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, there are a lot of good commercial plugins out there.  One of those that is definitely worth a look is OptinBar.

Optinbar is a premium wordpress plug-in that allows you to display an elegant and professional email list opt-in form on your site.   Continue reading

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WP-Members™ 2.6.5

Tonight I will be releasing WP-Members™ version 2.6.5.  This is primarily a fix release with some functionality improvements.   Continue reading

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Customizing WP-Members™ with pluggable functions

There are many requests that come into this blog asking how to customize certain elements of the WP-Members™ plug-in. While I’ve made attempts to have WP-Members™ be as flexible as possible, there are times when a specific customization request would be outside the exiting process flow of the plug-in and would require making changes directly to the functions in the plug-in itself.   Continue reading

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Show menu based on WordPress login status

In this example, I will show you how to display a different menu for users based on their login status for the WordPress TwentyTen theme.  This process can be adapted to any theme (and using the same principles, could be adapted to use anywhere on your WP site).

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WP-Members™ 2.6.4 bug fix release

The WP-Members™ 2.6.4 release is a bug fix release for the following:

  • User activation bug on individual user activation
  • Alignment on the login form between “Remember Me” and “Login”
  • Improper deprecation of the wpmem_generatePassword function

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WP-Members™ 2.6.3 incremental code improvement release

Tonight I released WP-Members™ version 2.6.3.  This is an incremental code improvement release.

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Let’s all blog off

Do you like social media and blogging? How about collaborative writing?  I think you’ll love “Let’s Blog Off.”  Continue reading

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Blocking content in a custom template

Lately, this question has come up a lot.  How do you block content that is outside the loop and still display the login/registration forms on the page.

This type of issue may come up if you are using a custom query to put some specific content on a specific page, or it might be that you are displaying specific data that you want to protect.  As long as it is something in the WordPress template framework, you can still use WP-Members™ to block the content.  Continue reading

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How to disable the WordPress admin bar

Recently, I’ve received a number of comments and questions regarding the WP admin bar, so I thought it would be best to create a post that will give you some guidance as to how to turn this off for your subscribers.  Continue reading

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WP-Members™ 2.6.2 announcement

WP-Members™ 2.6.2 is in final testing and should be released today, should all go well.  This is primarily a bug fix release, although there are a few feature improvements as well.  Continue reading

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