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Working with Templates: Block a Category Archive Loop Advanced

Chad Butler · Apr 16, 2013 ·

This post builds on the example we looked at in Working with Templates: Block a Category Archive Loop. That example describes how to replace the results of the loop with a message directing the user to login. Instead of replacing with a message, this example will show you how to replace with the WP-Members login form.

The tricky part in this example is that you can’t just put the login form in without modification. Unmodified, it will post to the URL of the first post in the loop of posts. So we’ll want to filter the form to replace that with the link to the category archive we are showing. Continue Reading →

Working with Templates: Block a Category Archive Loop

Chad Butler · Apr 7, 2013 ·

In this example of integrating WP-Members features into WordPress Templates we will focus on the category template category.php.

With the default way of using WP-Members, your loop of a category would display titles and post excerpts, leading readers to the individual posts to either login or register. But suppose you want to limit all of that, including titles and excerpts on the category.

We will take the default (Twenty Twelve) category.php template and add a condition to it, and if the user is not logged it, we will direct the user to the login page (created with the WP-Members page=”login” shortcode), which will redirect the user back to the category page upon successful login. Continue Reading →

Working with Templates: a Basic Example

Chad Butler · Apr 1, 2013 ·

This will be the first in what I hope to be a series of posts on adding WP-Members elements directly to your theme templates (or custom templates). Being able to customize you theme at the template level will give you an additional layer of customization that will allow you to do almost anything with the plugin in terms of registration and post/page restriction.

This first example is just a basic look at the single post template. Continue Reading →

Displaying sidebar widgets based on login status

Chad Butler · Sep 3, 2012 ·

Many users would like to display different sidebar widgets based on the user’s login status, including restricting certain content from view of visitors who are not registered or logged in. This tutorial will explain how to set up widget areas to display based on the user’s login status. This is similar to displaying different menus to users based on login, but is slightly more complex. Don’t let that detract you from trying this technique, however, as it is a powerful tool for your site. Continue Reading →

Blocking content in a custom template

Chad Butler · Aug 11, 2012 ·

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 →