Home of WP-Members, The Original WordPress Membership Plugin
Chad Butler · ·
Lately, this question has come up a lot. How do you block content that is outside the loop and still display the login/registration forms on the page.
This type of issue may come up if you are using a custom query to put some specific content on a specific page, or it might be that you are displaying specific data that you want to protect. As long as it is something in the WordPress template framework, you can still use WP-Members to block the content. Continue Reading →
Chad Butler · ·
Note: If you want an easy way to do this, the Advanced Options extension offers this as a setting. But if you need more control over the process than a simple “on/off” switch, the method described here is a flexible and customizable alternative.
The new version of WP-Members 2.7.6 adds a method of picking up the redirect_to parameter. This allows you to make redirecting from the wp-login more seamless, since the wp-login is designed to redirect the user back to where their login was requests (such as comments or a forum). Continue Reading →
Chad Butler · ·
Suppose you have a landing page you are directing users to, and users can login on that page, then be redirected to an articles page. What happens if the user is already logged in and they hit the landing page? Here is a process that will help smooth out the user experience. Continue Reading →
Chad Butler · ·
WP-Members is designed to work out-of-the-box, yet be extensible and customizable. The layout of the forms and dialog messages are a good example, with the ability to easily define a custom stylesheet in the plugin options. Continue Reading →
Chad Butler · ·
In this example, I will show you how to display a different menu for users based on their login status for the WordPress TwentyTen theme. This process can be adapted to any theme (and using the same principles, could be adapted to use anywhere on your WP site).
Note: There is an alternate (and easier) method of doing this posted here. That post displays the method currently used on this site.
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