Our Approvals Add On grants membership site administrators the ability to approve or deny members. v1.2 includes a few key bug fixes related to access restrictions for members pending approval as well as better integration with other Add Ons that are regularly used alongside Approvals.

Development Changelog for Add On Updates and Release Notes

About the Add On

The Approvals Add On for Paid Memberships Pro allows you to set up a unique approval or application process for your membership site. After a member signs up, the Admin, Membership Manager, or new Approver roles will have the ability to approve their membership or deny the application. You can configure the Add On in a variety of ways to best suit your membership site needs, such as collecting an application fee or requiring members to move through a flow of levels to get approved and accepted.

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About the Update

Andrew Lima spearheaded this group of changes and focused on tightening up a few bugs related to content displaying for members in the pending status that should have been hidden. He also completely overhauled how email notifications were coded to allow for a tighter integration between this Add On and the Email Templates Admin Editor Add On. You can view details on each email sent by this Add On and what template variables are available in the documentation page here.

How to Update PMPro Add Ons

Navigate to Dashboard > Updates in the WordPress admin to update Add Ons in your membership site. A valid license is required to update some of our premium Add Ons. Be sure to backup your site before performing updates and always update one plugin at a time so that you can isolate upgrade issues.

Thanks, Andrew!

The full list of changes is detailed below:

  • BUG FIX: Fixed issue with shortcode not working correctly for pending/logged-in non-members.
  • BUG FIX: Fixed integration with Email Confirmation Add On. Admins will only be able to approve/deny users once their emails are confirmed.
  • BUG FIX: Fixed integration with Email Templates Admin Editor Add On sending out wrong usernames. Dear admin, for users and vice versa.
  • BUG FIX: Fixed pending member notification bubble for PMPro 2.0+.
  • BUG FIX: Fixed menus for PMPro 2.0+. (Thanks, ioamnesia on GitHub)
  • BUG FIX/ENHANCEMENT: Reworked the email functionality entirely.
  • ENHANCEMENT: Added i18n support for Approvals with French translation files. Please submit your translation files via a Pull Request or contact us with your translation files.
  • ENHANCEMENT: Filters added for approved, denied and pending status [docs].
  • ENHANCEMENT: Support Register Helper fields inside the “View” profile of pending users. Including “File” fields.
Kimberly Coleman

Author: Kimberly Coleman

Kim is co-founder of Paid Memberships Pro. She has her hand in all aspects of the development, management, and marketing for the product and the team. She oversees frontend development for the core open source plugin and Add Ons.