dbirlew

<p>Like the “Story Highlights” lists on articles at CNN.com and other sites, this adds a bullet list to each post’s content via an edit post page panel. The plugin sets up the code only, styling can be handled by adding the classes provided under the Other Notes to style.css in your theme.</p>
<h3>Use</h3>
<p>Add a new post or edit an existing post. A new panel titled “Story Highlights” appears in the right column of the edit post page. If these fields are all blank, the plugin does nothing. To add a “Story Highlights” bullet list to your post, you MUST add a list title and the first bullet point. Otherwise an empty list appears. You may add up to five bullet points, summarizing your post. To delete a bullet point, clear the field. UPDATE your post to save your bullet points.</p>
<h3>Alignment</h3>
<p>Below the list fields is the option “choose alignment”. By default it is set to “none” which inserts the element as a block above the post. Leave this option if you wish to manually apply your own floats to the element. Otherwise choose “left” or “right” to float the element to the right or the left of the first paragraph of your post. Note that floating the list left or right may break your layout if you insert an image at the start of your post.</p>
<h3>Styling</h3>
<p>This plugin inserts a (mostly) un-styled element above the first paragraph of your post content. The following unique classes and ids can be added to your stylesheet and used to position and style the element, allowing the freedom to style each part individually:</p>
<pre><code>div.shsp
h1.shsp_title
ul#shsp_ul
li.shsp_li1
li.shsp_li2
li.shsp_li3
li.shsp_li4
li.shsp_li5
</code></pre>
<p>As of version 1.4 checking the box labelled “Use default plugin styles?” will add styles to your source code. This can be enabled/disabled on a per-post basis. However, the recommended method of use is to add the classes above to the style.css file of your theme and style the Story Highlights box your own way, to match your look.</p>
<h3>Widget</h3>
<p>This plugin adds the Story Highlights widget to the Appearance > Widgets page. Add this widget to the sidebar that will be displayed on single post pages. This widget has no settings. If the widget is active then the post element is not inserted, and the list appears in the sidebar. Remove the widget from the sidebar if you wish to display the element within the post body.</p>


Story Highlights

Adds a bullet list to the start of the post content.

