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How the plugin handles blocking content

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The plugin filters what is in WP’s $content variable during The Loop based on whether or not the user is logged in.  In its most basic form, if the user is logged in, it allows the content to be displayed.  If the user is not logged in, it empties this value and replaces it with the login and registration form.

Back in 2005-2006 when the plugin originated, this was a very simple process.  Today, not so much.  Today we have custom post types, visual page builders, plugins that are really a full blown application such as WooCommerce or BuddyPress, and countless other possibilities.  

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Use the MailChimp Integration Extension API to Add MailChimp Data to User Profile

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The new MailChimp Integration Extension includes a user API in version 2.0.  This can be used to call information about any specific list member without having to worry about formatting the request to send through the actual MailChimp API.  The extension’s user API does this for you.

This is an example using the extension’s API function wpmem_mc_get_list_member() function to retrieve the list member’s MailChimp information and display some of it on the admin user profile.  We will use the WP-Members action hook wpmem_admin_after_profile to display this at the bottom of the WP-Members section of the profile. The end result will add a a line like the image below to the WP-Members section of the user profile

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MailChimp Extension 2.0 Upgrade

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The MailChimp Integration Extension just received a major update.  The entire extension was rebuilt from the ground up using the MailChimp 3.0 API.  This makes things much more stable and useable, and will lead to a host of new features in the future.  For now, most of the features stay essentially the same.

If you are upgrading the MailChimp extension from a previous version to version 2.0, here are some items to keep in mind.

The information here primarily applies to upgrading the extension.  If you are doing a new install, you can just review the documentation here.

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Advanced Options Extension updated to version 1.2

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Today I loaded an update to the Advanced Options extension, which is probably one of the most popular of the available extensions for the plugin.

In addition to the list of features that you can review in the extension’s documentation, version 1.2 adds the following features: Continue Reading →

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