Install
This is the repository archive. It installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow.
Install straight from GitHub with WP-CLI:
wp plugin install https://github.com/missveronica/um-happy-birthday/archive/refs/heads/main.zipNo built-in updater. New versions won't appear under Dashboard → Updates. Install new releases yourself, or let Git Updater track the repository.
UM Happy Birthday version 2.7.4
Extension to Ultimate Member for Birthday greeting emails and optional mobile SMS texts.
NEW September 15 2025: "Profile Photo Placeholders" plugin https://github.com/MissVeronica/um-profile-photo-placeholders
UM Settings - Email - Happy Birthday
1. Enable/Disable - Enable this email notification
2. Subject
3. Email Content
4. Valid UM email placeholders. https://docs.ultimatemember.com/article/1340-placeholders-for-email-templates
5. Additional placeholders: {today}, {age}, {userid}, {mobilenumber}, {hisher}, {heshe}, {ageordinal}
6. For User Role dependant email content, use the "Email Parse Shortcode" plugin. https://github.com/MissVeronica/um-email-parse-shortcode
UM Settings - Extensions - Happy Birthday
Plugin version update check each 24 hours and the documentation link.
WP Cronjob
1. Activate the Happy Birthday WP Cronjob - Click to activate the Plugin's WP Cronjob
2. Send Happy Birthday greetings during this hour or later - Select the hour during the day when the Happy Birthday plugin first will try to send greetings to the User. New sending test each hour if plugin or email/WP-SMS been inactive. New sending test also during next hou