WordPress eMember Change Log

WP eMember v10.0 Change Log

• New feature to hide admin toolbar for all users except admins. So the toolbar in the front-end is visible to admins only.
• New feature for better custom post type protection.
• Added fallback code in the new member creation insert query to convert the data to UTF-8 (where possible).
• Added a new option to tell the plugin to use the same timezone values that is set in your WordPress timezone settings.
• Added a new feature in the Members List menu to show a list of soon to expire members list.
• Added a new feature in the admin functions menu to bulk update the auto upgrade start date change.
• Added a new feature so you can specify email address patterns in the member blacklisting interface.
• Fixed a bug with the bulk send registration complete email.
• Reduced the spacing between the teaser content and the protection message on posts using “more” tag protection feature.
• Updated the Clickbank IPN handling code to work with Clickbank IPN v6.0
• The free rego with email confirmation feature will now take into account the email blacklisting feature.
• Woocommerce billing user meta will get updated when emember record is created with wp user integration option.
• Upgraded mailchimp API to the new Mailchimp API v3.
• All debug log files now have .txt extension.
• Increased the login cookie expiry duration.
• Added secondary level filtering option in the manage members menu admin interface.
• Removed the CSS style for the login, registration and edit profile submit buttons. The styles of those buttons will now come from the theme.
• The after login redirection will now honor the “redirect_to” query parameter in the URL. If present it will redirect to that URL. Example below:
  www.example.com/member-login/?redirect_to=mysite.com/test-page
• New Braintree payment gateway option. Your members can now pay for membership using Braintree.
• The registration and edit profile form CSS code has been reworked so it is fully responsive and mobile friendly.

