Title: [Plugin: Front-End Users] nightmare to use
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Front-End Users] nightmare to use

 *  [espimedia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/espimedia/)
 * (@espimedia)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-front-end-users-nightmare/)
 * This is a great plugin at heart… but seems you need to be a coder to take advantage
   of it. Certainly not something a regular wordpress user can do out of the box
   with not even detail instruction of how to go about creating simple things, like
   links or making it work with your theme… unless you PHP away.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/front-end-users/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/front-end-users/)

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 *  Plugin Author [tombenner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tombenner/)
 * (@tombenner)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-front-end-users-nightmare/#post-2375384)
 * Hi,
 * I can definitely understand your frustration; I’ve added more documentation in
   [example_hooks.php](https://github.com/tombenner/front-end-users/blob/master/example_hooks.php)
   and [functions.php](https://github.com/tombenner/front-end-users/blob/master/functions.php)
   to make things a little more transparent. However, I’m unfortunately externally
   swamped with work and don’t really have time to implement lots of UI-based settings
   that you can manipulate without touching any PHP. Customizing views and integrating
   views within a theme is really best done by using PHP and not through abstracted
   settings, anyway, IMHO (this is exactly how BuddyPress does it, for example).
 * If you have any questions about how to do something specific, though, definitely
   just let me know.
 * Best,
    Tom
 *  [Dominor Novus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dominor-novus/)
 * (@dominor-novus)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-front-end-users-nightmare/#post-2375415)
 * It’s actually a robust potential with fantastic potential but I agree, it’s no
   accessible to all. It’s not so much that I can’t figure out the hook and function
   demonstration, it’s that I don’t have the time. I think plugin users are looking
   for specific instructions for custom page templates. We’re used to being pampered.
 * We need a “copy and paste” example of the function that outputs the “edit profile”
   form on any template page. It should also allow for the exclusion/addition of
   individual fields.
 * Hooks are daunting for non-coders.
 *  Plugin Author [tombenner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tombenner/)
 * (@tombenner)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-front-end-users-nightmare/#post-2375418)
 * Thanks, this is helpful feedback.
 * I’ve added a function in the recent update to version 1.2 that will output the
   settings page:
 * `feu_display_settings_page();`
 * If anyone would like to modify what shows up on the settings page, the current
   most straightforward method would be to copy and paste the contents of [views/settings.php](https://github.com/tombenner/front-end-users/blob/master/views/settings.php)
   into your template and modify them as need be (see Dominor’s 4-step directions
   [here](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-front-end-users-using-feu-within-theme?replies=3)).
 * The cleaner, slightly more advanced way would be to set a custom FEU views directory
   as described in [example_hooks.php](https://github.com/tombenner/front-end-users/blob/master/example_hooks.php)(
   see set_custom_feu_views_directory()) and modify the settings.php within that
   directory.
 * I may add some arguments to feu_display_settings_page() that allow for modification
   of what shows up there when I find some time.
 * Thanks again,
    Tom
 *  [Dominor Novus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dominor-novus/)
 * (@dominor-novus)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-front-end-users-nightmare/#post-2375419)
 * For non-coders, further instructions and examples:
 * [1 – Setting up the FEU plugin](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-front-end-users-further-instructions-and-examples?replies=10#post-2490862)
   
   [2 – How to create an FEU view](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-front-end-users-further-instructions-and-examples?replies=10#post-2490866)
   [3 – How to customize the FEU form](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-front-end-users-further-instructions-and-examples?replies=10#post-2490869)
   [4 – Adding custom profile fields to FEU – Automatically vs manually](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-front-end-users-further-instructions-and-examples?replies=10#post-2490872)
   [5 – Adding a field to the FEU form for the user’s website URL](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-front-end-users-further-instructions-and-examples?replies=10#post-2490878)
   [6 – How to add the FEU plugin in your theme’s template pages](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-front-end-users-further-instructions-and-examples?replies=10#post-2490884)
   [7 – Using the FEU plugin with customized author url (custom page slug and display name used instead of log-in name.](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-front-end-users-further-instructions-and-examples?replies=10#post-2490885)
   [8 – Integrating a local avatar plugin with FEU.](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-front-end-users-further-instructions-and-examples?replies=10#post-2490886)
   [9 – How to add an FEU specific class to the body element of FEU specific pages](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-front-end-users-further-instructions-and-examples?replies=10#post-2490887)
   [10 – Adding a field to the FEU form for the user’s biographical info](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-front-end-users-further-instructions-and-examples?replies=10#post-2490893)

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 * Last activity: [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-front-end-users-nightmare/#post-2375419)
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