This is a small but important update to fix the following issues:

• Users with usernames containing non-alphanumeric characters do not integrate correctly
• When there are no bloggers, the blog home page does not display correctly.

IMPORTANT NOTE: If you have been running the mod with user integration turned on, you MUST perform the following steps. This should be performed swiftly, as each time a user with a non-standard username visits the blog, a duplicate or blank username will be created in WordPress.

First: Before making any changes, BACK UP your WordPress database!

Then:

1. Inspect your WordPress users table (wp_users) in phpMyAdmin
2. Search for any entries with duplicated user names or blank usernames. If there are none, you are fine and can skip the remaining steps.
3. Note down which users (IDs and user_login names) these are and check that they have not written any posts. If they have, temporarily edit these posts to move them to another user. (most likely you will not find any, as they wouldn’t have been able to).
4. Delete (’Drop’) all the rows you noted down from your wp_users table, including the original user.
5. Inspect your wp_usermeta table, and delete the corresponding entries (they will have the same user_ID).
6. (optional) If you made any changes, repair your database tables using phpMyAdmin

Once the user has logged in again and re-integrated into WordPress, you can return their posts to them.

There is an easier way to do this:

Once you have noted down the name of the duplicate/blank user in phpMyAdmin:

1. Rename your wp-united/wpu-plugin.php file to something else

2. Visit your blog and enter the admin panel

3. Under the ‘users’ section, delete any instances of the username, otr any blank users. Only one will show at a time, so you will have to do this several times to clear them out.

4. Rename the file you renamed in step 1 back to wpu-plugin.php

Known issues with this version:

• A blank page appears on the first run of the Setup Wizard if you elect to install a blog homepage. Work around: Do not select this option the first time round. After successfully completing the wizard, visit the integrated blog as a phpBB administrator with a username other than ‘admin’. Then, logged in as this same user, re-run the Setup Wizard, this time turning on any options you want. I recommend that all users upgrade. To download the file, please visit the Download Page to do so.