrading.
Here is what’s in store for you in this new release: Continue Reading →
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