I have had a few support requests regarding WP-Members and the Arras theme recently. Essentially, the answer is generally the same – WP-Members is not presently compatible with multiple instances of the Loop. However, there is an easy solution with Arras theme.
Arras has many of its own functions for various things in the theme, one of which is a meta description in the html head. Unfortunately, this uses the Loop to get the_excerpt for the description text. The function is arras_document_description found in /library/template.php.
Here are some solutions:
- You could remove the function call to arras_document_description in header.php. This is not the ideal as it will be overwritten if you upgrade the theme. But it’s an easy solution.
- You could create a child theme in which you simply modify the header.php. That would be upgradeable for the main theme and all you need is a style.css defining the child theme and the header.php file with the call to arras_document_description taken out. (Learn how to create child themes here.)
- Lastly, this function is not fired if All-in-One SEO or Platinum SEO are present. If you have either of these two plugins installed, the function does not fire.
Any one of these is an easy potential solution to this issue.