There is a plugin for that: Automatic Updates For Private And Commercial Plugins. To prevent upgrade checks against the WordPress.org data base in your plugin use the function Mark Jaquith has written.
It may be a little bit confusing, but there are significant differences: Publish – published post that anyone can see Future – post scheduled to be published Draft – incomplete post viewable by anyone with proper user role; it doesn’t have it’s permalink assigned yet, so you can view it only as a preview Pending … Read more
This is challenging, because showing something would require page not to be private. It is more common to leave page public, but make it produce conditional output depending on if user is logged (is_user_logged_in()) in or other criteria.
You’re after post_password_required(): <?php if ( ! ( $post->post_password && post_password_required() ) ) get_sidebar() ?>
The problem is that changing the post visibility to private invokes a status change, in a way private is not only a visibility but also a publishing status. Or to quote the WordPress Codex, section »Content Visibility – Private Content«. Once you change the visibility to private, the post or page status changes to “Privately … Read more
You need to filter the main WordPress query using the pre_get_posts action. This code will get you started: function show_only_private_post_for_logged_in_users( $query ) { if ( ! $query->is_main_query() || is_admin() ) { return; } if ( is_user_logged_in() ) { $query->set( ‘post_status’, ‘private’ ); } } add_action( ‘pre_get_posts’, ‘show_only_private_post_for_logged_in_users’ ); It will only affect the main query … Read more
Use this : http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/password-protected/ A very simple way to quickly password protect your WordPress site with a single password. Integrates seamlessly into your WordPress privacy settings. How can I change the WordPress logo to a different image? Install and configure the Login Logo plugin by Mark Jaquith. This will change the logo on your password … Read more
Sound like a nice idea, but when i need a per user customized private section i usually code it based on page template files and create a few pages with these template files fo example, say i have a download page which will show each user the files he can download so my page template … Read more
I think what you want is a custom rewrite rule — specifically, a custom endpoint. This would have to live outside s2member. To start, wrap everything in a class: <?php class WPSE71804 { // post type key, whatever this happens to be. const TYPE = ‘customer’; // endpoint mask, 2 ^ 18 const EP = … Read more
Removing Custom Post Types’ comments from Recent Comments Widget The arguments for the recent comments widget can be customized using the widget_comments_args filter. To customize the post types types whose comments will be included, we can customize the $post_type variable: $post_type Post type or array of post types to retrieve affiliated comments for. Pass ‘any’ … Read more