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Users

User management and access control for website members.

Overview

The Users plugin provides user registration, authentication, and access control for your CMS Max website. Manage site members, organize them into customer groups, and configure user-facing features like profile pages and admin approval workflows.

Getting Started

  1. Go to Settings > Plugins in the admin panel
  2. Find Users and click to open the settings page
  3. Click Save and Install

Users plugin settings page

Plugin Settings

Setting Description
Manually Approve All Users When enabled, new user registrations require admin approval before the account becomes active
Allow users to customize their profile URL Lets users set a custom URL slug for their public profile page
Enable user profiles Turns on public-facing user profile pages
Admin Notification Email One or more email addresses that receive a notification whenever a new user registers

Managing Users

Once the plugin is active, a Users navigation group appears in the admin panel with two sections: Users and Customer Groups.

Users List

The Users list shows all registered site members with their name, email, and registration date. You can filter by status (active or disabled) and by customer group.

Users list page with filters

Creating or Editing a User

When creating or editing a user, the following fields are available:

Field Description
First Name Required
Last Name Optional
Display Name Shown when the user writes reviews on the website
Email Required, must be a valid email address
Password Required when creating a new user
Customer Group Assign the user to a customer group (defaults to "Default")
Profile URL Custom URL slug for the user's profile page
Active Whether the user account is enabled
Tax Exempt Marks the user as exempt from sales tax

User edit form

Customer Groups

Customer groups let you organize users and assign group-level discounts. Each group has a name and a discount percentage (0-100%) that applies to members of that group.

A Default group is created automatically and cannot be deleted.

Customer Groups list page

Visibility Restrictions

With the Users plugin active, you can restrict pages and other content types to logged-in users only. If you later try to uninstall or deactivate the plugin while any content is set to "Users" visibility, the system will prevent deactivation and display a warning asking you to remove the restriction first.