{"id":94,"date":"2021-03-08T05:50:13","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T05:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/documentation.userswp.io\/article\/online-users-setup-guide\/"},"modified":"2025-03-26T15:39:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T15:39:34","slug":"online-users-setup-guide","status":"publish","type":"gd_place","link":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/article\/online-users\/online-users-setup-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Online Users Setup Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t This article will guide you through the process of setting up the Online Users extension for UsersWP.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Getting Started<\/h2>\n<section class=\"alert alert-info\">\n\t You need to have the <a href=\"https:\/\/userswp.io\/downloads\/online-users\/\">Online Users<\/a> extension for UsersWP installed and activated in order to access these options.&nbsp;<\/section>\n<p>\n\t The Activity extension for UsersWP allows you to show&nbsp;users who are logged in and online on your WordPress website. It displays a list of users that are currently online, and also adds a&nbsp;green dot right next to the user&#8217;s name on the users\u2019 page and user listing page, when the given user is online.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t When active, the extension adds a settings page to <strong>UsersWP &gt; Addons &gt; Online.&nbsp;<\/strong>By default, the online status check interval is 15 minutes. You can modify this value on the settings page.&nbsp;For additional details, please see our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/article\/settings-overview-for-userswp-addons-online\/\">Settings Overview<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Output&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<p>You can display a list of all online users using the custom widget <strong>UWP &gt; Online Users.&nbsp;<\/strong>Read more about the widget settings.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the extension also adds a green dot next to the user&#8217;s name on the users&#8217; page and user listing page:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img width=\"920\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/uwp_online_users-1024x646-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/uwp_online_users-1024x646-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/uwp_online_users-1024x646-1-300x189.png 300w, https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/uwp_online_users-1024x646-1-768x485.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article will guide you through the process of setting up the Online Users extension for UsersWP.&nbsp; Getting Started You need to have the Online Users extension for UsersWP installed and activated in order to access these options.&nbsp; The Activity extension for UsersWP allows you to show&nbsp;users who are logged in and online on your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"article\/tags":[111,155],"article\/categories":[5,29],"class_list":["post-94","gd_place","type-gd_place","status-publish","hentry","gd_place_tags-setup-guide","gd_place_tags-online-users","gd_placecategory-extensions-features","gd_placecategory-online-users"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/94","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/gd_place"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/94\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"gd_place_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/tags?post=94"},{"taxonomy":"gd_placecategory","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/categories?post=94"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}