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WordPress Membership Plugin – WP eMember

WordPress eMember is a powerful WordPress Membership Plugin that can turn your existing or new WordPress site into a fully featured membership site easily.

Install the plugin, follow our video tutorials and within minutes you will have your own membership site ready to go!

WP eMember lets you selectively protect articles by creating various membership levels (example: Free, Basic, Premium, Ultimate etc.) and protect the content (posts, pages, comments etc) of your site. The plugin manages all the membership management side of things.

Best of all, we keep the plugin updated to work with the current version of WordPress, provide support to our customers and it doesn’t break when you upgrade.

What is a Membership Site?

A membership website will have specific content for members of the site. The content could be tutorials, videos, ebooks, digital downloads, news articles etc. Generally members have to pay a fee to become a member. It could be a one time fee or a recurring fee (billed per month/3 months/year etc) to get access to some or all of the members only content.

Membership Plugin Features

Below are just some of the notable features of the WP eMember Plugin:

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    Easy Installation & Setup

    Easy installation like any other WordPress plugin. Upload, activate, follow our video tutorials and you will be up and running within minutes.

  • fully automated icon

    Fully Automated Membership System

    Membership signup, profile maintenance, payments, account expiry, upgrade notification, cancellation, password reset is fully automated after you setup the plugin.

  • protect content

    Content Protection

    Selectively protect the full or a section of an article content. Create different membership levels and select what content (posts, pages, categories, comments) can be viewed by each membership level.

  • bulk protect categories and content

    Bulk Protect Posts, Pages and Categories

    You also have the option to bulk protect the posts, pages and categories of your site. Protecting a category will protect all posts under that category.

  • unlimited membership levels

    Unlimited Membership Levels

    Create “Basic”, “Premium”, “Ultimate”, or any other levels you want. Charge more for higher levels of access – all within the same WordPress site.

  • Multisite icon

    Use on Multiple Sites

    When you buy the WP eMember plugin you can use it on as many sites as you own. There is no “Developer Option” here. One low price entitles you to use the plugin on all of your sites.

  • Easy member management

    Easy Member Management

    View your members, membership level, account status and much more. Easily upgrade members, move them to different membership level, pause their membership, or delete them entirely.

  • manually approve members icon

    Manually Approve Members

    You can choose to manually approve the member accounts. There is also an option to send them an email when you approved the member account.

  • members blacklisting feature icon

    Blacklist Users

    Ability to blacklist IP addresses, email addresses or email address patterns. This can help you prevent problematic users from registering on your site.

  • partial content protection

    Partial Content Display

    Easily protect a section or sections of a post or page to create teaser content. Only members with the correct permission can view the protected section content. How to do it is explained here.

  • access to multiple membership levels

    Assign Multiple Levels to Members

    Multiple membership levels can be assigned to a member’s profile. In this setup the member will be able to access content from all the different membership levels that he has in his profile.

  • automatic membership upgrade

    Automatic Membership Upgrade

    Schedule automatic upgrade of your members from one level to the next. For example, after 30 days, you can automatically upgrade members from a “Silver” level to “Gold” level which will allow them to view the content of this new level.

  • member after login redirection

    Login Redirection

    Set the first page your members see when they login. Even use a different redirection page for each membership level.

  • custom member registration field

    Custom Registration Fields

    You can customize what fields are included in the member registration form. You can also add custom registration fields to the member registration form. More details on custom registration fields can be found here.

  • easy design and usage

    Ease of Design and Usage

    Very easy to use the plugin and it seamlessly integrates into your existing WordPress site. No site or theme redesign necessary.

  • bookmarking feature

    Bookmarking Feature

    Your members can bookmark their favourite posts and pages on your site then view their bookmarks later. View bookmark feature details here.

  • CSV export feature

    Export Member Data to CSV File

    Ability to export all your members profile data to a CSV file. You can open the CSV file in Excel for further processing, analysis, formatting, or printing.

  • folder protection

    Download Folder Protection

    If you offer downloads for your members then you can use the folder protection feature. Users will need to provide valid login credentials to download any file from the protected folder.

