wp-Member will fully automate your membership system, managing users from the point of registration to confirmation of payment and account activation. wp-Member generates the required paypal buttons on the fly, so you don’t need to add or change any code.
- Fully Automated Membership System
- Fast Activation & Install
- Unlimited Membership Levels
- Unlimited Subscriptions
- Content Protection
- Content Teasers
- Customizable Error Messages
- Login and Registration Page Skinning & Design
- Fallback Protection
- Multi-Lingual Localizations
Fast Activation & Install
Installing wp-member is very easy to do. We provide a full and in depth online manual so that you can quickly find the information you need. Should you have any questions that you can not find an answer for, our support team are on hand 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to assist you wherever they can.
Content Protection
wp-member fits seamlessly into your blog and lets you trigger it’s protection features on any post, page or category by selecting one or more membership levels that you want to allow access to the content. Protection can be applied using a mix of methods to give your website the feel and functions that it needs.
Content Teasers
With wp-Member you can create a post or page for everyone which has a protected block of text. You can control what messages are presented to users who are not logged in or registered and are viewing the post or page with the protected text in it. Once registered or logged in to the correct membership level, they will be able to see the content as if it were a normal page.
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| Encrypted | Yes |
| Free Version | No |
| Price | $39.99 - $219.99 |
| Support Term | Lifetime |
| Guarantee | None |
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First of all, WP Member is not for everyone. This premium WordPress plugin was designed basically for blogs that have registered members or subscribers like forums, blogs that provide premium content on a subscription basis or any blog that wishes to keep some of its content private to the public and only available for registered users or members.
The WP Member section in the WordPress dashboard is divided into 7 sections. First is the Members section which shows the list of registered users or members and their account details. Next is the Simple Newsletter which lets the administrator/blog owner send newsletters or any message to subscribers. In General Settings, the administrator can specify the main email address, mailer, SMTP server, username and password. In this section, the blog can also be configured to be available to registered users or to the public. Next section is the Subscription Settings where the membership levels can be created and customized. The Messages section is where the welcome message and terms & conditions are generated. Gateways is where the PayPal options are configured. The last section, Registration Customization is where the registration fields are created, edited and organized.
Although WP Member is an advance membership, subscription & content management plugin, it doesn’t require HTML, CSS or PHP coding skills/knowledge. With WP Member you can hide/protect posts, pages and categories and make them available only to your members or registered users. If you have several levels of membership or subscription, you can also select which level of membership can view certain content. With the use of a simple code, you can even hide portions of a post and make it as a teaser for unregistered users. WP-Member was created to work closely with WordPress code to ensure maximum compatibility with other WordPress plugins that the blog may use.
Overall, WP Member is a very good membership,subscription and content management plugin. The user interface is user friendly and straight forward, its also integrated into the WordPress dashboard so WordPress users won’t have much of an issue with it. However, there’s one thing that can be an issue for most users and that is the installation. Installing WP Member is a little bit complicated because it requires IonCube, a PHP extension used to decode encrypted PHP files. Its not that difficult to install but most users aren’t familiar with it and I’m not sure if all hosting providers support it. So make sure to check with your hosting provider first before purchasing WP Member. You can also ask your hosting provider if IonCube is available in your hosting package or ask them to install it for you.
If you decide to use/purchase WP Member, the people from Smart Media Pro (company behind WP Member) will be more than willing to help you with the installation or any issues you might have with setting up and configuration of the WP Member plugin.