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

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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WP-Members™ 2.7.0 email issues

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Chad

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

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Chad

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

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Chad

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

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Chad

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

Posted on December 27, 2011 by Chad

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

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Chad

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

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Chad

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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