Try the User Role Editor plugin:
http://ww.wp.xz.cn/plugins/user-role-editor/
A bit tricky to configure just right, but works for cases like this, I believe.
Thank you kjodle! I’m going to try it. It looks like a good solution.
One more thing. I was planning on implementing a newsletter. I’m still researching on different free and paid plugins.
I was looking for something so that when someone sings up on my website, they are automatically added to the newsletter.
So to be clear, I want users to be able to sing up in my website only to comment on news and also be included in the newsletter. So basically the newsletter should be integrated with the registration. I assume everybody does this. So maybe someone can give me some advice.
Instead of two plugin for each thing, is there a ‘one stop’ solution out there?
Thank you in advance for your help!
I assume everybody does this.
Well, no. Be careful of what you assume.
Also, be careful of how you treat visitors to your site. If someone has to sign up in order to comment, that’s one thing. (And a good thing, actually.)
But the decision as to whether or not to receive your newsletter in their email should be their choice. A lot of people are very protective of their inboxes. (I have over 5,000 unread messages in my inbox, so I’m one of them.) If you link these two things together, you are likely to alienate a lot of people, who merely want to comment without necessarily receiving the newsletter. Additionally, there are probably people who want the newsletter, who may never want to comment.
Commenting on articles and receiving a newsletter are separate items. To reach as wide an audience as possible, you really should keep them separate.
Thank you kjodle. You are right. I was thinking about this and here is my plan.
Registration is compulsory to comment on an article and when registering the user decides whether or not to receive newsletter by ticking the option. I know this can be done easily with lots of “login plugins”.
I am still testing many of them trying to find the right one. So far, I can’t find one that can do all these:
– The plugin allows to login, register a new account or recover a forgotten password.
– It allows users to choose their own password (not the random one decided by wordpress) and decide if they want to receive a newsletter (two options: daily or weekly). This means, if they tick the newsletter option, automatically will be added to a list of subscribers (which will be handled with another newsletter creation plugin)
– The plugin automatically handles double opt-in. This mean when a new user sings up, he/she will automatically receive a confirmation mail with a confirmation link.
Finally, the most difficult part: users won’t see any wordpress back end stuff in their experience (they don’t have a profile etc…)
It would be great if there was a plugin out there doing all this at the same time. So far, from what I learned, the newsletter and login actions can be managed only with two or more separate plugins.
I’ll keep researching and let you know findings. Meanwhile, if someone has a solution that would be great.
