Jonathan Goldford

That’s great to hear! Thanks for keeping us in the loop and don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any other questions.

No problem @supernaut510. Unfortunately, providing custom development support is beyond the scope of what we offer here. How you would approach the code also really depends on the content and features you’re adding to the plugin, so it would be tough to provide incredibly specific guidance without a lot more details.

WordPress works on a hooks system, allowing you to “hook” into code at given points in the execution to either modify the existing output or run entirely separate code at that time. Your best bet is to spend some time reading https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/hooks/ and https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/hooks/actions/ to get a feel for how this system works. You can also use a search engine to lookup something like “wordpress how do hooks work”. There are tons of articles that will help you get set up.

In general though, you wouldn’t extend the class at all. Instead, you would use a PHP function that’s called from a line of code that looks like add_action( 'winbm_after_members_table', 'name_of_your_function' );. That code essentially tells WordPress to “hook” in and run your function at exactly that point in time within the plugin’s code execution.

I’m sorry I can’t be more helpful than that. Hopefully those resources are a good place to start.

Since we haven’t heard from you in a little bit we’re going to mark this as resolved. Don’t hesitate to reach out if any other questions come up.

I’m happy to help @supernaut510. It sounds like you’re trying to add content into the admin where each board member is shown in a table. Is that correct? If so, then you actually nailed the best approach within your question. The code do_action( 'winbm_after_members_table' ); is actually there for exactly the purpose you’re looking for. By using the add_action() WordPress function, you can hook into that location to add content or run other code from either a custom plugin or your theme. I’d recommend taking a look at the WordPress documentation at https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/hooks/actions/ for some additional information.

If you have any other questions, don’t hesitate to let us know.

Thanks for reaching out @jeff501 and I’m sorry you’re running into issues. We didn’t make any changes in our last update to how admin users are treated on the board. It sounds like something else is going on here.

Would you mind answering a few questions:

• Just to confirm, are you using WordPress multisite or a single-site instance of WordPress? It sounds like you’re on multisite, but I wanted to be sure.
• Do you have any role management plugins on the site and if so, have you modified the “serve_on_board” capability? That capability dictates which users serve on the board. If that has been changed from the default setup, then it could cause issues.
• Have you tested this on a default WordPress installation to make sure there is no custom coding interfering with the plugin?

We’re out of the office for the holidays tomorrow and Friday, but will be back next week. Once we have a little more information we can hopefully help you figure out what’s going on.

Thanks for reaching out @cubatrytest. As long as you’re comfortable with some basic PHP coding, you can use the templating system built into the plugin. This system allows you to modify parts of the plugin, such as the form, while still allowing you to update it when we roll out new releases. Here are the basic steps you would need to take:

1. Copy the plugin’s file at \wp-content\plugins\wired-impact-volunteer-management\templates\opp-single-form.php to a folder within the current theme called “wivm”.
2. Modify it so the form is only displayed when the is_user_logged_in() function returns false.
3. Add an else statement that shows a button when the user is logged in, or avoid the else statement and simply add the button directly to each volunteer opportunity’s content within the admin.

Hopefully that gets you where you need to go. If you have any questions don’t hesitate to reach out.

Most importantly, thank you so much for the feedback @eroesch. Feedback from the community is the number one way we prioritize what to build next, so this level if detailed feedback is incredibly valuable to us. It’s also really helpful you provided your specific use-case so we could better understand where we can make improvements.

I’ve made sure every one of your notes was added to our database of client suggestions. We review that list every quarter when we roadmap what our team plans to work on.

There are a few items I wanted to address specifically:

2) Inability to sort flexible opportunities by title of opportunity (I believe the sort order is by entry date/time)

I don’t know how comfortable you are with code, but there is a WordPress hook in place within the plugin that would allow you to add code to sort all flexible opportunities by their title. If that’s something you’re interested in let me know and we can help guide you through it.

4) Inability to easily email volunteers to remind them to do their job (buy the gift card)

With the number of volunteer opportunities you have this could be a little tedious, but there is a way within the WordPress admin to email volunteers that completed the form for that opportunity. Simply go to the edit screen for that volunteer opportunity and look for the “Email Your Volunteers” metabox. From there you should be able to email them.

5) Instances where the volunteer thinks they signed up, but they are not recorded as a volunteer, and the opportunity is not logged as complete.

This isn’t an issue we’re aware of. Have you been able to replicate this on your end? If you can, then it’s a bug and we’ll want to fix it. It would be great if you could send us step-by-step instructions to replicate the issue so we can find the cause and take care of it.

Thank you again for all your input. We really appreciate it.