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WP-Members 2.8.2 User Table Column Error Patch

Chad Butler · Apr 24, 2013 ·

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The first issue with WP-Members 2.8.2 seems to be in the new features in the Users Table (“All Users” in your WP Admin). This new version allows you to add WP-Members custom fields as columns in the Users Table. However, there seem to be a couple of issues with the new code. Continue Reading →

WP-Members 2.8.2 final release

Chad Butler · Apr 18, 2013 ·

Feature Updates

Added WP user fields user_nicename, display_name, and nickname to the $fields array, defaults to $username for backward compatibility.
Updated field manager process to allow user_nicename, display_name, and nickname to be added via the fields manager as WP native fields
Added wpmem_register_data filter for $fields to allow filtering of all fields prior to new user insertion, including above new fields (added updates to registration function to make better use of the filter).
Added wpmem_pre_validate_form for $fields to allow filtering fields prior to default form field validation.
Begin implementation of moving bulk user management features into Users > All Users. Users > All Users screen can now activate and export users, and will show additional fields as selected in the fields manager.
Added wpmem_admin_profile_heading, wpmem_admin_profile_field, and wpmem_admin_profile_update filters. These filters are all part of the user profile section.

Fixes, Patches, & Code Improvements

Fixed the conversion of update-profile to members-area shortcode. The bug renders all page shortcodes as members-area.
Fixed the activate user process for user defined passwords, a bug from 2.8.0/2.8.1.
Fixed a bug that can cause the sidebar login widget to not post to the correct url when a static front page is used.
Fixed user profile update (updates with custom checkbox don’t stay checked), an issue from 2.8.0.
Patch correcting the front-side registration form nonce. This patch should improve reliability while still using nonces for security.
Patch for the dropdown field for users running < PHP 5.3.
Made front-side nonce optional, defaults to off.
Moved utility functions out of core.php to utility file utilities.php.
Moved the location of the wpmem_email_notify hook so the filter comes after shortcodes are parsed.
Updated the registration function to rely on the values contain in $fields, allowing for the array values to be filtered.
Updated the registration form to accommodate registration function updates.
Improved auto excerpt function screens for unclosed common html tags and provides a closing tag if none exists.
Improved export process to wrap fields with double quotes – fixes issues if field contains a comma.

Working with Templates: Block a Category Archive Loop Advanced

Chad Butler · Apr 16, 2013 ·

This post builds on the example we looked at in Working with Templates: Block a Category Archive Loop. That example describes how to replace the results of the loop with a message directing the user to login. Instead of replacing with a message, this example will show you how to replace with the WP-Members login form.

The tricky part in this example is that you can’t just put the login form in without modification. Unmodified, it will post to the URL of the first post in the loop of posts. So we’ll want to filter the form to replace that with the link to the category archive we are showing. Continue Reading →

Validate a registration with a PIN

Chad Butler · Apr 16, 2013 ·

Here is a script idea you can use to validate a stored value that you might have for users (such as a PIN) against their registration data. This example will assume that you only want to allow certain registrations for people who you already have data on (in this example, their name) and you want to validate that the user registering is that person. This example will use PIN assigned to the user’s data that we have and the script will validate the PIN provided at registration or will halt registration. Continue Reading →

Remove an unparsed wpmem_txt shortcode

Chad Butler · Apr 11, 2013 ·

The wpmem_txt shortcode is something that WP-Members puts in on the fly and its purpose is to prevent WordPress from putting line breaks (<p> and <br /> via the wpautop and wptexturize functions) into the form, thus throwing off the layout. This is one of those magic things that runs in the background that no one really knows about unless something breaks it.

Here is the problem: WordPress runs the shortcode parser on the content only once. By itself, that’s not a problem. However, if a plugin or theme developer includes a shortcode in their code and they do not use the function do_shortcode() on the $content variable before returning it, any shortcodes that are executed after theirs will be unparsed. For WP-Members, a bad practice like that will result in leaving wpmem_txt unparsed in your form.

So… how do you fix this? Continue Reading →