Chad Butler

WP-Members 2.8.3 final release

Chad Butler · Jul 9, 2013 ·

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WP-Members 2.8.3 was released as a production version today. This version moves the admin rebuild project forward significantly, completing most of the moving of user management to the WP Users > All Users menu. There are also a number of fixes in this release. Here is a rundown of what is included in this version: Continue Reading →

Move form label for checkboxes with a filter

Chad Butler · Jul 1, 2013 ·

Suppose you want to move the text label for a checkbox the default layout of the registration form. You would like to move it to be to the right of the checkbox. How can that be done?

The WP-Members registration form has a basic default layout. This is necessary for it to be functional in a wide variety of uses, themes, etc. But what if you need something a little different? Well, it is very customizable and flexible with filter hooks that allow you to use a function to filter the form before it is displayed. Continue Reading →

Email users when a new post is published – opt-in/opt-out version

Chad Butler · Jun 9, 2013 ·

This code snippet is an extension of the email users when a new post is published snippet. Like that snippet, this one comes from user requests.

The difference here is that we will only email users who have requested specifically to be notified of new posts, and we’ll allow them to opt-out of that process at a later date by updating their profile. Continue Reading →

WP-Members 2.8.3 Beta Release Now Available

Chad Butler · May 11, 2013 ·

I am getting ready for the WP-Members 2.8.3 release. This version is focused on completing some of the user table features that were not completed in 2.8.2. This includes the addition of screening the users (showing not active, not exported, etc) as well as patching some a couple of bugs from 2.8.2 that didn’t pass custom columns. Continue Reading →

Clean up the user profile of unused unwanted fields

Chad Butler · May 3, 2013 ·

The WP-Members plugin does not exercise any control over WordPress native fields as far as removing them from the User Profile. The plugin only determines if you are using these in the front-end elements of the plugin (such as front-side registration and front-side user profile). If you are not using a handful of these fields and would like to remove them from the User Profile (yoursite.com/wp-admin/user-edit.php), you can do that with a little bit of scripting in your functions.php file. Here are some examples. Continue Reading →