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™ 2.7.1 beta release

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™

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

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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WP-Members™ 2.7.0 email issues

The WP-Members™ 2.7.0 release introduced a major new feature to the plugin that was driven entirely by user request – admin customizable email messages for the various emails that are sent out by the plugin.  If you are running 2.7, … Continue reading

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SOPA Protest Blackout

Tomorrow, Wednesday, January 18, 2012, this site will be joining the blackout in protest of SOPA.  If you are unaware of SOPA (or the blackout protest), I urge you to learn how this bill could fundamentally change the freedom of … Continue reading

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Plugin Review: WpSubscribers

WpSubscribers is a WordPress plugin that offers you an easy way to build your opt-in list. With it, you can easily add a variety of pop-ups, modals, and other forms to offer a signup form linked to your email list. … Continue reading

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WP-Members™ 2.7 available now

I have released WP-Members™ 2.7 as a beta release.  For those that consider themselves early adopters, you can download and install the upgrade.  

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WP-Members™ 2.7 Project List

This is the WP-Members™ 2.7 project list.  At this point, everything is pretty well complete and the release candidate is in the testing phase.    

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WP-Members™ 2.6.6 bug fix release and 2.7 announcement

Well, I thought that version 2.7 was going to be the next release, but an astute user pointed out that there was a bug that needed to be addressed from the 2.6 series of releases.  I thought about cutting the … Continue reading

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Plugin Review: OptinBar

As many of you know, I test a lot of plugins.  Most of the plugins that I have published reviews of in the past are of the free variety.  It’s not that I don’t like commercial plugins.  On the contrary, … Continue reading

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