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WP-Members 3.0 Early Testing

Chad Butler · May 12, 2015 ·

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WP-Members 3.0 is nearing the testing stage. This update to the plugin is really exciting because I have been working on moving the plugin to be more Object Oriented. The current version of the plugin is very extensible. But I want to move that forward to be even more so. The new Object Oriented approach and the new settings array is going to leverage the extensibility of the plugin to a fully customizable framework.

As usual, I want to update process to be seamless for existing users.

Because of the changes to the way the core settings are stored, this means lots of testing. I am hoping there are users out there that are interested in testing out the new version. Continue Reading →

Add a meta box in the post editor for blocking custom post types

Chad Butler · Nov 21, 2014 ·

Users who configure to block custom post types will notice that you don’t get the meta box that WP-Members shows for blocking (or unblocking) posts and pages. While you can still use custom fields directly for custom post blocking/unblocking at the individual post level, it’s nice to have the meta box. So I’ve put together a code snippet for you to use to implement this on your custom post type editors.

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User List layout in columns

Chad Butler · Aug 6, 2014 ·

Here’s a tutorial on setting up a unique layout display for the User List extension. This tutorial will show you how to arrange the users in rows/columns similar to this screenshot.

I’ll be honest and tell you that this requires some php skills as you’ll need to be able to do some string manipulation via one of the filter hooks. You’ll also need to have some working knowledge of CSS. This tutorial will give you the basics to create a version of the display shown, which was done in the Twenty Fourteen theme – depending on your theme, your mileage may vary and you’ll need to know CSS to work with adjusting the layout. Continue Reading →

WP-Members 2.8.9 release

Chad Butler · Dec 31, 2013 ·

I had initially expected that 2.8.8 would wrap up 2.8.x and the next release would be begin 2.9. But it looks like we need one more update to get through the period before 2.9 will be ready.

2.8.9 contains a couple of fixes, some updates to deal with the new Twenty Fourteen theme, and some updates that will help users transition to 2.9 (which will be rebuilding the form building functions). Continue Reading →