Chad Butler

WP-Members version 3.0 released

Chad Butler · Jun 23, 2015 ·

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I have been waiting a long time to finish and release WP-Members 3.0 and that day has finally come!

This is a major update and will be but the beginning of a lot of updates and improvements in the plugin.

Before I go into details for the update, please let me be clear – this is a major version release, not an incremental update. So please, test the update prior to upgrading a production site. While I always do my best to be responsive to issues, especially when updating, keep in mind this plugin now has more than 60,000 active installs, so it can get hectic around version release time.

When in doubt, test it first! And if you have questions, let me know.

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WP-Members 3.0 Early Testing

Chad Butler · May 12, 2015 ·

WP-Members 3.0 is nearing the testing stage. This update to the plugin is really exciting because I have been working on moving the plugin to be more Object Oriented. The current version of the plugin is very extensible. But I want to move that forward to be even more so. The new Object Oriented approach and the new settings array is going to leverage the extensibility of the plugin to a fully customizable framework.

As usual, I want to update process to be seamless for existing users.

Because of the changes to the way the core settings are stored, this means lots of testing. I am hoping there are users out there that are interested in testing out the new version. Continue Reading →

Do not modify plugin files

Chad Butler · May 3, 2015 ·

This is an important best practice – never, ever modify plugin files directly.

Rule 1: there is never a good reason to do this.

Rule 2: refer to rule 1.

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Add a file upload field to attach to admin notification email during registration

Chad Butler · Apr 21, 2015 ·

This tutorial will describe how to add a file upload field to the registration form and have the resulting file be sent with the admin notification email.

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Creating an optgroup tag in a dropdown list

Chad Butler · Apr 16, 2015 ·

Here is a slightly more advanced example of using the wpmem_register_form_rows filter to modify a form input element. In this case, we will take a regular dropdown select field and add the optgroup label tag to sections of it.

Note: for best results in understanding this customization, it is best to create a test field exactly as described in this example and using the example scripts as they are written. Once you have it working, then you can move to creating this process for your specific field. Continue Reading →