/**
  * Subscribes the provided user ID's
  * Returns the updates progress
  */
 protected function subscribe_users()
 {
     // make sure `user_ids` is an array
     $user_ids = $_REQUEST['user_ids'];
     if (!is_array($user_ids)) {
         $user_ids = sanitize_text_field($user_ids);
         $user_ids = explode(',', $user_ids);
     }
     $result = $this->wizard->subscribe_users($user_ids);
     if ($result) {
         $this->respond(array('success' => true));
     }
     // send response
     $this->respond(array('success' => $result, 'error' => $this->wizard->get_error()));
 }