Author Archives: Chad

About Chad

Chad Butler is both a freelance writer and web developer. He has developed several popular WordPress plugins and his writing has appeared on forbes.com, sfomag.com, and investopedia.com.

WP-Members™ climbs in popularity

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Chad

Well, once again I come to the users of WP-Members™ and say thanks!  WP-Members™ has again climbed into the top 100 most popular plugins in the wordpress.org repository.  Currently, it is sitting at #94 (that’s on page 7 out of 1227). … Continue reading →

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Loading Custom Stylesheets with wp_enqueue_style

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Chad

While the concepts outlined here are more specific to loading custom styles for the WP-Members™ plugin, the WP functions discussed can be used to load and unload custom stylesheets for any WP plugin or theme that uses wp_register_style. In the … Continue reading →

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New CSS Stylesheets included in WP-Members™

Posted on February 19, 2012 by Chad

As many users know, the styles used in WP-Members™ can be customized and loaded in a separate stylesheet.  This post describes the process of setting that up and mapping the location of your custom stylesheet in the plugin option panel. … Continue reading →

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Member Links Filter Advanced Demo

Posted on February 18, 2012 by Chad

Here is an advanced demonstration of what you can do with the links filter hooks in WP-Members.  For this example, we are going to add some content to the Members Area page (created with the [wp-members page="members-area"] shortcode. 

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WP-Members™ 2.7.2 Bug Fix Release

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Chad

I have gone ahead and released a bug fix for the bug discussed here.  Now, the bug really effects only those that use moderated registration. However, even if you do not use that feature, you may want to upgrade as … Continue reading →

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Bugs and other things

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Chad

There is in fact a bug in the new WP-Members™ 2.7.1 release.  However, there is also something else that is not a bug but could generally be confused as one.  Hopefully, this post will clear up any confusion, help you … Continue reading →

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New Filter and Action Hooks in WP-Members™ 2.7.1

Posted on February 11, 2012 by Chad

There are a number of fixes and features included in WP-Members™ 2.7.1 (view the list here), but I think the most important is the inclusion of some new action and filter hooks.  I’ve had a number of requests for certain … Continue reading →

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WP-Members™ 2.7.1 beta release

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Chad

I have finished a release candidate for WP-Members™ 2.7.1 that is ready for public testing.  As previously announced, this update has a number of fixes and improvements. The WP-Members™ 2.7.1 beta rc4 can be downloaded here. Here is a list … Continue reading →

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Japanese instructions on setting up WP-Members™

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Chad

Over at HijiriWorld, there is an excellent tutorial on how to set up WP-Members on your site. The tutorial is in Japanese. Arigatou gozaimasu.

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WP-Members™ 2.7.1 and new code cross reference

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Chad

As always, releasing a set of new features results in the need for some fixes.  2.7.0 is no exception.  I am working on a fix release which will be 2.7.1.  This will include a rebuild of the default email content … Continue reading →

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