why can’t temporary user edit their profile ?

Hi,

We have done it intentionally.

Just curious to know why you would like them to edit their profile. Any specific usecase?

Hello !
thanks for the reply !

well I use TLWP to give access to my students, so I can get to grant a login for up to 6 o 12 months. I am thinking in customizing a bit their dashboard so they have some references and links to exercices and lessons there.
I thought it would be nice for them be able to change their mail, name, colors, profile pic, …
But actually the main reason for me would be some kind of “coherence” for the admin interface : the “edit profile” link is present by default in 4 places : 3 times in the admin bar up right (“howdy <user>” menu) and once more in the left side bar. If it’s there, why shouldn’t they be able to use it …

Hi mrossw, I do elearning in many settings for a long time.
I do not think that you will be happy using TLWP to give students access to online materials, because it is not made for this use case. And with time your ideas, what else could be done, will grow – and then TLWP is definitely not the right plugin for you any more.

If you want to do “real elearning” (courses, certificates, quizzes), then sooner or later you need an LMS (like LearnDash, Lifter LMS or others).
If you just want to provide a couple of materials (pdf’s, videos, instructions in a WP post etc.), then you might be better off with a membership plugin.

TLWP is just for temporary access to a WordPress installation – usually for developers and helps admins to simplify the process of granting access.

All the best!
Emanáku.

@mrossw I do agree with @emanaku

Temporary Login Without Password is for the simple use case where site owner wants to give temporary access to their support team or freelancer to solve issues on their setup.

So, It would be better to use another plugin for your use case.

You can continue using this plugin if somehow, this plugin fits into your specific requirement.

Hi !
Thanks for taking the time to read and reply !

I think this plugin is really good, and I am really grateful that you made it available for the community !
It is the best plugin I found so far to give access to wordpress users without passwords, no matter what the final purpose is.
I will for sure keep using it.

Regarding eLearning I don’t have big pretensions neither have a lot of students for now. I started using H5P a few months ago and found it useful that my students have a user to check their results, and not bothering them having to create a new password. I use to just send them a wlwp link with a redirect url param to the exercice page … but I realized that if they go to their dashboard, they could have all the latest exercices pages or posts listed there … which why I asked.

I just though it would be nice to share my experience.

Cheers!

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