Tips and Tricks

Adding the WP display_name field to the WP-Members user profile update form

Chad Butler · Jul 10, 2013 ·

Recent versions of the plugin have improved support for some of the WP native fields such as nickname, user_nicename, and display_name. I will be continuing to improve support for these fields. Currently, if you want to add something like the Display Name field to the front end of the plugin, you need a little customization. This post will take you through adding that to the front-end user profile update.

This needs to be done in the user profile update and not at registration because WP bases these fields on data used in registration that is not available on the static form – the nickname, the username, and first/last name. This tutorial focuses on adding it to the user profile update, much like WP’s backend (which doesn’t set this at registration, either). Continue Reading →

Removing line breaks and tabs from generated HTML for easier str_replace

Chad Butler · Jul 10, 2013 ·

For WP-Members users who want to do heavy customization to the plugin’s default forms, the PHP str_replace function can be both your best friend and your arch nemesis. Continue Reading →

Move form label for checkboxes with a filter

Chad Butler · Jul 1, 2013 ·

Suppose you want to move the text label for a checkbox the default layout of the registration form. You would like to move it to be to the right of the checkbox. How can that be done?

The WP-Members registration form has a basic default layout. This is necessary for it to be functional in a wide variety of uses, themes, etc. But what if you need something a little different? Well, it is very customizable and flexible with filter hooks that allow you to use a function to filter the form before it is displayed. Continue Reading →

Email users when a new post is published – opt-in/opt-out version

Chad Butler · Jun 9, 2013 ·

This code snippet is an extension of the email users when a new post is published snippet. Like that snippet, this one comes from user requests.

The difference here is that we will only email users who have requested specifically to be notified of new posts, and we’ll allow them to opt-out of that process at a later date by updating their profile. Continue Reading →

Clean up the user profile of unused unwanted fields

Chad Butler · May 3, 2013 ·

The WP-Members plugin does not exercise any control over WordPress native fields as far as removing them from the User Profile. The plugin only determines if you are using these in the front-end elements of the plugin (such as front-side registration and front-side user profile). If you are not using a handful of these fields and would like to remove them from the User Profile (yoursite.com/wp-admin/user-edit.php), you can do that with a little bit of scripting in your functions.php file. Here are some examples. Continue Reading →