Well, I finally reached a point with this plugin that we can relsease a full version. From the beta, I fixed quite a few quirks and I also worked to complete the customization features that I wanted included. I have not completed all of the customization features, but the bulk of it is in place so I can add it later.

This plugin allows you to block the WordPress “loop” (or anything you desire to block) from non-registered site members. Registrants are required to sign up through a registration form and can create their own username and password. This data is stored in a db table seperate from the the WordPress users table.

The plugin has its own admin area within the WP admin. You can list members, sort the list, search by various fields, and add new members manually. Also, in the settings panel, you can set a number of customizations allowing you to turn on or off the following features:

• use a single field for name or first name/last name
• add a second address line
• add an additional (evening) phone field
• confirm passwords match
• confirm emails match

In the future, we will add 5 user customizable fields that can be used as well as allowing further customization of the registration process.

Download version 1.0 here

Well, it is finally here – kind of. Here is the 1st beta release of my WordPress membership plugin. This plugin is designed for setting up a membership-based site where you are only allowing logged in site members to access posts and feeds. It handles site members aside from the WordPress users and utilizes additional fields for contact info (address, email, phone, etc.).

There is an admin panel for this plugin where you can manage the site members – add new members, search members, view the entire list, sort by various criteria.

Also, the required database tables self install upon plugin activation.

Note that this could be a buggy release as it is the 1st publicly released beta version. Also, it does require making some changes to core WordPress files (at least for now), so you’ll need to backup your site and database (if you don’t, and something goes awry, well, that’s your problem).

Download wp-members here.

I am currently working on a new plugin that will run a site membership database well beyond the “protected post” feature built into WordPress. This grew out of a need for another site that I run and we have been working WordPress into the site to eventually replace the “home-grown” content management that we currently use (and developed).

However, this site has some pretty advanced membership functions as the site has a newsletter/membership for-profit business model and there were no existing plugins for WordPress (that I could find, anyway) that did what we were looking for. I did, however, find a lot of people that the same needs we did.

So, as I went to the drawing board to tinker with some ideas, I decided that I would build this as a plugin for WordPress that would hopefully fill a void for a lot of people.  The first beta version is near release but we have a list of features that we will continue to work on following release of the beta. Some of the features are:

• Full WordPress admin panel user management
• Username/password credentials based login model
• Full user details (name, address, phone, email)
• Admin can add users, search users by name, username, email, edit user details
• Admin can view users sorted by userid, username, last name, country, and email
• Posts can be password protected to the user must login or request a new account

Future features will included:

• User-defined fields
• A date based account expiration (for subscription)
• Paypal integration
• Email newsletter subscription add-on

Additionally, I will be available for custom commercial installations.