WordPress is only as secure as you make it. Open registrations should not be a problem if you: Use CAPTCHA for registrations. Use double opt-in: have users verify their email after they register. By default, registered users must be subscribers and after they are verified, you can set them as authors. WordPress users cannot by … Read more
The Members Plugin would allow you to define a user role then you could use the widget logic plugin to control the sidebar. Something like current user can(‘new_role’) Show sidebar
This sounds like it’s somewhat similar to a project I recently put together. You should check out the Role Scoper plugin: it will be an important puzzle-piece in making this work. It’s a confusing plugin, but it’s the way to go. “Watchers” sound the same as a default role, “Subscribers,” so you could stick with … Read more
The function current_user_can_for_blog() seems to be what you are looking for. With your example above, this solution should work: $blog_id = 1; //set the blog id to the main site id if (current_user_can_for_blog($blog_id, “access_mainsite_s2member_level1”)){ the_content(); }
You should have used WordPress multisite, so a single install running 3 separate sites, one for Blog A, one for Blog B, one for BBPress. You should also be using the BBPress v2 plugin, not the standalone BBPress v1
Take a look at this thread here – it covers using .htaccess to protect a directory based on a WordPress logged in cookie. The .htaccess in case the thread goes missing – obviously you’ll need to change uploads/premium to your directory: # BEGIN WordPress <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^.*uploads/premium/.* RewriteCond %{HTTP_COOKIE} … Read more
In another question of yours, you were pointed to the plugin WP Favorite Posts, but you seem to have settled with this premium one from Code Canyon. So, the matter is how to integrate it with a Profile/Registration management plugin, and for that maybe Theme My Login would be a good candidate, as you can … Read more
$wpdb is a global variable for the database class. In it $wpdb->users points to the name of the users table. As long as it’s the same database, you can use this to change the name of the table but it might create errors if the schema doesn’t match. Another way is to extend the wpdb … Read more
Yes, this can be done in WordPress. Check out http://wp.tutsplus.com/tutorials/allow-users-to-submit-images-your-site/ for some code examples. You will have to modify the logic to suit your needs of course, but the above link should get you pointed in the right direction.
Check this plugin. I’ve used it and it’s quite versatile regarding user roles and user capabilities. You can also add conditional statements in your php files, like this: if (!current_user_can(‘some_capability_you_added’)) { echo “You don’t have permission for it!”; return; } You can output that sentence or nothing at all.