Thoughts on technology
I released an update for Members Only that fixes a small bug that caused WordPress to show an update available for Members Only, even when the latest version was already installed. This incorrect update notice was only shown for a short period of time (4 hours at most), and if you installed the same version … Continue reading
Over the years, I’ve contributed to WordPress in a lot of ways: reporting and/or fixing bugs, testing patches, writing patches, writing documentation, helping in the support forums, giving away plugins/themes/code, and more. Lately I’ve been focused more on contributing and was able to get some props in the WordPress 6.8.2 release. My name is in … Continue reading
WPForms is a great form solution for WordPress, and it provides one of the best interfaces for creating and managing forms. But, over the years they’ve littered the interface with pages that upsell their other products, and I think it’s taking away from the user experience. At the time of this post, they’ve added the … Continue reading
Out of the box, Restrict Content Pro requires members to enter a username when registering. This makes sense because RCP uses the built-in WordPress user database, and the username is a requirement. However, we often see people wanting to use the email address as the username, and they want to know how to remove the … Continue reading
Learn how to control subscription level upgrades and downgrades in Restrict Content Pro. Prevent upgrades, downgrades, proration credits, and more.
Set up custom page restriction messages in RCP
When a website visitor doesn’t have access to restricted content, Restrict Content Pro has two settings to control the message that is shown: one for content that requires a paid subscription, and one for content that requires a free subscription. This works great for people who want fine-grained control over the upsell messages they show … Continue reading
Charge vendors and limit the number of products they can publish
When I was still actively involved in the day-to-day support for Easy Digital Downloads (EDD), two questions I saw quite often was how to charge vendors to publish products in the Front-end Submissions (FES) extension and how to limit the number of products they can publish. After moving from Easy Digital Downloads to Restrict Content … Continue reading