WordPress Member Directory Plugin (CMED) - Getting Started - Plugin Overview

Plugin Overview

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This article shows, step by step, how to set up and work with the WordPress Member Directory plugin.

Setting up

1. Install and activate plugin.
2. Go to the Admin Dashboard → CM Expert Directory → Settings to set plugin options
   • General - Set general options for plugin.
   • Advertisement - Choose if you want to display advertisements and if so, place ads content in the fields.
   • API Settings - Twitter and Google settings.
   • Expert Page - Settings for Expert Page. More about Additional Taxonomy, Additional Links/Fields and Star Rating
   • Expert Directory - General settings for Directory Index Page and also Filters
   • Directory Appearance - Settings for 3 different views: Directory, Tiles and List view.
   • Custom CSS - Option to apply your own custom css styles.
   • Labels - Customize plugin labels to your needs.
3. See Shortcodes list to know what you can change to adjust plugin to your needs.

Working of plugin

Add Expert

Go to the Admin Dashboard → CM Expert Directory → Expert and Add New or Add Expert.

Fill in all fields, add Tags, Categories and Additional Taxonomy Terms. Optionally you can also add Video and  Additional Links and Fields fields.

When finished click on Publish button to add new Expert.

Widgets

Plugin comes with three widgets listing latest Experts or randomly picked and displaying Experts categories.

Category List

Category list generates list of plugin categories, tags and Additional Taxonomies with custom icons.

Single Expert Shortcode

With Single Expert Shortcode, you can place single Expert on post or page.

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