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Here you will learn how to build an online community

How to build a Community Directory with Advanced Search

A robust and feature-rich member directory can be the backbone of your organization’s community. When it’s easier for members to find each other, it encourages collaboration and connection. But how do you build a member directory and ensure your directory has the right capabilities? In this guide, we’ll walk you through building a comprehensive directory […]

How to Create a Church Member Directory

An accurate directory is necessary to run a successful Church organization. With the proper setup, you could easily store and update member information, track attendance data, and manage other essential details. But creating a church directory can be daunting, especially if you don’t have the right tools or resources. So in this blog post, we’ll […]

How to Build an Online Community For Your Side Business

If you ever wondered how to sustain a successful side business, the answer lies in building a community around it. A supportive and engaged customer base can help you stay connected to your market, ensure profitability and keep you motivated as an entrepreneur. Fortunately, creating and nurturing a community around your business doesn’t have to […]

WordPress User Registration Plugins

WordPress has long supported user signups and registrations. In fact, user management is a core feature of WordPress as a CMS, however, user registration and login are only possible through the WordPress back-end (wp-login.php). Of late, there has been a rise in the number of sites and projects that use WordPress to build a community-centric […]

WordPress profile picture. How to change avatar via Gravatar, a plugin, or custom code. (Full Tutorial)

Everyone developing WordPress websites, sooner or later, will face the need to change a user’s profile picture. That’s when they discover that inside WordPress, there is no way to do so. If you are in the situation right now to ask yourself: How do I change my profile picture on WordPress? Here you’ll find all […]

Best WordPress User Profile Plugin (For Most People): Why Lightweight Beats Bloated

Most “best WordPress user profile plugin” guides recommend bloated all-in-one platforms. BuddyPress with its full social network feature set, BuddyBoss with its $228/year hosted ecosystem, Ultimate Member with its labyrinth of premium add-ons. All three are good software for the operators who actually need them. Most operators do not. What the vast majority of WordPress […]

New addons: Online Users & Restrict User Signups

Hello Everyone, We have some good news. We released two new addons yesterday. Online Users Restrict User Signups Online Users Go to Appearance > Widgets > “UWP > Online Users”. You can display online members with this addon. It checks online members every x minutes. Where x is your preferred interval. This addon has a setting called “Interval”. […]

UsersWP 1.0.7 released

Version 1.0.7 comes up with some major code refactoring. Its been almost 2 months since the release of 1.0.6. Sorry for the delay and we really thank you for your patience! 🙂 We renamed lot of functions and classes. For instance we used “Users_WP” for our classes. But now those classes are renamed to “UsersWP” […]