Settings — Discover tab
The Discover tab lists the other Wbcom Designs plugins that work alongside Who Viewed My Profile, and lets you install any of them in one click without leaving your dashboard.
Find it at WB Plugins → Profile Views → Discover. It sits next to Overview and Members Views, because it is a place to look rather than something to configure — there are no settings on this tab.
What each card shows
Section titled “What each card shows”| Element | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Logo + name | The product. Logos ship with the plugin; nothing is loaded from an external server. |
| Status badge | Active (green) — installed and running. Installed (amber) — present but not activated. Not installed (grey) — not on this site yet. |
| Install free | Downloads the plugin from wbcomdesigns.com, activates it, and activates its free licence for this domain so it keeps receiving updates. |
| Activate | Shown instead of Install free when the plugin is already on disk. No download happens. |
| Learn more | Opens the product page on wbcomdesigns.com in a new tab. |
What “Install free” actually does
Section titled “What “Install free” actually does”- Activates the product’s free licence for your site’s domain.
- Asks the store for the download URL for that product.
- Downloads and unpacks the plugin, then activates it.
Because the free licence is activated as part of the install, the plugin you install will continue to receive updates through the normal WordPress updates screen. You do not need to enter a licence key for the free tier.
The button becomes Installing… while this runs. On success the card turns green and the button is replaced by a disabled Active label. On failure the button returns to its original label so you can retry, and a message explains what went wrong — including the store’s own reason if it declined the download.
Requirements and limits
Section titled “Requirements and limits”- You need the
install_pluginscapability. Administrators have it by default. If you do not, the tab still renders but shows links only, with a notice explaining why. - Your server needs to be able to write to
wp-content/plugins. On hosts that require FTP credentials for plugin installs, the install will fail with a filesystem message; install from the Plugins screen instead. - Your server needs outbound HTTPS to wbcomdesigns.com. Sites behind a strict egress firewall will see a “could not reach the store” message.
- Only products in the built-in list can be installed. The tab cannot install arbitrary plugins, and the download is locked to the wbcomdesigns.com domain.
Removing or changing the list
Section titled “Removing or changing the list”Developers can filter the product list — see bpv_discover_products to trim it for a white-label build, or use bpv_admin_tabs to remove the Discover tab entirely.