'Multi User 1.4' Plugin

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Actually, after further investigation, the custom permissions do allow this, albeit not very well, through the function add_mu_permission . This function however:

1. only allows to save extra 'permissions' (so if a plugin dev wants to add other nodes outside the permissions, it is not possible, or at least hard)
   
2. forces the permission to have a value of either NULL (true) or 'no' (false). Setting the XML node's value to 'false' actually evaluates to TRUE, which is funny to say the least.
   
3. does not allow the user property to be updated/ transferred (when Multiuser is first activated) and instead overwrites the entire file, thus requiring the user to go to GS Settings tab > user management & set all permissions again.
   

A while ago I created a commit on the Github repo for MultiUser 1.8.2, but the dev isn't very responsive (only for issue #2).
Check out the link, there's only one line of code to modify, and one other to add. I added the hook 'mu-save-user', & gave access to both $datau, and $xml, which are also available for the default GS hook 'settings-user'.

With this, anyone can set his own settings like so:

PHP Code:

add_action('mu-save-user', 'myUserFunction');
function myUserFunction() {
  // $datau holds old user info, as loaded by MU plugin
  // $xml holds the new user info, just before it is saved
  global $datau, $xml;
  if (!isset($datau->myNode))
    // do stuff based on the old settings
  $xml->addChild('myNode','myValue'); // add node to XML
} 


Btw you should create a new plugin in the Extend repo for MultiUser; not everyone checks the forum threads, many just download and may not be aware that you've created a better, updated version. If you have a Github account, we could collaborate on it