Modules - Turning Pro Features On and Off
Pro. This feature requires WB Member Blog Pro. The free plugin must be installed and active first. See the Pro index for every Pro module.
Everything Pro adds is a module. You turn modules on and off at Member Blog > Features.
A module that is off does nothing: its settings tab disappears, its shortcodes render nothing, and its hooks are not registered. Nothing is left running in the background.
The Module List
Section titled “The Module List”| Module | Settings tab | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Post Restrictions | Restrictions | On |
| Custom Fields | Custom Fields | On |
| Notifications | Notifications, Email Settings | On |
| Post Analytics | Analytics | On |
| Author Dashboard | Author Dashboard | On |
| Co-Authors | Co-Authors | Off |
| Group Blogs | Groups Integration | Off |
| Post Credits | Monetization | Off |
| Post Scheduling | Scheduling | Off |
| Post Series | Series | Off |
Why some default off
Section titled “Why some default off”The modules that default on are the ones a member blog needs regardless: rate limits, an enriched post form, notifications, basic stats, and somewhere for a member to manage their own writing.
The ones that default off need a decision from you:
- Group Blogs depends on BuddyPress or BuddyBoss with the Groups component active. Without a groups platform it stays inactive even if you toggle it on.
- Post Credits is monetization. It needs a payment or membership plugin wired up, and switching it on without that configuration would block members from posting.
- Co-Authors, Series and Scheduling change how members work. They should be a choice, not something that appears one day.
Turning a Module On
Section titled “Turning a Module On”- Go to Member Blog > Features.
- Toggle the module.
- Its settings tab appears in the tab bar. Open it and configure the module.
That is the whole switch. There is no second checkbox.
One Switch, Not Two
Section titled “One Switch, Not Two”Before 4.0.0, Series, Scheduling, Analytics and Co-Authors each had two switches: the module toggle on the Features tab, and an Enable ... checkbox inside the module’s own tab. A site owner turned the module on in Features, nothing happened, and the reason was a switch on a different screen.
Worse, those tabs’ save handlers treated an unticked box as “off”, so simply saving the tab could switch the whole feature off for a checkbox the owner never knowingly touched.
As of 4.0.0 the Features toggle is the only switch. Each module’s Enable ... field now follows it, and a stale value left behind by the old checkbox is ignored rather than obeyed.
Turning a Module Off
Section titled “Turning a Module Off”Toggle it off in Member Blog > Features. The settings tab disappears and the feature stops.
Your configuration is kept. Turning Restrictions off does not delete your role limits; turning it back on restores them.
Two modules do some cleanup when switched off:
- Post Credits clears its scheduled jobs. Balances and credit history are kept.
- Analytics clears its retention cleanup job.
Requirements
Section titled “Requirements”Some modules need a community platform to be present. A module whose requirement is not met stays inactive even when it is toggled on, rather than running code with nothing behind it. Standalone WordPress is the baseline; only genuinely platform-dependent modules declare a requirement.
| Module | Requires |
|---|---|
| Group Blogs | BuddyPress or BuddyBoss with the Groups component active |
Developers can extend the map with the bpmb_module_requires filter.