PrivateContent - Multilevel Content Plugin

PrivateContent it’s a simple and fast solution to power up your wordpress website by adding a multilevel login, private areas, user private pages and users management features. It’s easy to use and doesn’t require any scripting knowledge!

News in 2.3 version

Registration form code has been improved for simplify customizations. Also the basic CSS has been improved to fit better in every page you want to place PrivateContent forms.

Translations added and ready to use:

• Dutch by Tussendoor
• Brazilian portoguese by Rubens Monteiro

Many thanks guys!

Finally, now you can choose a page where to redirect users after logout!
From this version you can use the User Data add-on!

News in 2.2 version

Use the plugin in your language using wordpress localization system. Create easily your own translations with POedit and add them into the plugin.

Maximizes your time by setting a default content for the new users private page.
Choose if automatically enable the private page for new registered users.

Set a redirect page for users that log in or register into your website. Guide easily the new users through your pages.

News in 2.0 version

Turn entire areas of your website in privates. Just check an option managing categories, posts or pages and everyone that hasn’t the right permissions will be redirected to a default page.

Also, hide menù items by using the option integrated in the wordpress UI!

The new release comes with a form builder to let your users register into your website. Choose wich fields to use and which are required, enable or disable the reCAPTCHA validation, customize the confirmation message and finally use it in your pages with the new shortcode!

You can also choose if set the registered users as actives or put them in pending status.

Organize your users

Create unlimited lists of users, it’s simple like adding a post category. Add users and assign them to one or many categories.

Find and manage them fastly filtering by category or searching by name. Export the entire users list or just few categories in Excel or CSV format.

User private page

With PrivateContent every user has an own private page. Upload file, show galleries or texts. It’s like a normal wordpress page, but it’s visible only by one user! And if you don’t want to create a dedicated page for some users? It’s very easy: adding or managing users you cal also disable it!

Try the private page in the live preview

Protect your private contents

The plugin comes with an integrated shortcode wizard that allow you to hide private contents. It’s extremely simple and you can also hide more than one content for page or post.

You can also hide all the posts contents of one or more categories. PrivateContent add an option to the “Category” taxonomy that made it simple. Just select the users categories that can access the category posts content. Categories and archive excerpt will remain visible, but every single post content will be hidden to non-logged users.

The login methods

PrivateContent offers you 4 different ways to implement the login form into your wordpress theme.

• a built-in widget with an integrated login form and logout box (see an example in the reserved area).
• Login form and logout box shortcodes
• An inline trigger to append at the messages (see the previous example)
• API functions for the developers, to integrate it wherever in your theme

PrivateContent use an AJAX login form. Try it in the Live Preview!

Theme integration

By default PrivateContent is already styled to be used in your theme, but if you want to customize it? No problem, disable the default CSS from the settings and follow the CSS template, explained in the plugin documentation. Its simplicity makes PrivateContent integrable in minutes in any theme!

Walkthrough videos

To make the plugin easy for everyone there are videos explaining each step necessary to setup and use PrivateContent:

• Manage Users
• Users private page
• The shortcodes
• Categories limitations
• Login methods
• Customize messages
• The registration form
• Turn entire areas into privates
• Hide menù items

Plugin API

The plugin comes with API functions that allow webmasters to extend the power of this plugin to any part of a wordpress theme. Check if a user is logged, get his data, get the login form and the logout box: these are only examples of what you can do with the API .

The full API description is included in the documentation.

Plugin add-ons

User Data
User Data allow the creation of unlimited fields to use in unlimited forms. The main goal of this extension is to give you the means to built up an entire database and interact with your users

Get the User Data add-on

Changelog

v2.3 – release date 23/05/2012

• added: sortable fields for the registration form
• added: redirect for logged users after logout
• basic CSS improved
• compatibility improved
• minor bugfixes

v2.21 – release date 23/03/2012

• fixed: registration form builder bug

v2.2 – release date 16/03/2012

• added: localization support for the frontend elements
• added: redirects for logged and registered users
• added: default private page content for new users
• added: enable/disable by default the private page for new registered users
• admin UI restyled
• javascript code improvement

v2.1 – release date 26/02/2012

• fixed: visibility bug with different users levels
• fixed: menu items visibility bug for children elements

v2.01 – release date 13/02/2012

• “Plugin-update” code upgrade to prevent error with other plugins

v2.0 – release date 10/02/2012

• Registration form implemented
• Redirect system implemented
• Menù item visibility implemented
• Added “pending” status for users
• Settings page restyled
• minor bugfix

v1.0 – release date 01/02/2012