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™ 2.8.2 released

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Chad

WP-Members™ 2.8.2 was released today. Read the release announcement here.

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Selling your used cell phone

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Chad

Many of you are techno-geeks and early adopters like me and thus, you probably get a newer cell phone from time to time.  Which begs the question: What do you do with the old one? For me, this is a particularly important … Continue reading →

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Book Review (almost)

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Chad

If you are reading this and it is still February 28th, do yourself a favor and go over to Amazon to purchase a copy of WICK (Wick Series) by Michael Bunker. Michael is an independent author with a good deal of … Continue reading →

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WP-Members™ 2.8.0 auto excerpt fix

Posted on December 27, 2012 by Chad

The WP-Members™ 2.8.0 upgrade initially went out with a bug in the new auto excerpt feature that causes the default (more…) link to be displayed on content that is not using the auto excerpt. While this has been corrected in … Continue reading →

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WP-Members™ 2.8 Beta Release

Posted on December 15, 2012 by Chad

Last week I announced the beta release of WP-Members™ 2.8 at rocketgeek.com.  The 2.8 release will offer many new features and has a rebuild of the admin panels that is now extensible by developers that want to hook into the … Continue reading →

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Testing the wp_mail function

Posted on September 23, 2012 by Chad

WordPress has its own email function, wp_mail, that it uses for sending email.  There are many plugins, my WP-Members™ plugin included, that rely on this function to be working properly.  But how do you know if this is the case?

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WP-Members™ 2.7.7 release

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Chad

An update for WP-Members™ has been released as version 2.7.7.  This update includes some new features in the way of filter hooks and shortcodes, and also a few minor fixes/code improvements. Read more about this release here.

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WP-Members™ Subscription Module with PayPal Integration

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Chad

I’ve released an early version of the WP-Members™ Subscription Module with PayPal Integration for members of rocketgeek.com, the WP-Members™ support site. This is a premium add-on module for WP-Members™ that will allow you to set a free trial period (or … Continue reading →

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WP-Members™ 2.7.7 beta release announcement

Posted on August 24, 2012 by Chad

See this post for more information on the WP-Members™ 2.7.7 beta release: http://rocketgeek.com/release-announcements/wp-members-2-7-7-beta-release-announcement/  

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RocketGeek Interactive announces new WP-Members™ add-on module

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Chad

Members of the WP-Members™ support site rocketgeek.com can now get exclusive add-on modules for the free WP-Members™ plugin. A new add-on for tracking logged in user stats was released today. Also announced today was the upcoming release of a PayPal … Continue reading →

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