WP eMember v9.0 Change Log

• New email tag for member ID in the registration complete email.
• Added “not for” condition in the section protection shortcode.
• Ability to specify a message for the “First Click Free” viewers.
• Added generic autoresponder integration option.
• Enhanced the WordPress Multisite integration capability.
• Ability to use eMember’s profile image picture in WordPress comment avatar.
• Enhanced the first click free message condition so it only shows on single post view and if the post is fully protected.
• More BBPress integration feature. Now if a BBPress forum is protected, then all the topics in that forum is also protected.
• Added an option to specify the bookmark listing page URL. When a page URL is specified, it will show the link to this page in the login widget.
• Added a new option in the settings to preserve the WP User’s role when using the WP User integration feature.
• Added a new function called “emember_is_logged_into_secondary_level” for developers.
• Added the display of the expiry date of a member in the admin dashboard.
• Added an admin notes section for each member. An admin can use this field to save notes about the member.
• Ability to manually add files uploaded to the protected folder via FTP.
• Added an option to turn off the welcome email sending for mailchimp autoresponder signup when double optin is disabled.
• Added an option to show an email list of “Expired Members” in the members list menu area.
• Added an option to enable bookmarking feature for logged in members only.
• Added a shortcode to display various referrer details to the visitor.
• Overhauled the profile image upload functionality (it now automatically saves the image upon ajax upload).
• Added an option to add a confirm password field in the member registration form.
• Added a new language definition that gets shown to the user when you are using the “Manually Approve Membership” feature.
• Account status now gets set to “pending” at registration time if the “Manually Approve Membership” feature is enabled.
• A new tab in the “manage content protection” menu to protect Custom Posts.
• Ability to protect the media library attachments.
• Added a “redirect_to” parameter in the [wp_eMember_upgrade_membership_level_to] shortcode to redirect after the upgrade.
• Fixed a minor bug with member data export feature with custom fields.
• Released an Email Broadcast addon that allows you to send mass emails to your members.
• Added a new shortcode [wp_eMember_my_membership_levels] to display a list of membership levels that a user has in his/her profiles (useful if you are using lots of secondary levels).
• Manage members menu overhauled.
• Tab menu navigation links have been updated to the native WordPress ones.
• You can now set WP roles other than “admin” to access eMember admin dashboard if you need it for whatever reason.
• Added a country dropdown list for the country field in the registration form.
• Improved the [wp_eMember_my_membership_levels] shortcode to show the welcome page URLs too. Example usage: [wp_eMember_my_membership_levels show_welcome_page=”1″]
• WooCommerce Integration.
• Added a new Bulk Operation menu under emember admin functions interface for bulk changing user’s membership level and subscription start date
• Added a new API for deactivating member’s profile.
• Added an option in the members menu for pagination
• Added more filter options in the manage members menu
• The username field will now accept an email address value too
• Added a new option in the disable simultaneous login feature so you can now choose to keep the most recent login session or the active login session
• Added a new URL parameter “no-redirect” to override the after login redirect. Example: When members login from the following URL, there will be no after login redirect even if there is one set in the settings: example.com/loginpage/?no-redirect=1
• The free registration confirmation message will now show the email address where the mail was sent to. It also has a filter to customize this message.
• Added the DONOTCACHE constant definition for hyper cache plugin compatibility.
• You can now use multiple email addresses (separated by comma) in the notification email address field.
• Auto redirect on protected page addon is released
• Added Norwegian language translation.
• Added a new feature in the membership level to protect posts published before a member’s join date
• Secondary /multiple levels per user feature has been revamped significantly
• Updated the PayPal subscription cancellation shortcode to have an “alias” parameter to specify the secure merchant ID.
• The [upgrade level to] shortcode will set the account status to active when used by a member.
• New feature to hide the admin toolbar that WordPress shows to logged in users
• The account update/upgrade email can now be disabled by entering a value of “disabled” in the email body field.
• Added the option to specify a redirect URL in the [free_rego_with_email_confirmation] shortcode
• The manage members list is sorted by “member_id” by default.
• The member ID is visible as a field when a user profile is being edited from the admin dashboard.
• Added a new feature to redirect expired users to a page upon login.
• Added a new shortcode for easy PayPal integration
• New option for the “scope” parameter in the section protection shortcode. Specifying “expired” will make it so a section is ONLY visible to expired users.
• New option to specify the “for” parameter with the “expired” scope so a section can be protected for expired members who belong to a specified level.
• Added a new addon for Drip integration.
• Added the “do_not_show_expired_msg” parameter in the section protection shortcode so the “expired message” can be hidden for members whose account is expired.
• It will now show a Warning/notice to the admin if a login redirect page is specified without the option being enabled in the settings.
• Added a new API to allow querying of a member profile by ID or email address.
• Added the new Google reCAPTCHA implementation to the plugin.
• Added a new option to disable after login redirection when inline login widget is used to log into the site.

WP eMember v8.0 Change Log

• New shortcode to section protect against a particular member
• Limit affiliate account creation to particular membership levels only
• Fancy 2 login style work (you can choose between fancy1 and fancy2)
• Some language changes to make it more meaningful
• Ability to force your members to re-authenticate after XX minutes of browsing
• Exclude URL for lockdown
• Comment section protection for the full page (not individual login message for each comment anymore)
• Display various member details using shortcodes
• Expire membership on a fixed date
• After login redirection on per member basis
• Added the display of last access from IP and last access from date value in the admin menu
• Added the “Disable inline login widget option” feature
• Added the ability to send a quick notification email to a member when editing a member profile from the admin
• Shortcode for creating an unsubscribe button that members can use to cancel a recurring payment
• Option to automatically log in your member right after the registration
• Added short by membership join date
• Enhanced site wide/domain level page protection
• BBPress 2.0+ more integrated integration
• Additional download folder protection feature.
• Added a Custom compact login widget (can be useful for users who want to customize the compact login widget)
• You can now use any member details column to replace the details value dynamically in the registration complete email
• Exclude URL patterns from domain level lockdown feature
• New feature to automatically create eMember account in the background for every WP User that gets created on the site (via the wp registration page or via other plugins)
• Ability to disable simultaneous member login using the same member details (helps prevent login sharing)
• Ability to display a link to the member’s welcome page (after login page) in the login widget area
• Added more member list display filtering option in the “manage members” menu
• Added a new shortcode to display a logged in users expiry date – [wp_eMember_user_details user_info=”member_expiry_date”]
• Lots of minor under the hood enhancements and tweaks.