Developer is for organizations that need WordPress to do more than display MemberClicks data. It adds governed write workflows, learning completion bridges, lifecycle automation, and deeper operational controls.
It includes everything in Business and is licensed for one domain.
Profile Editing With Explicit Field Selection
Developer can let a signed-in member update approved profile fields from WordPress.
Nothing is editable by default on a new installation.
The administrator must:
- Enable MemberClicks API writes.
- Confirm that the API client has write scope.
- Select member-editable fields.
- Configure whether approval is required.
- Test with a non-production profile.
The form uses supported field types instead of treating every value as plain text.
Registration and Application Forms
Developer includes a configurable WordPress registration or application form.
Administrators choose the registration fields separately from read-only and member-editable fields. This avoids exposing every profile attribute to an applicant.
The workflow requires:
- Developer license
- API writes enabled
- Registration enabled
- At least one registration field selected
With approval mode on, submissions enter the WordPress approval queue before anything is sent to MemberClicks.
Administrator Approval Queue
Approval mode is the safest way to begin using writes.
The queue records:
- Requested action
- Profile ID
- Submitted values
- Requesting WordPress user
- Approval status
An administrator can review, approve and send, or reject the request. Audit records document supported write activity.
This is especially useful for name, organization, address, or classification changes that require staff review.
Write-Readiness Diagnostics
Before enabling production writes, use the diagnostics to check:
- API configuration
- Write scope
- Selected editable fields
- Registration fields
- Approval mode
- Continuing-education endpoint availability
A valid access token does not prove that every write endpoint is available. The diagnostics turn those dependencies into a checklist.
Native LMS Completion Bridges
Developer includes adapters for:
- LearnDash
- LearnPress
- LifterLMS
- Tutor LMS
When configured, supported course completion events can submit an education or completion record to MC Professional.
The bridge includes duplicate-completion protection. Availability still depends on the organization’s MemberClicks configuration, endpoint access, category settings, and API permissions.
Test one course and one test profile before enabling site-wide completion submission.
Lifecycle Role Automation
Developer can adjust WordPress roles when supported membership values change.
Examples:
- Remove protected-access roles when membership expires.
- Grant a board role when the member joins the board group.
- Move a student to a professional role after member type changes.
Automation can run during login and scheduled reconciliation. Administrators should define expected role outcomes before enabling automatic removal.
Advanced Directory Synchronization
Developer adds:
- Incremental cursor
- Retry queue
- Exponential retry handling
- Created, updated, and failed counts
- Synchronization health report
These controls matter for large directories and temporary API failures.
Custom Portal CSS and Configuration Export
Developer allows carefully scoped portal CSS and downloadable JSON configuration export.
Use export before:
- Major portal redesigns
- Staging-to-production migration
- Changing templates across several portal sections
- Testing custom CSS
The export is a configuration backup, not a backup of MemberClicks profile data.
Advanced Caching
Developer can configure individual durations for events, groups, profiles, directories, education, organizations, and supported search sessions. It can also use shortcode-level cache overrides and manual clearing.
Complete Developer Feature List
Developer includes every Standard and Business feature described in their dedicated guides, plus every capability below.
API Write Controls
- Master switch for MemberClicks API writes
- API write-scope requirement
- Write-readiness diagnostics
- Clear warnings when prerequisites are missing
- No editable fields selected by default
- Separate read-only, editable, and registration field lists
- Type-aware input rendering
- Controlled payload creation
- Administrator capability checks
- Nonce-protected administrative actions
Member Profile Editing
- Signed-in member profile editing
- Explicit member-editable field selection
- Ordered editable fields
- Friendly field labels
- Text fields
- Email fields
- Date fields
- Single-choice fields
- Multiple-choice fields
- Supported country or structured choices
- Profile ID association
- Immediate submission mode when approvals are disabled
- Approval mode when approvals are enabled
- Read-only profile display alongside controlled editing
Registration and Application
- Enable WordPress registration/application form
- Separate registration field picker
- Type-aware application fields
- Portal Registration page
- Registration shortcode
- Validation of required setup
- Approval queue support
- Controlled submission to supported MemberClicks endpoints
- No registration form output until required settings are complete
Approval Queue and Audit
- Queue profile changes
- Queue registrations/applications
- Queue supported LMS/education writes
- WordPress approval post type
- View requested fields and values
- Approve and send
- Reject
- Record requesting WordPress user
- Record target Profile ID
- Record action
- Remove sensitive queued payload after completion where implemented
- Audit approved, rejected, queued, and executed actions
Native LMS Completion Bridges
- LearnDash adapter
- LearnPress adapter
- LifterLMS adapter
- Tutor LMS adapter
- Completion-event listening
- Member/Profile ID association
- LMS category configuration
- Continuing-education endpoint check
- Supported completion submission
- Duplicate-completion protection
- Approval workflow where configured
- Audit record
Lifecycle Automation
- Grant WordPress roles after supported membership changes
- Remove roles after supported membership changes
- React to member-status changes
- React to member-type changes
- React to group changes
- Login-time reconciliation
- Scheduled reconciliation
- Twice-daily lifecycle processing where configured
- Advanced role-mapping controls
Advanced Directory Operations
- Everything in Business directory synchronization
- Incremental synchronization
- Saved API cursor/page
- Resume from saved progress
- Exponential retry queue
- Retry failed API pages
- Created-record count
- Updated-record count
- Failed-record count
- Last health status
- Directory synchronization health report
- Advanced directory controls
Advanced Portal Design and Portability
- Everything in the Business portal
- Scoped custom portal CSS
- Downloadable JSON configuration export
- Backup before redesign
- Move configuration between environments
- Preserve template, module, palette, and section choices
Advanced Caching
- Individual events duration
- Individual groups duration
- Individual profile duration
- Individual directory duration
- Individual search-session duration
- Individual education duration
- Individual organization duration
- Duration choices from 15 minutes through 12 hours
- One-hour default
- Shortcode-level cache override
- Manual cache clearing
- Resource-specific cache controls
Developer Administration
- All plugin tabs unlocked
- Profile Data & Writes fully accessible
- Registration configuration accessible
- LMS bridge configuration accessible
- Approval tools accessible
- Write diagnostic results
- Advanced synchronization health
- Custom CSS
- Configuration export
- Full support and troubleshooting reference
Developer Still Depends on External Configuration
The license unlocks plugin capabilities, but successful operation also depends on:
- MemberClicks API read and write permissions
- Profile Owner Attribute Security
- Available MC Professional endpoints
- Organization-specific attributes and categories
- Correct WordPress cron operation
- Supported LMS plugin versions
- Correct member/Profile ID association
- Administrator-selected fields and mappings
Recommended Screenshots
- Profile Data & Writes safety controls
- Editable field picker
- Approval queue
- LMS bridge settings
- Directory health report
Alt text: “Enable MemberClicks API writes and administrator approval in PI WP Suite Developer.”
Alt text: “Select the MemberClicks profile fields members may edit in WordPress.”
Alt text: “Review and approve MemberClicks profile changes submitted from WordPress.”
Alt text: “Connect LearnDash, LearnPress, LifterLMS, or Tutor LMS completion to MemberClicks.”
Alt text: “Monitor incremental directory sync, failures, and retries.”
Developer Safety Checklist
- Use a test profile first
- Enable only required write scope
- Select no more fields than necessary
- Turn on approvals for initial launch
- Verify audit records
- Test duplicate LMS completion handling
- Document lifecycle role changes
- Export portal configuration
- Monitor directory synchronization health
Developer turns WordPress into a controlled member self-service and automation layer while keeping administrators in charge of sensitive changes.
