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WP-Members 2.8.3 final release

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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 →

WP-Members 2.8.3 Beta Release Now Available

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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 →

WP-Members 2.8.2 final release

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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.

WP-Members 2.8.1 shortcode patch

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I am always nervous about releasing updates to the plugin because in the back of my mind I am wondering what element slipped through the cracks.  The 2.8.1 release was no exception.

WP-Members 2.8.1 made it out the door with a small error related to the new “user-profile” shortcode.

The problem was with the logic in line 208 of wp-members-core.php:

$page = ( 'user-profile' ) ? 'members-area' : $page;

This would actually always return true, which would mean that all shortcodes using the “page” parameter would be members-area pages.  So register and login pages, while still being able to provide their core function, wouldn’t be working quite the way they should since they would have both the login and registration forms in the logged out state and wouldn’t have the correct links in the logged in state.

The fix (which has been implemented in the download already) is to change line 208 of wp-members-core.php to:

$page = ( $page == 'user-profile' ) ? 'members-area' : $page;

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