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WP-Members 2.9.7 native registration error patch

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The 2.9.7 release of the plugin was intended to include a fix for the native registration to work with localized (translated) sites. Unfortunately, there was a flaw in the line that fixes this. The flaw causes a breakdown of the native (back-end wp-login.php) registration process.

I have patched this in the main plugin download package.  Since I caught this early and the majority of users do not use this backend registration, there aren’t that many users effected.

But if you are one of users effected by this, you have two options.  First, as I just mentioned, the download package is fixed so you can re-download the plugin.  You really only need to replace /wp-members-core.php (and /admin/user-export.php for one other patch).

Or, you can apply the fix yourself.  If editing in WP, go to Plugins > Editor and select WP-Members from the plugin dropdown.  Open the file /wp-members-core.php.

Near the end of the file, the second from the last function is wpmem_wp_reg_finalize.  Line 920 is the first line of this function and you will see:

$native_reg = ( isset( $_POST['wp-submit'] ) && $_POST['wp-submit'] == esc_attr_e( 'Register' ) ) ? true : false;

The esc_attr_e is the problem.  This echos the output and we don’t want that.  This should be changed to esc_attr( __( ‘Register’ ) ) like this:

$native_reg = ( isset( $_POST['wp-submit'] ) && $_POST['wp-submit'] == esc_attr( __( 'Register' ) ) ) ? true : false;

WP-Members 2.9.7

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This update re-works a couple of behind-the-scenes functions; most notably the non-admin email function and the user export.

Email

The re-work of the wpmem_inc_regemail function doesn’t change much around the end result of the function (if at all), but makes a huge difference in the ability of the email content to be filtered and changed.  The new version of the function shifts around some of the steps into a more logical order in order to give a single filter hook for all emails that passes not only the email body content (as before), but also also the subject, the user ID, and a number of other settings, along with the WP-Members fields array and the user’s raw registration data.  This now gives you anything you need to make adjustments to the email based on what the user registered as, what their ID is, or any other criteria.  The new hook is wpmem_email_filter and it is located in wp-members-email.php.

User Export

The other big change was a new export function.  Previously, there were two separate functions – one for exporting just selected users and the other for exporting all users.  The new function combines these two processes since they were very similar.  There is a new filter hook in the process that will allow filtering certain arguments (settings) for the export process.  I’ll be documenting that later.  The process from start to finish with the new function is intended to provide the same end result as the previous two functions.  The new function is intended to be expandable and with the new filter hook for settings, it will be able to be called directly for specific exports if you want to do something custom.

Other Updates

Some other minor changes and fixes include:

  • Fixed the comparison logic for the CSS class for checkbox fields in the wpmem_create_formfield function.
  • Updated native registration function for use on localized sites.
  • Added redirect_to parameter in the registration form, similar to login.
  • Fixed plugin admin page for multisite, if user has theme options edit capabilities.

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