WordPress Member Directory Plugin (CMED) - Getting Started - Add Expert

Add an Expert

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Introduction

To add new expert in the WordPress Member Directory plugin, navigate to Admin Dashboard → CM Expert Directory Pro → Add Expert.

You will be able to fill detailed information for your new expert.

Summary

Here we show the main sections of adding a profile.

1. Name and overview
2. Publications, education, experience
1. Taxonomies - Index - Filters (Search, Taxonomies)
2. Tags
3. Additional Links and Fields Expert Page - Additional Links and Fields
4. Address with Google Maps - Expert Page - Google Maps
5. Social media links

Expert Name

Enter an expert name in the provided box.

Expert Description

Write information about the expert in the provided boxes - Overview, Publications, Education and Experience. Add any media as well.

Expert Tags

Enter values in the box provided to add tags to the expert.

Expert Categories

Check the boxes to add categories to the expert listing. Same for Expertise, Service and Language.

Manage Products

Since the version 1.9.1 it is possible to sell the products from the Expert page by adding links to them.

To add a product, you need to:

1. Enter the Product Name.
2. Enter the URL that links to the product.
3. Add Image of the product. There can be only one image per each product.
4. Click Add New to create a new product.
5. Click the X-button to delete the product.

Result on the Front-end:

Expert Page Owner Email

Requires the Community Add-on.

Enter an email for the owner of the expert page. This will also be used when the expert will be claimed by someone. If you don't have the owner's email, leave it empty. Once an email appears in this field, the expert is defined as claimed.

Subscription date

This feature was added in version 1.2.2. 

You can set and edit the expert's subscription date. It is useful for expert's renewing payments. Learn more about Renew Expert Payments Settings.

Expert Position and Additional Links

Here you need to feel a few fields:

• Company - Enter the name of the company (optionally). This feature was introduced in version 1.7.0.
• Position - Enter the expert's job position.
• You can also add additional links if you have defined them in the plugin settings. Additional links can be customized based on your needs.

Expert Image

Add an expert image. The image size must follow the defined size for the image which is 400 by 400 px. You can restrict the setting to only accept the defined image size and reject bigger images. 

• Set picture as featured image - Starting from version 1.6.6, you can also set it as the featured image. Optionally, you can set a different file as a featured image from the Featured Image metabox on the right panel.

• Set picture from featured image - Starting from version 1.8.3, you can set featured image as a profile picture. If the featured picture is already set, you just need to check the option Set picture from featured image and click the button Publish / Update.

Promote Expert in Search Results

The plugin has a few options for promoting experts in search results:

• Is promoted - The expert will be displayed at the top of every search result including on the related expert list. Check this if you want to highlight a certain expert.
• Is promoted by zip codes - Does the same as the previous option, but also allows to show this expert in the search results once one of the specified zip codes is searched by the user. The list of related zip codes is defined for each expert in the option below. Note: this option was introduced in version 2.4.4.
• List of promoted zip codes - Add a list of zip codes that should trigger displaying the current expert as the promoted one once the user searches for one of these zip codes. Each zip code should be written on the new line. You can also import a list of zip codes from the CSV file. Check the CSV file example. Note: this option was introduced in version 2.4.4.

Expert Picture Gallery 

You can add as many pictures as necessary (feature added in version 1.3.1)

Expert Videos

You can add as many videos as necessary (feature added in version 1.3.1)

Expert Address

Add an expert address for the expert listing and check the box to include the address on Google Maps. Setting the expert as virtual will hide both the map and the address option.

Expert Contact Information

Enter values in the boxes provided for Expert Contact Information. Any input field which will not have a value in it will not be shown on the expert page (also the label).

You can also Hide WhatsApp widget for this expert to override default settings. Learn more about WhatsApp Widget. Note: This feature was introduced in version 1.8.4. 

Expert Documents

Upload documents related to that specific expert.

Expert Additional Information 

You can also add additional custom fields if you have defined them in the plugin settings. Additional fields can be customized based on your needs.

At the end of writing a new Expert scroll to the top and click on the Publish button.

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