Chad Butler

<p>The original WordPress membership plugin with content restriction, user login, custom registration fields, user profiles, and more.</p>
<h3>Membership Sites. Simplified.</h3>
<p>You need a membership site, but you want to focus on your business, not mastering a plugin. WP-Members is simple to use, easy to set up, yet flexible in every way imaginable.</p>
<p><strong>Simple to install and configure – yet customizable and scalable!</strong></p>
<h4>Features:</h4>
<ul>
<li>Restrict or hide posts, pages, and custom post types</li>
<li>Limit menu items to logged in users</li>
<li>User login, registration, and profile integrated into your theme</li>
<li>Create custom registration and profile fields</li>
<li>Integrate custom fields into WooCommerce checkout and registration (only supported by shortcode pages, not block editor version)</li>
<li>Create custom memberships and content restriction</li>
<li>Notify admin of new user registrations</li>
<li>Hold new registrations for admin approval</li>
<li>Create post excerpt teaser content automatically</li>
<li><a href="https://rocketgeek.com/plugins/wp-members/docs/shortcodes/" rel="nofollow ugc">Shortcodes for login, registration, content restriction, and more</a></li>
<li>Create powerful customizations with <a href="https://rocketgeek.com/plugins/wp-members/docs/filter-hooks/" rel="nofollow ugc">more than 120 action and filter hooks</a></li>
<li><a href="https://rocketgeek.com/plugins/wp-members/docs/api-functions/" rel="nofollow ugc">A library of API functions for extensibility</a></li>
</ul>
<p>WP-Members allows you to restrict content as restricted or hidden, limiting access to registered users.</p>
<p>A full Users Guide is <a href="https://rocketgeek.com/plugins/wp-members/docs/" rel="nofollow ugc">available here</a>. The guide outlines the installation process, and also documents how to use all of the settings.</p>
<h4>Support</h4>
<p>There is <a href="https://rocketgeek.com/plugins/wp-members/docs/" rel="nofollow ugc">freely available documentation on the plugin’s support site</a>. Your question may be answered there. If you need assistance configuring the plugin or have questions on how to implement or customize features, <a href="https://rocketgeek.com/product/wp-members-plugin-support/" rel="nofollow ugc">premium support is available</a>.</p>
<p>You can get priority support along with all of the plugin’s premium extensions in one <a href="https://rocketgeek.com/product/wp-members-pro-bundle/" rel="nofollow ugc">cost saving Pro Bundle!</a></p>
<h4>Premium Support</h4>
<p>Premium support subscribers have access to priority email support, examples, tutorials, and code snippets that will help you extend and customize the base plugin using the plugin’s framework. <a href="https://rocketgeek.com/plugins/wp-members/support-options/" rel="nofollow ugc">Visit the site for more info</a>.</p>
<h4>Free Extensions</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://rocketgeek.com/product/stop-spam-registrations/" rel="nofollow ugc">Stop Spam Registrations</a> – Uses stopforumspam.com’s API to block spam registrations.</li>
<li><a href="https://rocketgeek.com/product/send-test-emails/" rel="nofollow ugc">Send Test Emails</a> – A utility to send test versions of the plugin’s emails.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Premium Extensions</h4>
<p>The plugin has several premium extensions for additional functionality. You can purchase any of them individually, or get them all for a significant discount in the Pro Bundle.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://rocketgeek.com/plugins/wp-members-advanced-options/" rel="nofollow ugc">Advanced Options</a> – adds additional settings to WP-Members for redirecting core WP created URLs, redirecting restricted content, hiding the WP toolbar, and more! Also includes integrations with popular plugins like WooCommerce, BuddyPress, bbPress, ADF, Easy Digital Downloads, and The Events Calendar.</li>
<li><a href="https://rocketgeek.com/plugins/wp-members-download-protect/" rel="nofollow ugc">Download Protect</a> – Allows you to restrict access to specific files, requiring the user to be logged in to access.</li>
<li><a href="https://rocketgeek.com/plugins/wp-members-invite-codes/" rel="nofollow ugc">Invite Codes</a> – set up invitation codes to restrict registration to only those with a valide invite code.</li>
<li><a href="https://rocketgeek.com/plugins/wp-members-mailchimp-integration/" rel="nofollow ugc">MailChimp Integration</a> – add MailChimp list subscription to your registation form.</li>
<li><a href="https://rocketgeek.com/plugins/wp-members-memberships-for-woocommerce/" rel="nofollow ugc">Memberships for WooCommerce</a> – Sell memberships through WooCommerce.</li>
<li><a href="https://rocketgeek.com/plugins/wp-members-paypal-subscriptions/" rel="nofollow ugc">PayPal Subscriptions</a> – Sell restricted content access through PayPal.</li>
<li><a href="https://rocketgeek.com/plugins/wp-members-security/" rel="nofollow ugc">Security</a> – adds a number of security features to the plugin such as preventing concurrent logins, registration form honey pot (spam blocker), require passwords be changed on first use, require passwords to be changed after defined period of time, require strong passwords, block registration by IP and email, restrict specified usernames from being registered.</li>
<li><a href="https://rocketgeek.com/plugins/wp-members-text-editor/" rel="nofollow ugc">Text Editor</a> – Adds an editor to the WP-Members admin panel to easily customize all user facing strings in the plugin.</li>
<li><a href="https://rocketgeek.com/plugins/wp-members-user-list/" rel="nofollow ugc">User List</a> – Display lists of users on your site. Great for creating user directories with detailed and customizable profiles.</li>
<li><a href="https://rocketgeek.com/plugins/wp-members-user-tracking/" rel="nofollow ugc">User Tracking</a> – Track what pages logged in users are visting and when.</li>
<li><a href="https://rocketgeek.com/plugins/wordpass/" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPass Pro</a> – Change your random password generator from gibberish to word-based passwords (can be used with or without WP-Members).</li>
</ul>
<p>Get support along with all of the plugin’s premium extensions in one <a href="https://rocketgeek.com/product/wp-members-pro-bundle/" rel="nofollow ugc">cost saving Pro Bundle!</a></p>


WP-Members Membership Plugin


I bought the WooPayments add-on to extend my usage of WP-Members on the strength of two things: (1) As I set up a revamped site and prepared it for subscriptions, I set up WooCommerce and WooPayments because it all seemed professional and efficient; (2) I decided on WP-Members based on Chad Butler's name recognition that I associate with many years of WordPress professionalism.



I have not been disappointed even though at one stage I wondered whether I should have gone for one of the bloated plugins that brag of multiple drag-and-drop form building and features that I did not see mentioned upfront in the WP-Members documentation. It seemed to me that everything I needed to implement would depend on "support".



Yes, you have to cut and past a lot of code snippets to perfect your implementation but the real problem in my view is the way the user manual is presented in pieces and not the basic possible functions of WP-Members. All the features in the heralded plugins are available, yet here seems to be a need for a good old time procedural manual in the style perfected by Microsoft: 



"This is the most popular or likely use case. To do so-and-so do:




X



Y



Z"




The plugin author knows his stuff, is patient with customers and lavish with his support.


Absolutely great functionality and support

The original WordPress membership plugin with content restriction, user login, custom registration fields, user profiles, and more.

Story Highlights vs WP-Members Membership Plugin