Category Archives: amr users (lists)

Backend and front user lists

Exclude or selectively include users without displaying the criteria field

Super easy!  It is explained very briefly in the ‘configure’ section.   This is more detail. Possible example exclude administrators from lists. Methods: we could use the first role OR specific ids depending on need.  Role is safer if one … Continue reading

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Parameters

Advanced Shortcode Parameters From version 3.4.4, Parameters are available to overide list settings. If you are not a farly expert wordpress user, please use the settings rather to avoid confusing yourself. The parameters are for more expert users or more … Continue reading

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User list with a ranking or scoreboard rank

Christian asked for what he calls a ‘criteria’ number for his member list, and what others may call a scoreboard ranking, top 10 chart listing etc….. Basically we want to show the row or list number as displayed.  You can … Continue reading

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Pull user data from custom table into list

If you have a custom table that has user data in it, you can pull it into a list by writing a little site specific plugin and making use of some of the hooks available in the amr-users plugin. The … Continue reading

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V3.5, randomness, emptiness and a fix

Version 3.5 just uploaded has been tested on wp  3.4.2 and has some special requests in it, as well as a small bug fix for multi site public csv links.   See the changelog. Randomness. A request was made to be … Continue reading

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Cacheing (amr-users)

Why Cache? When to cache? (settings) How does the auto cache work? Cache Storage Cache Log Cache Status On demand refresh (admin or public) Transient Html Cacheing Why cache? Cacheing is required because: we want to display, query, filter and … Continue reading

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Cacheing – the cache log

The amr users cache log is a useful tool especially when using background (cron) cacheing.  The cron log shows key actions with latest at the top, so read from the bottom up. will show more messages if wp-debug is enabled … Continue reading

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Cacheing – transient html

Why use transients ? To cache the html: The cacheing process is sql intensive.  It is the way it is primarily because of the way that various third party plugins create user data.  A later version (maybe version 4.0 upwards) … Continue reading

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Cacheing – public on demand refresh

Allow users to request a rebuild of the amr users plugin data? Setting the refresh setting for a list will cause a refresh icon to show below the list. Use this cautiously and only if it is imperative that users … Continue reading

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Link from user directory to user detail or profile

Requirements: a user list (from amr-users plugin) a profile page (from another plugin or by wordpress) (optional) your own site specific plugin – lf linking to another amr-users lists, or linking to some other profile page that has not yet … Continue reading

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