coffee2code

Extended Description

Installation

Frequently Asked Questions

Q. So if I restrict a username from being registered, does that mean that username can’t be used?
A. No. The plugin only prevents the usernames visitors can use when registering for an account. An admin that has user creation privileges can still create a user account, from within the admin, using any otherwise valid username. Username restrictions don’t apply to admins.

Q. Does this plugin provide any default username restrictions?
A. No.

= If I specify restricted usernames and a required username substring, must all criteria be matched by potential usernames?

Yes.

Q. What if I define username restrictions that some existing user accounts would violate?
A. Nothing happens to those accounts. The plugin does not do anything with existing accounts. Existing usernames are not checked against any username restriction rules; that only happens for accounts being newly registered.

Q. Is this Multisite compatible?
A. Yes.

Q. Is this BuddyPress compatible?
A. Yes, for at least BuddyPress 1.2+ and 1.3+, and perhaps other versions.

Release Log

3.2

• Add support for Multisite
• Update plugin framework to 034
• Remove support for ‘c2c_restrict_usernames’ global
• Note compatibility through WP 3.3+
• Drop compatibility with versions of WP older than 3.1
• Change parent constructor invocation
• Create ‘lang’ subdirectory and move .pot file into it
• Regenerate .pot
• Add ‘Domain Path’ directive to top of main plugin file
• Add link to plugin directory page to readme.txt
• Tweak installation instructions in readme.txt
• Update screenshots for WP 3.3
• Update copyright date (2012)

3.1

• Add support for BuddyPress
• Add bp_members_validate_user_signup()
• Fix to properly register activation and uninstall hooks
• Update plugin framework to 023
• Save a static version of itself in class variable $instance
• Deprecate use of global variable $c2c_restrict_usernames to store instance
• Add __construct(), activation()
• Note deprecation of ‘c2c_restrict_usernames’ global
• Note compatibility through WP 3.2+
• Drop support for versions of WP older than 3.0
• Add more FAQ questions
• Minor code formatting changes (spacing)
• Fix plugin homepage and author links in description in readme.txt

3.0.1

• Update plugin framework to version 021
• Explicitly declare all class functions public
• Delete plugin options upon uninstallation
• Note compatibility through WP 3.1+
• Update copyright date (2011)

3.0

• Re-implementation by extending C2C_Plugin_016, which among other things adds support for:
  • Reset of options to default values
  • Better sanitization of input values
  • Offload of core/basic functionality to generic plugin framework
  • Additional hooks for various stages/places of plugin operation
  • Easier localization support
• Full localization support
• Fix to display custom error message rather than the incorrect WordPress default validation error message
• Store plugin instance in global variable, $c2c_restrict_usernames, to allow for external manipulation
• Rename class from ‘RestrictUsernames’ to ‘c2c_RestrictUsernames’
• Remove docs from top of plugin file (all that and more are in readme.txt)
• Note compatibility with WP 2.9+, 3.0+
• Drop compatibility with versions of WP older than 2.8
• Add PHPDoc documentation
• Minor tweaks to code formatting (spacing)
• Add Upgrade Notice section to readme.txt
• Remove trailing whitespace
• Update screenshot
• Update .pot file

2.0.1

• Fix to add accidentally omitted get_option_names()

2.0

• Add option to disallow use of spaces in usernames
• Add option to allow requirement of any of numerous substrings as part of usernames (including start with and end with requirements)
• Add reset button to reset options
• Move initialization of config array out of constructor and into new function load_config()
• Create init() to handle calling load_textdomain() and load_config() (textdomain must be loaded before initializing config)
• Return immediately if username being check is already invalid
• Use strpos() instead of stristr()
• Changed invocation of plugin’s install function to action hooked in constructor rather than in global space
• Extract settings saving code into maybe_save_options()
• Extract settings display code into display_option()
• Update object’s option buffer after saving changed submitted by user
• Add support for localization
• Add .pot file
• Add PHPDoc documentation
• Note compatibility with WP 2.9+
• Drop compatibility with versions of WP older than 2.8
• Update documentation
• Update copyright date

1.1

• Added ‘Settings’ link to plugin’s plugin listing entry
• Used plugins_url() instead of hardcoded path
• Noted compatibility with WP2.8+
• Minor code formatting tweaks

1.0

• Initial release

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