Possible to select (WordPress) subscribers by field?

[User]

Hi, I have just started using the core Newsletter plugin (So far so good and very impressive!) and I’ve added the free ‘import WP subscribers’ add-on which works well.

I’m also using Participants Database plugin on my site and which enables the addition of extra fields within the subscriber accounts such as ‘fee paid’ y/n and I would like to know if there is a way of importing WP subscribers into the Newsletter plugin but by selecting only those where the field value is ‘paid’ for example. I can then write out to those in a Newsletter and give them the goods so to speak. I couldn’t see what information was pulled in from WordPress subscriber accounts but wonder if there is some code I can tinker with to expand the data that is imported?

Any suggestions would be very welcome!

Thanks,

C

[Michael]

Hello,

if you’re importing the csv with your users data, the fastest way is to filter it with any csv editor, then upload only the selected users inside Newsletter.

Michael

[User]

Hi Michael,

Thanks for your reply and It looks like that’s the only way for the moment if I want to target based upon my own database field values.
Could be a bit long-winded for my requirements as I’d have to create a new subscriber group each time I imported my filtered list, otherwise the earlier subscribers would still remain in the subscribers group which would confuse things.

If only I could write API code!

Thanks 🙂

[Stefano]

Hi an alternative is to use a membership plugin, so you can use different membership levels to classify the users. We have integration with Paird Membership Pro and Ultimate Members, to mention the two, which are free.

Your Participants Database sounds like to be similar to a membership plugin.

Another option id to use the native users of WP, adding roles (for example, with the Role Manager plugin) to classify the users. We have an addon WP Users Pro that can map WP roles to subscribers’ lists.
Their are paid addons, anyway.

The suggested solution by Michael is more manual, but you don’t need to create everytime a new group every time. Check if this procedure can work for you:

* Create a list for “fee paid” users (only once)

Then:
* From Subscription/Lists, use the button to dissociate all subscribers from that list
* Export the emails (and other relevant fields) from the Participants Database of the “fee paid” users
* Use the free import addon to import them into the “fee paid” list (the addon adds/updates the email addresses without creating duplicates)
* Run your campaign
* Step back to the first step as needed

This way you preserve the identity and profile of the subscribers over time, even if they enter and exit the “fee paid” list.

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