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Remove username from registration

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There is often the question of using an email for a username. In WordPress, there is never a good reason to do this because the core WP schema does not allow for it. This post covers why you should work within the existing schema, how you can do that, and provides simple code snippets you can use to customize the WP-Members login and registration forms to handle it.

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How to properly load (and unload) stylesheets

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WP-Members comes packaged with a default stylesheet, which tries to be a generic as possible in order to look good in as many use-cases as possible. However, this may not be suitable in all instances. Ideally, in all cases, you would create a custom stylesheet that fits into your other style elements to match your existing theme.

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Using a Code Snippets Plugin

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For users not comfortable with adding code snippets by other means, a code snippets plugin manager can be a great tool. Actually, it can be a great tool for other users, too.

One of the most commonly used code snippets plugins is the aptly named “Code Snippets“. The plugin allows you to add custom code snippets as well as manage the code snippets you have added.

Some of the features include:

  • Ability to activate/deactivate code snippets
  • Ability to set code snippets to run only once (useful for utility scripts that manage user or post data)
  • Screening of code snippet syntax so that an invalid code snippet does not crash the site.

You can get the plugin through the WordPress plugin panel by searching for “Code Snippets” or download it from wordpress.org: Code Snippets – WordPress plugin | WordPress.org

Restrict a post or a page to a specific user role

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While the core plugin restricts posts to logged in users, and can also create memberships for other types of restriction, sometimes you may wish to restrict content to a user role.

This custom code snippet can be copy-pasted to wherever you store custom code and will add a list of roles to the WP-Members restriction meta box in the post editor, and then will restrict the content based on those roles.

Note that this functionality is included in the WP-Members Advanced Options extension.

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