User Bookmarks setup

The User Bookmarks extension allows users to bookmark posts, pages, media, and other post types for quick access from the User page. This document provides instructions on how to set up and use the User Bookmarks extension.

Contents

• Settings
  • Extensions settings
  • Profile Menu settings
• User Role settings
• Frontend features
  • Bookmark on Posts and Pages
  • Bookmark on Profiles
  • Accessing bookmarks
• Shortcodes

Settings #

Extensions settings #

Once you activate the User Bookmarks extension, you will see the User Bookmarks tab in wp-admin > Ultimate Member > Settings > Extensions. On this page, you can find the following options:

• Bookmark icon position - choose the position of the bookmark icon on the page.
• Enable bookmark - choose where the bookmark icon will appear.
• Enable bookmark on archive pages - allow bookmarking in categories.
• Enable bookmark on profile pages - allow you to bookmark the user profiles. (Disabled by default)
  
  • Profile folders text (Plural) - (optional, appears if the bookmark on profile pages is enabled) folder text plural form.
  • Profile folder text (Singular) - (optional, appears if the bookmark on the profile page is enabled) folder text singular form.
• Add bookmark button text - set the text of the bookmark icon.
• Remove bookmark button text - set the photo thumbnail size.
• Disable folder system for Bookmarks - turn this on to use the user bookmarks functionality without folders.
  
  • Folders text (Plural) – (optional, appears if the folder system is enabled) folder text plural form.
  • Folder text (Singular) – (optional, appears if the folder system is enabled) folder text singular form.
• Bookmarked Icon (css class) - a class of the bookmarked icon.
• Regular Icon (css class) - a class of the regular icon.
• Using Page Builder - show post excerpt without applying shortcodes if not checked.
• Create default folder – (optional, appears if the folder system is enabled) automatically creates the first bookmarks folder for a new member.
  • Default folder name – (optional, appears if the default folder is enabled) a name for the automatically created bookmarks folder.

Profile Menu settings #

The extension adds settings to the page wp-admin > Ultimate Member > Settings > Appearance > Profile Menu. These settings allow you to manage the Bookmarks item in the profile menu:

• Bookmarks Tab – Allows enabling/disabling the "Bookmarks" item in the profile menu.
• Who can see Bookmarks Tab? – Manage access to the "Bookmarks" tab in the profile menu

User Role settings #

The extension adds the User Bookmarks section to the user role settings. Go to wp-admin > Ultimate Member > User Roles, choose the user role and scroll down to see this section. You'll see these settings:

• Enable bookmark feature? - turn this setting on to enable the bookmark feature for the role.

Frontend features #

Bookmark on Posts and Pages #

Click the Bookmark button under the post or page content to bookmark it.

The extension allows users to create folders for bookmarks and arrange bookmarks to folders. Users can make a bookmark private to hide this bookmark from other users who will view their profile.

Bookmark on Profiles #

Enable the bookmark on profile pages in wp-admin > Ultimate Member > Settings > Extensions > User Bookmarks.

Go to the user's profile page and click on the bookmark button.

Bookmarked users will be added in the subtab Users (Profile > Bookmarks > Users).

Accessing bookmarks #

All bookmarked pages/posts, custom post types or users can be found in the Bookmarks tab on the user profile

Shortcodes #

You can use these shortcodes if the User Bookmarks extension is installed:

• [um_bookmarks_button] - this shortcode displays the "Bookmark" button or the "Remove bookmark" button.
• [um_user_bookmarks] - this shortcode displays the Bookmarks block content.
• [um_user_bookmarks_all] - this shortcode displays all user bookmarks without folders. Except for the bookmarked User Profile bookmarks.

You can see shortcode examples here.