Tips and Tricks

Make WP-Members fields in the users screen sortable

Chad Butler · Nov 6, 2014 ·

Here is a code snippet that you can use to make all of the WP-Members custom fields sortable in the Users > All Users screen.

To use this code, add the entire code snippet to your functions.php file. Any field in the WP-Members Fields tab that you have selected to display on the Users Screen will be sortable.

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Set user expiration to a fixed date

Chad Butler · Nov 3, 2014 ·

The PayPal Subscription Extension operates by setting a user’s expiration date to today + the subscription period. For example, if the subscription period is 1 year, the expiration date will be one year from now.

But what if you want all users to expire/renew on the same day of the year? Or if you would like to just set a hard date far out in the future? Yes, there is a way you can do such things.

There is an action hook that comes just after the user’s expiration date is automatically set – wpmem_exp_after_set_exp. Using this action, you can create a custom function to change the expiration date that is automatically set by the extension to whatever you want. Here are three simple examples. Continue Reading →

Add a datepicker to the registration form

Chad Butler · Nov 1, 2014 ·

Here is an example of how to implement a jQuery datepicker script for the registration form.

Note that as of WP-Members 3.1.8, a date field type is available. However, this is an HTML5 field type and is not fully integrated into all browsers (most notably, it is a “development” option in FireFox). This example is jQuery instead, which is more cross-browser compatible.Continue Reading →

Move the Username Field in the Registration Form

Chad Butler · Oct 31, 2014 ·

By default, the username field comes at the beginning of the form rows array. This field is not included in the plugin’s fields manager tab, so you can’t re-order it via drag-and-drop like the rest of the fields.

This quick and dirty code snippet that will allow you to move the location of the username field to come after any other field in the registration form. Continue Reading →

Add a separator line of text in the registration form (wpmem_register_form_rows version)

Chad Butler · Oct 27, 2014 ·

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Using the wpmem_register_form_rows filter allows you a simple way to add custom fields and text to the WP-Members registration form using the wpmem_array_insert() API function. Continue Reading →