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Nothing is more exciting than when a clients needs collides with a developers interests. I’ve been wanting to write this plugin for a while but never had the time to make it a priority … at least not until this week when a client requested. Synergy! I started writing it this morning and couldn’t stop until I had something releasable.

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So here is is. Just upload and activate.

This is one of those plugins I’ve been waiting for someone to come up with for a long time. But I guess, it’s not very sexy and definitely not very ambitious. But pretty useful.

You need to be create a custom field for an attachment URL. Maybe it’s a custom thumbnail, maybe it’s a document link, etc. But instead of the user having to copy and paste the URL, you want them to be able to do it from the Media Window. Well now they can, install the plugin and you’ll now be able to assign the URL of any attachment to any custom field without having to copy and paste.

Screenshot 1 – Upload Photo and Select and existing custom field:

Screenshot 2 – Or add a new custom field:

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But the most important change is that it includes hooks and filters that allow it to be extended by you, the user.

For instance, let’s add a field to our form that requests the user’s zip code. First, in your functions.php file create a function for displaying the field:

function sample_zip_field($form) {
 $form .=  '<div>';
 $form .=  '<label for="zip">Zip Code:</label>';
 $form .=  '<input type="text" name="zip" value="'.$_POST['zip'] .'"/><br/>';
 $form .=  '</div>';
 return $form;
}

Note that this function receives the parameter $form and then returns $form. Failing to return the form will make the entire registration form disappear. To add this form to the registration use:

add_filter('simplr_add_form_fields', 'sample_zip_field');

But then we also need to make sure this data gets saved when the for gets saved. So you’ll need to create a function for that as well.

function sample_save_meta($user_id) {
if(isset($_POST['zip'])) {
 add_user_meta($user_id, 'user_zip', $_POST['zip']);
 }
return $user_id;
}

Note that in order for this function to work properly it has to receive the $user_id. It is also good practice to return the $user_id at the end of the function, though not necessary.

To make sure your save function is called use the hook:

add_action('simplr_profile_save_meta','sample_save_meta');

With these two “hooks”, you can customize the registration form however you want. You could even set up your field function to only display on certain pages, making it form-specific.

Finally, I’ve also added filters to the labels on the default form fields so you can change them at will. For instance, to change username to “screen name” use the following.

function sample_label_username($label) {
 $label = "Screen name: ";
 return $label;
}
add_filter('simplr_label_username','sample_label_username');

I hope you find the changes useful.

• WordPress Link: Simplr Registration Form Plugin
• API Documentation: Hooks and Filters in 1.5+
• Premium Version: Includes easy field creation and ReCaptcha spam protection.

Installation Instructions:

Download and unzip the package. Upload the simplr_reg_page folder into your wp-content/plugins directory. Go to your plugins dashboard and click “Activate”.

Usage Instructions:

To use this plugin simply employ the shortcode on any WordPress post or page. The default role is “subscriber”. To apply another role to the registration simply use the the role parameter, for instance: . If you have created custom roles you may use them as well.

You can also use shortcode so specify a custom confirmation message for each form:

Finally, you can specify emails to be notified when a new user is registered. By default site admins will receive notice but to notify others simply use the notify parameter:

Plugin Options:

Please feel free to suggest future options for this plugin in the comments. The current options are:

• Admin Email: Specify the FROM email you would like to use for the registration confirmation message.
• Confirmation Message: Customize the message you would like to appear in the confimation email.
• Style: Overrides the default stylesheet included with the plugin.

At any rate, for anyone who’s running a pods installation and having trouble getting SEO friendly titles on your pod pages, this plugin creates a template tag <?php pods_seo_title(); ?> that you can use to override wordpress default behavior. The plugins check to see if the page is a pod page, and if so calls the title of the respective pod. If not, it checks to see if the page is singular and returns the TITLE | SITENAME format if it is. Otherwise it returns the SITENAME | SITE DESCRIPTION form.

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