Comments on: WordPress plugin to view user meta data http://forumsblogswikis.com/2007/09/09/wordpress-plugin-to-view-user-meta-data/ News on forums, blogs, wikis, cms, etc Sat, 05 May 2012 14:44:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ryan http://forumsblogswikis.com/2007/09/09/wordpress-plugin-to-view-user-meta-data/comment-page-1/#comment-5334 Ryan Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:26:32 +0000 http://www.forumsblogswikis.com/2007/09/09/wordpress-plugin-to-view-user-meta-data/#comment-5334 I built a page that let them edit their info without going into /wp-admin/. If I recall correctly, it wasn't an issue because the version I was using didn't have a way to edit meta. Otherwise this plugin wouldn't have been needed. There is a way to hide meta data. I think it's by starting the name with a period, so instead of numberOfCredits you could use .numberOfCredits and it wouldn't show up. At least that's true on pages and posts. That said, I gave up on the eCommerce side of the site that was using this. After a couple of years it only made about 10 bucks so I took off the eCommerce stuff and added a few ads. In the 3 months since then I've already gone over what it made as an eCom site. I built a page that let them edit their info without going into /wp-admin/. If I recall correctly, it wasn’t an issue because the version I was using didn’t have a way to edit meta. Otherwise this plugin wouldn’t have been needed.

There is a way to hide meta data. I think it’s by starting the name with a period, so instead of numberOfCredits you could use .numberOfCredits and it wouldn’t show up. At least that’s true on pages and posts.

That said, I gave up on the eCommerce side of the site that was using this. After a couple of years it only made about 10 bucks so I took off the eCommerce stuff and added a few ads. In the 3 months since then I’ve already gone over what it made as an eCom site.

]]> By: Eric Peterka http://forumsblogswikis.com/2007/09/09/wordpress-plugin-to-view-user-meta-data/comment-page-1/#comment-5333 Eric Peterka Fri, 01 Jan 2010 10:51:32 +0000 http://www.forumsblogswikis.com/2007/09/09/wordpress-plugin-to-view-user-meta-data/#comment-5333 I have a question. I am also setting up a website using WordPress where I need to store additional metadata about my users. How do you prevent one of your users from going into their profile at .../wp-admin/ and giving themselves a million credits that they haven't paid for? I have installed the WP Hide Dashboard plugin to keep my users from the dashboard areas of wp-admin, but they still can see and edit their profile (including all metadata that I have added). I have considered restricting access to the /wp-admin/ directories using .htaccess so that only my admins can get there (and only from their known secure IP addresses). But that means that my users' won't be able to edit their profiles at all. What I need is a way that some profile info can be changed by the user themselves (firs name, last name, address info, etc.), but other data is hidden from them and can't be changed (thinks like subscription expiry date). How have you handled that? I have a question. I am also setting up a website using WordPress where I need to store additional metadata about my users.

How do you prevent one of your users from going into their profile at …/wp-admin/ and giving themselves a million credits that they haven’t paid for?

I have installed the WP Hide Dashboard plugin to keep my users from the dashboard areas of wp-admin, but they still can see and edit their profile (including all metadata that I have added).

I have considered restricting access to the /wp-admin/ directories using .htaccess so that only my admins can get there (and only from their known secure IP addresses). But that means that my users’ won’t be able to edit their profiles at all. What I need is a way that some profile info can be changed by the user themselves (firs name, last name, address info, etc.), but other data is hidden from them and can’t be changed (thinks like subscription expiry date). How have you handled that?

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