Category Archives: WordPress

At long last

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Chad

I am finally ready to release WP-Members™ version 2.5.0 as a production release.  This release represents many months of work moving from version 2.3.2.  There are many new features, and as such, it required a lot of testing and debugging. … Continue reading →

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Protecting Pages

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Chad

When WP-Members™ was first offered, the primary use of the plugin was to protect content in posts.  WordPress itself was primarily used as a blogging platform where most content was actually in posts as well.  With the continued development of … Continue reading →

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WP-Members™ new feature release update

Posted on December 31, 2010 by Chad

1.1.11 Update: WP-Members™ 2.4.0 beta release 4 has been released and is available here. Be sure to read the release notes before using. Also – there is a .pot file for translators.  If you are working on a translation, be … Continue reading →

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Update on WP-Members™ New Feature Release

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Chad

I have been working feverishly on some new features for the WP-Members™ plugin.  (Read my initial announcement.) I am getting close to having a true release candidate ready, but will probably allow for some additional beta testing.  This release is … Continue reading →

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Plugin for WP Plugin Developers: Show Current Screen Object

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Chad

You are working on your fancy new WordPress Plugin and you want to incorporate some nifty hooks into the menu system, or you are trying to add some contextual help without overriding the existing help text.  How can you find … Continue reading →

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SEO Plugin for WordPress | Sponsored Plugin Review

Posted on December 6, 2010 by Chad

This plugin fills a void in the SEO plugins that are available for WordPress.  Most SEO plugins tend to focus on keywords, titles, and metatags.  While those are important, one of the areas that is missed is how Search Engines … Continue reading →

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WP-Members™ new feature release

Posted on November 10, 2010 by Chad

I am very excited to announce an upgrade to the ever-popular (and FREE!) WP-Members™ plugin. This is tentatively going to be the 2.3.3 release, although depending on how much gets completed, it may push us to call this 2.4. Update … Continue reading →

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WP-Members™ ™ 2.3 Bug Fix – Non-widget Sidebar Login

Posted on November 10, 2010 by Chad

An astute user recently pointed out an unknown bug that was introduced in the WP-Members™ 2.3.0 release and carries through the current 2.3.2 release. If the user calls the wpmem_inc_sidebar function directly (as in the case of not using the … Continue reading →

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Write a simple WP plugin to add the trademark symbol (™) to your mark

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Chad

You have a trademark you need to mark on your WordPress site, but you don’t want to search through the site to find each occurrence and update each post?  I have developed a plugin for you that will ™ or ® … Continue reading →

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Howto: Write a simple keyword meta tag plugin for WordPress

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Chad

There are various SEO plugins available for WordPress, but let’s say you have some unique needs or for some other reason want to write your own.  How would you go about doing that? Well, this tutorial is going to show … Continue reading →

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