I’m currently looking into the same thing. The plugin only seems to hide the content with the [access] shortcode when applied to template files and doesn’t display the error message.
So my workaround I was looking to do was:
<?php if ( !current_user_can( 'read_pages ' ) ) { ?>
Error message here.
<?php } ?>
This could probably work for you if you are putting it in a template file.
I’m also getting this issue.
I’m using Mandrill to send the emails and it seems like it isn’t sending through Mandril either. If I turn off the plugin then the welcome email sends through Mandrill but doesn’t have the custom text (since the plugin is off).
However, with the plugin activated I get the custom text but no styling is applied since it doesn’t get sent from Mandrill.
All other emails, including the admin notification email when a new user signs up, work fine though. Is there a fix coming?
ANy update on this? I am getting this issue still…