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By default, the plugin automatically places a login form in place of blocked content if the user is not logged in. But sometimes plugin users prefer to redirect a user to a log in page when they attempt to access a page or post with blocked content.
This can usually be accomplished with a custom function to check for the user’s login state, whether the content is to be blocked, and a redirect process. Continue Reading →
A frequent question that I receive is how to replace the plugin’s default process of placing the login and registration forms with a process that takes the user to a login page (and/or registration page).
I’ve put together a code snippet that you can use as-is, or customize as needed in order to create a process that displays buttons that direct to a login page and registration page. If you look at the screen shot to the left, you’ll see what this process will produce. The example shows a post with an excerpt using the Twenty Fourteen theme.
The example provides the code snippet (which you can customize) as well as some initial CSS (which you can also customize) and will explain the process used to implement this change. Continue Reading →
In the past, I have put together a method for making the link in the admin notification email a single click process for activating users. But what if you want users to be sent an activation link to confirm their account and activate themselves?
This tutorial will walk you through changing the initial email to the user to include an activation link that, when clicked will activate the user account. This can be used as an email verification process. The tutorial includes all necessary code snippets as well as detailed instructions for setting it up. Continue Reading →
Today we take one step closer to WP-Members 3.0! Version 2.9.8 includes some updates that lay the groundwork for moving the plugin into the next major version release.
Please be sure to read the release notes prior to updating to determine how you will be affected by these changes. It is always recommended that you test the update on a staging server prior to updating production.
This update does not make any changes to database settings during the update with the exception of the version number. If you need to roll back, the previous version (2.9.7) is available here. Continue Reading →
One of the basic elements of WordPress best practices is to use a Child Theme. This allows you to make customizations to your theme without worrying about losing those changes when the theme author releases an update. It’s simple to set up and should be a standard practice when setting up a new site.
This example will create a child theme of the WordPress default theme Twenty Seventeen. The purpose of this exercise is to help you get a custom child theme so you can store custom functions for customizing WP-Members. It is not intended to be a complete process of developing child themes and custom template files. There are plenty of those resources available on the Internet, starting with the WordPress Codex.
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