Hey echoleaf, I also have a similar question about PMpro protecting wp-signup out here in limbo waiting to be answered. So I thought I would “try” to help you.
About the ‘Registration has been disabled’, go into your Network Admin > Settings > Network Setting and make sure your Registration Settings are set to “Both sites and user accounts can be registered”. That should fix the disabled message, unless I totally misunderstood your question. In that case sorry.
How would someone sign up to become a user (subscriber) of a subsite without going through the main site or dealing with PMP?
MU does not support that, BUT there is a great plugin called “Join my Multisite” that I use for that very reason. Check it out, it’s really good and the Developer is awesome. She is eager to help without hiding behind a paywall.
Oh No he di-nt.
JK!
Hope this helps.
Thanks – I finally found the setting to turn on user signups yesterday (right where you said). The subsite sign I resolved with the plugin ‘Multisite User Registration Manager’ but ‘Join My Multisite’ looks nicer. Does it have an option to remove the ‘gimme a site’ option?
Yes, In join my multisite’s reg form it does not have “gimme a site” if you use it’s shortcode. Which is perfect.
F.Y.I. JMM’s settings page is under the users menu in admin.
Great, will give it a shot – the default text on the form for MURM is awful.
Yes I know.
I think she was going for a vintage look.
JMM doesn’t seem to work for my purpose – it seems to allow network users to join a specific site. MURM – despite it’s poorly chosen text – allows non-network users to become a subscriber (or other role) on a subsite (and of course become a network user in the process). So it seems that JMM & MURM serve two different purposes, and MURM is what I needed. Thankfully I can use js to change the bad text.
Regardless, I appreciate your suggestion very much – thanks again!
