Comments on: wp-Member http://wphuddle.com/wp-member/ A Premium WordPress Plugin Directory Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:12:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jaypee Habaradas http://wphuddle.com/wp-member/#comment-29 Jaypee Habaradas Fri, 18 Mar 2011 01:23:34 +0000 http://wphuddle.com/?p=190#comment-29 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. Overall, WP Member is a very good membership,subscription and content management plugin. The user interface is user friendly and straightforward, 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.
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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.

Overall, WP Member is a very good membership,subscription and content management plugin. The user interface is user friendly and straightforward, 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.

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