Hi Ian,

A. Yes, but which log?

Apache/PHP error log, that’s where you should look for errors. Try to load the stats page and then immediately look at the bottom of error logs.

BTW, where /or how is the data stored in WP? I thought it would be a straight forward Table, but that is not the case.

Settings/Data is spread around wp_options, wp_postmeta and wp_usermeta tables. Stats are cached but not stored, since they are generated on the fly every time the stats page is accessed.

Have a nice day,
Stefano

Hi Michael,
I’m guessing this new issue is totally unrelated from the original PayPal one, right? Could you detail a little more? Where does it say that your key has already been activated? 🙂

Have a nice day,
Stefano

Hi George,
I have resent you all your purchases receipts, that should contain valid links to all your purchases. Let me know if you have everything you need 🙂

Have a nice day,
Stefano

Non saprei – abbiamo davvero pochi elementi per capire cosa possa essere andato storto… :\

Comunque, tornando alla mia domanda: vorrei forzare il solito aggiornamento manuale ma non ricordo mai da che data devo partire: quella successiva all’ultimo pagamento? O quella iniziale del plugin?

Quella iniziale del plugin – dovrebbe già essere segnata giusta nel campo di aggiornamento 🙂

Buona giornata,
Stefano

Hi there,
I’m glad you have (mostly) managed to make the plugin work for your needs 🙂

1. I want an option for the users to ‘Request Payment’. [Shortcode Needed]

You may want to look at the Request Payment addon, which provides exactly that feature!

2. Users should be able to get paid via PayPal. [Shortcode Needed]

Why do you need a shortcode for this? Payment features are only available in the admin area, since they are supposed to be used by admins. You may want to have a look at the tutorial about payments and PayPal integration 🙂

3. When the user opens up the stats page, they should be able to select the time range. Is it possible for the user to select the month[dropdown] to view stats. Please suggest.

This is not yet available, but it’s on my todo list. I don’t have an estimate for this yet, but I do intend to implement this sooner or later!

4. After their Payment is complete, the Paid Posts should display as Paid in their Stats.

This should already happen. After a payment, the Due payment value of paid posts is reset to zero, and a new record is added to the payment history for the paid author. You may use the shortcode to display the payment history in the frontend as well 🙂

Do ask for more clarification if needed!

Have a nice day,
Stefano

Now, it shows (in backend – Total Payment $50; Due Payment $50) but there’s no checkbox to mark as pay nor the buttons that used to sit below stats to pay via PayPal.

I tweaked your settings so that you have permissions to issue payments and the default stats time range is All time, check it out now 🙂

In the frontend, however, it keeps saying that:

Showing posts for: This month
Your query resulted in an empty result. Try to select a wider time range!

Any shortcodes attribute that can help?

All time is now the default choice even for the frontend stats 🙂

I currently set the plugin to pay users a basic of $10 per post and nothing more. Now, lets say in the future I decided to increase payments on post to maybe $20 and set more options for people to earn, like on comments, shares, views etc. Will the changes also affect the post I had already paid in past or just on new posts submitted?

No, it will not. In fact, I just did it to show you it works the way you expect: I paid your 5 posts for a total basic payment of $50, and then raised the basic payment to $20 per post. The total payment changed, but the due payment is still zero 🙂

Hope this helps! Let me know!

Have a nice day,
Stefano

Oh, I’m sorry! For unknown reasons, I did not get a notification for your reply and I missed it! I will have a look immediately!

Hi there,
thanks for all the details. May I ask you screenshots as well, please. One of the frontend stats, one of the backend stats and one of your settings page?

Have a nice day,
Stefano

Hi Steven,

1. Does it work with a personal paypal account or do I need a business account?

A personal account is fine 🙂

2. Can I pay the writers in euro if my own currency on paypal is for example Hungarian forint?

I’m not entirely sure about this, but there should be no problem. PayPal may charge you fees for the currency change (or the recipients may), but you should be able to do it.

3. All coupon codes I found in the web don’t work. Could you please give me a coupon code?

You may use the discount code requestpayment. That will grant you a 20% discount, but will work only if you have the Request Payment addon in your cart 🙂

Let me know if you need anything else!

Have a nice day,
Stefano

Oh, I think the spam issue was raised when you sent me your plugin error log and server error log. That probably looked unwanted and garbage to filters. May be better, in the future, to attach those things as text files to the emails 🙂