[Plugin: WP-Members] custom page template issue

I have a similar issue, using a custom WP_Query in a custom page template.

If I remove the custom query code and leave the usual if ( have_posts() ) stuff in – it works fine. Has anyone else seen behaviour like this?

Thanks.

@seanpre – that’s an interesting dilemma.

Do the custom templates display multiple posts or single?

The plugin is designed to filter the contents returned by the_content, so if you are using the Loop to display, it should function normally.

How is the content being delivered to the template?

If these templates show multiple posts, are you using the ‘more’ tag?

@spectrus – the plugin is designed as a filter for the_content. If you use wp_query outside the loop to deliver the content, the plugin doesn’t know to protect it.

If this is something that is relatively static, the solution might be to go a step further and use is_user_logged_in. Something like:

<?php
if( is_user_logged_in() ) {

	// user is logged in
	// do your wp_query here...

} else {

	// user is not logged in
	// display something else

}
?>

Thanks for the reply Chad.

The two page templates are not displaying multiple posts or pages.
The one is an order form which has form elements linking to custom fields and some jQuery to handle the price calculations on the fly.
The other is a booking form, so both are serving their own unique content from within the respective template.

I used your suggestion above and it works thank you.
I put all the necessary code in a 3rd file and call this with an include if the user is logged in, if not I display the_content so your login form is displayed.

<?php
if ( is_user_logged_in() ) {
    include "bookings-calculation.php";
} else {
     the_content();
}
?>

Glad that is working out! And thanks for posting this because I know there are others out there doing similar things. It’s good to have some examples out there.

Thank you very much Chad, I take off my hat to you for such speedy responses on this board.

I fixed it by altering your code sample to the following:

<?php
if( is_user_logged_in() ) {

	// my wp_query here...

} else {
    if (function_exists('wpmem_securify'))
    {
        // display loging prompt as on other pages
        echo '<h1 class="entry-title">' . get_the_title() . "</h1>";
        wpmem_securify();
        the_content();
    }
}
?>

That’s good stuff… thanks!

Thanks for helping fine tune this. I’ve been getting this question in various formats quite a bit lately, so I put this together in a specific ‘how-to’ kind of post.

wow! – great feedback and support Chad.