Revisiting WP-Members Plugin
A few years back, I wrote a brief book on the way to put together a membership website using WordPress and different membership site plugins. Recently, a client asked me about protecting a discussion website. I assumed I'd check out WP-Members by RocketGeek again. it had been the "cheapie" membership option I explored within the book.
The Good News
WP-Members remains being developed and supported. It's extremely easy to put in and found out. And, it's still one among the smallest amount of expensive options out there doing an honest job. As a matter of fact, the free version of the plugin allows you to line up multiple membership levels. It even allows you to found out a specific level as a default, into which it puts all new registrants. Admins have the choice of manually moving members into a special membership level (or "product" because the docs call it) behind the scenes.
The options for setup are minimal but powerful. the most option is to guard either posts or pages. I've only had one client opt into protecting posts from non-members. Most membership sites I've built for clients have one or more whole pages of content they want to guard. If your blog/posts page is some things you would like hidden, I find it easier to guard the entire thing. divi If you've got the info you would like to cover from non-members, put it on a protected page. you'll even link thereto protected page from a post, and other people following the link are going to be prompted to register for the protected content.
Another good thing - your paid plugin (and any paid extras) are good on up to 3 different sites! So your per-site cost for all the goodies drops to around $42.There is also an in-depth set of documentation on fixing and configuring the plugin. But hold that thought for a few minutes...
The Not-As-Good News
If you would like to sell access to your content, the free version of WP-Members isn't getting to roll in the hay. Neither is that the plain paid plugin. you will need to urge one among two options - both at a further charge. the great news is that both of those add-ons accompany the WP-Members Pro package, which matches for a really reasonable $125. As I said above, even this Pro package costs but other paid membership site plugins out there. But, another downer - the 2 options for collecting payment are either for PayPal (for which you'll need an account - preferably a business account), or an option that permits you to sell your membership levels through Woo Commerce, which is another plugin for WordPress. This is to mention, if you would like an alternative choice to require credit cards through another gateway, you will need Woo Commerce and another attachment.
Final Thoughts
If you would like to line up an easy membership site supported WordPress, then get on with the business of running your site, then I'd highly recommend the free version WP-Members. If you'll find out the way to run the rear end of a WordPress site, you'll probably get this running with little or no problem. If you would like to require money for membership content, and you've got a PayPal business account, then getting the WP-Members Pro package would be an honest idea (although it'll have quite you need). However, if you would like multiple membership levels, and you would like to possess the membership plugin to handle taking payments through your choice of gateways, you are going to require a more complex - and costlier - solution.
The Good News
WP-Members remains being developed and supported. It's extremely easy to put in and found out. And, it's still one among the smallest amount of expensive options out there doing an honest job. As a matter of fact, the free version of the plugin allows you to line up multiple membership levels. It even allows you to found out a specific level as a default, into which it puts all new registrants. Admins have the choice of manually moving members into a special membership level (or "product" because the docs call it) behind the scenes.
The options for setup are minimal but powerful. the most option is to guard either posts or pages. I've only had one client opt into protecting posts from non-members. Most membership sites I've built for clients have one or more whole pages of content they want to guard. If your blog/posts page is some things you would like hidden, I find it easier to guard the entire thing. divi If you've got the info you would like to cover from non-members, put it on a protected page. you'll even link thereto protected page from a post, and other people following the link are going to be prompted to register for the protected content.
Another good thing - your paid plugin (and any paid extras) are good on up to 3 different sites! So your per-site cost for all the goodies drops to around $42.There is also an in-depth set of documentation on fixing and configuring the plugin. But hold that thought for a few minutes...
The Not-As-Good News
If you would like to sell access to your content, the free version of WP-Members isn't getting to roll in the hay. Neither is that the plain paid plugin. you will need to urge one among two options - both at a further charge. the great news is that both of those add-ons accompany the WP-Members Pro package, which matches for a really reasonable $125. As I said above, even this Pro package costs but other paid membership site plugins out there. But, another downer - the 2 options for collecting payment are either for PayPal (for which you'll need an account - preferably a business account), or an option that permits you to sell your membership levels through Woo Commerce, which is another plugin for WordPress. This is to mention, if you would like an alternative choice to require credit cards through another gateway, you will need Woo Commerce and another attachment.
Final Thoughts
If you would like to line up an easy membership site supported WordPress, then get on with the business of running your site, then I'd highly recommend the free version WP-Members. If you'll find out the way to run the rear end of a WordPress site, you'll probably get this running with little or no problem. If you would like to require money for membership content, and you've got a PayPal business account, then getting the WP-Members Pro package would be an honest idea (although it'll have quite you need). However, if you would like multiple membership levels, and you would like to possess the membership plugin to handle taking payments through your choice of gateways, you are going to require a more complex - and costlier - solution.
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