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Use jQuery to create a Log In/Log Out menu link

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This simple tutorial will help you create a Log In/Log Out menu link that will display a link to the login page when the user is not logged in and a link to log out when they are logged in.

This has now been incorporated into the plugin as a standard feature – all you need to do is add a login link to the menu and give it a custom class of “wpmem_loginout”. See documentation on this feature.  This tutorial remains primarily for informational and educational purposes OR if you’d simply like to customize the login/out menu item. 

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Automatically approve accounts from whitelisted domains

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This article is a followup to “Restrict registration to specific email domains, IPs, or other data” that adds an element for moderated registration.  In this case, moderated registration is used and registrants with emails accounts from whitelisted domains are automatically approved, leaving all others to be approved by an administrator.

It should be noted that this only applies to WP-Members registration. It has become more common to integrate WP-Members with other plugins that also have registration, such as WooCommerce, BuddyPress, bbPress, etc.  If you are using one of these plugins for registration, that’s fine – but you need to then look into their process for custom validation.  Continue Reading →

Restrict registration to specific email domains, IPs, or other data

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WP-Members allows for customizing the registration form validation. This feature can be used to restrict registration based on the user’s information such as email address, IP address, or some other data point.  This article covers how to do that and includes some basic examples.

It should be noted that this only applies to WP-Members registration. It has become more common to integrate WP-Members with other plugins that also have registration, such as WooCommerce, BuddyPress, bbPress, etc.  If you are using one of these plugins for registration, that’s fine – but you need to then look into their process for custom validation. Continue Reading →

Create a “free” category for all registered users when using the PayPal Subscriptions extension

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When using the PayPal extension, any blocked content will require the user to have a valid and current subscription with an expiration date in the future.  Otherwise, when viewing content, it would ordinarily be replaced by a message indicating they either have not completed payment or that their subscription has expired and they need to renew.

The following script will allow you to create a category or categories that are still restricted to registered users only, but they do not need to have a paid subscription – essentially a “free” category that still requires registration but not completed payment.  Continue Reading →

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