Description
BrandNestor is aimed for companies and developers looking to give access to a simplified WordPress to their clients, tailored to their given workflow.
Features
- Add your own logo and remove WordPress mentions on the WordPress admin pages.
- Control which menus appear for your clients and rename them.
- Create custom Login and Register pages with the use of Elementor, Gutenberg blocks, or if you prefer a shortcode, using our custom BrandNestor Template pages.
- Flexible Elementor Widgets and Gutenberg blocks that add login and register forms on your page.
- Hide the default WordPress wp-login and wp-admin pages, to allow only sign-ons from your custom Login and Register pages.
- Create a custom Dashboard Welcome Panel using BrandNestor Templates or plain HTML.
- Dashboard customizability with custom CSS.
- And more.
Builders First-class Support
BrandNestor has first-class support for the following page builders:
- Elementor
- Gutenberg or WordPress Block Editor
Compatibility
The following plugins have been tested and are compatible with BrandNestor:
- WPS Hide Login (ver 1.9)
- Two Factor (ver 0.7.1)
- hCaptcha (ver 1.13.1)
- Advanced noCaptcha & invisible Captcha (ver 6.1.7)
Important:
If you’re using a page caching plugin you should add the custom login and register URLs to the Exclude list.
Screenshots
Blocks
This plugin provides 2 blocks.
- BrandNestor Login
- BrandNestor Register
FAQ
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Who is BrandNestor aimed for?
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BrandNestor is aimed for companies and developers looking to give access to a simplified WordPress to their clients, tailored to their given workflow.
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Will my options get deleted if I deactive and uninstall BrandNestor?
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Yes, deleting BrandNestor entirely from your site will delete all options. This will be useful in case your login page is lost or not working anymore.
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How do I gain access to my Admin Panel back?
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In case you forgot your login URL, or if your login page is not working, you can access your site’s files using FTP or a Control Panel File manager and then rename the “brandnestor” folder under
wp-content/plugins
, then login using the normalwp-login.php
page and remove BrandNestor from “Plugins”. Finally, download BrandNestor again and fix the corrected options. -
Where can I find documentation?
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You can read the Wiki page for documentation.
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I have an issue, where can I report it?
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It is recommended to report issues and request features on our GitLab Issues page. Otherwise, you can use the official WordPress plugin’s page Support forum.
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Can I request a feature?
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If you’ve got a feature request, let us know at the project’s issues page.
Reviews
Contributors and Developers
“BrandNestor” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors“BrandNestor” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.
Translate “BrandNestor” into your language.
Interested in development?
Browse the code, check out the SVN repository, or subscribe to the development log by RSS.
Change Log
2.2.0
- Feature – Add admin bar menu hide rules
- Fix – Translation fixes
2.1.10
- Improve – Improve query performance in admin menus
2.1.9
- Fix – Fix compatibility with WordPress 6.1
2.1.8
- Fix – Fixed HTML entities shown on edited admin menus names
- Fix – Fixed some menu items being hidden when they are not supposed to be
- Tweak – Improve on Select Fields
2.1.7
- Important – If you have updated to version 2.1.6 please update immediately to version 2.1.7
- Fix – Fixed broken admin menus not showing when updating from 2.1.5 to 2.1.6
2.1.6
- Feature – Multi Select Fields for all BrandNestor rules. You can now add a single rule for multiple roles/users
- Feature – Preview image for image fields
- Feature – Add a confirmation modal to the “Disable Default WordPress Login Page” field
- Tweak – Do not delete options on plugin uninstall
- Tweak(Settings) – Tweaked descriptions
- Tweak(Settings) – Better input sanitization for settings
- Tweak(Settings) – Hint that the save button will need a page refresh to see changes
- Tweak(Settings) – Add email to list of users
- Fix – Improve notifications
- Fix – Improve loading indicator
- Fix – Fix errors getting thrown for some themes that use Gutenberg blocks
- Fix – admin_bar option “Guest” not working
- Refactor – More extendable BrandNestor internals
- Other minor improvements
2.1.5
- Fix – Fixed missing First & Last name inputs for the Register Widget
2.1.4
- Improve – Improved 404 template loading for a disabled /wp-admin/ or wp-login.php page
- Tweak – Add external link indicators and improve text explanations
- Tweak – Disallow common WordPress slugs to be used in BrandNestor URLs
2.1.3
- Feature – Add an image preview next to image input fields
- Tweak – Improve Gutenberg Dashboard style loading for blocks
- Tweak – Also show private templates for use with the custom Dashboard
- Tweak – Improve Greek language translation strings
- Fix – Do not break the site when option data from database is incompatible
- Mark as tested up to WordPress 5.9
2.1.2
- Fix – Fixed issue that allowed users to see the wp-login.php page
- Fix – Thrown error on login form submit fail
- Tweak – change label for dashboard_hide_help
- Internal tweaks and fixes
2.1.1
- Fix – Fixed not renaming of submenu item that is the same as the parent
- Fix – Fixed Export Settings menu item being hidden always when a hide menu rule is added
- Fix – Load BrandNestor Blocks styles in the editor
- Other fixes
2.1.0
- Feature – Add advanced options section
- Feature – Add new option to disable the REST API
- Feature – Add new option for Custom CSS on all administrator pages
- Enhancment – Performance improvement by caching the admin menus
- Tweak – Settings styling changes
- Minor changes
2.0.0
- Major Feature – Added BrandNestor Templates that will now work with Login, Register pages and the Dashboard
- Now instead of selecting a Page, the user will select a custom Template post type that is going to to be used instead
- The user will now create a custom Template and then select it from the Settings page to use it
- The user can now set a custom URL slug for the login and register forms
- Feature – Added ability to rename Admin Menus for users and roles
- Feature – Added a repeat password field for the reset password form
- Feature – Added a weak password hint for the reset password form
- Tweak – Higher priority footer text
- Tweak – Stop loading block assets when not needed
- Tweak – Admin Bar Logo alignment on frontend
- Tweak – Improved UX for the login and register forms
- Tweak – Moved Settings to top level, tweaked the page layout
- Tweak – Remove dashboard title if a custom dashboard is enabled
- Other fixes
- Performance improvements
1.1.0
- Feature – Added new Gutenberg Login and Register widgets
- Feature – Added redirect options on user login and registration
- Feature – Added WordPress login page logo and text replace options
- Feature – Added the Brand Name to the WordPress login page title
- Enhancement – Added Two Factor plugin compatibility
- Enhancement – Added action hooks for the login and registration forms
- Fix – Show/hide password icon hidden from the frontend
- Fix – Cleaned up the admin menus’ texts on the settings page
- Fix – Login and Register form Elementor styling fixes
- Fix – WPS Hide Login plugin compatibility
1.0.2
- Fix: Fixed login form styling errors
1.0.1
Fix: Fixed supported PHP version to 7.1
1.0.0
Released