  • Secure RSS feed for members

    Secure RSS Feeds

    Secure RSS feeds allow your members to view their membership material in their favorite RSS reader (non-members cannot access the feed).

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    Stable Membership Plugin

    Our plugin code-base is very stable. We put a lot effort into testing and developing our plugins so it doesn’t break your site after you upgrade.

  • free upgrade icon

    Free Future Upgrades

    Free future improvements and upgrades (there is no annual fee). You will always have access to the latest version of the plugin for free.

  • ssl certificate icon

    Works with HTTPS Pages

    WP eMember plugin works with https pages out of the box (useful if you are using an SSL certificate on your website).

  • PayPal Integration

    Easy PayPal Integration

    Can be easily integrated with a hosted or standard PayPal button. Both one time and subscription/recurring payments are supported. View details here.

  • Braintree gateway icon

    Braintree Payments Integration

    WP eMember plugin can be easily integrated with the Braintree buy now buttons (onsite checkout) to accept membership payment via Braintree gateway.

  • WooCommerce icon

    WooCommerce Integration

    WP eMember plugin can be integrated with the WooCommerce plugin to accept membership payment via WooCommerce.

  • Autoresponder icon

    Autoresponder Integration

    It can be integrated with Autoresponders (AWeber, MailChimp, GetResponse, MailPoet). This way the members automatically get signed up to your list/campaign for email marketing purpose.

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    bbPress Forum Integration

    Can be integrated with bbPress forum plugin. This allows you to apply protection to the forum topics and replies. You can also make certain forums for members only.

  • Affiliate icon

    WordPress Affiliate Software Integration

    Can be integrated with the WordPress Affiliate Software Plugin. So if you decide to boost your membership signups by introducing an Affiliate Program later (award affiliates that redirect visitors who become your member) then all you have to do is activate the other plugin.

  • wordpress shopping cart icon

    WP eStore Integration

    Can be integrated with the WordPress eStore (WordPress Shopping Cart) plugin so you can create any type of payment buttons for your paid membership content.

  • Shopping cart documentation

    Detailed Documentation

    Scared of getting worthless product documentation after you purchase the product? Checkout the membership plugin documentation before you make a purchase.

  • great customer support

    Great Support

    One of our strong features is the support we offer to our customers. We always keep the plugin updated to work with latest version of WordPress. We guarantee that software bug (if any) will be fixed within a reasonable amount of time.

View the full list of WP eMember plugin features.

WP eMember Plugin Demo

Click on the button below to view a demo membership site created with this plugin

  • (use username: free123 and password: testpass to log in as a free member)
  • (use username: silver123 and password: silverpass to log in as a silver member)

live demo button

Free WP eMember Addons

You also get access to the following WP eMember addon plugins with your purchase of our WordPress membership plugin.

  • members list icon

    Members Profile Display

    The Members Profile Display Addon lets you display your member’s profile on a WordPress page so other visitors can view it. Easily show off your members list.

  • captcha addon icon

    Captcha Addon

    Using Captcha on the registration form is a great way to stop spam signups (if you offer free user registration). This plugin has a variety of captcha options that you can use on your member registration form.

  • affiliate lead capture icon

    Capture Affiliate Leads

    This addon allows you to capture each WP eMember user signup as affiliate leads if the user was referred by an affiliate. This can be helpful if you are using our affiliate plugin.

  • pricing table addon icon

    Membership Pricing Table

    This addon gives you the ability to create pricing tables for your membership levels. You can summarize the benefits of your main membership levels and how much it costs.

  • email broadcast addon icon

    Email Broadcast

    This addon gives you the ability to send an email broadcast to your members (all or a few selected members) from within the WordPress dashboard.

Documentation & Technical Support

  • Documentation page (Contains all the documentation of our membership plugin)

If you are having any issue with this plugin then feel free to post it on the customer only support forum.

Please visit the demo and the documentation page to make sure you understand the capability of this plugin. You can also watch the video tutorials. If unclear let us know and we will try to clarify it for you.

Customer Feedback

We won’t waste your time with fake testimonials! Checkout the customer feedback page and see what some of our customers have to say about us.

A huge shout out to the team at Tips and Tricks HQ for providing the most fantastic, easy to use, plugins for WordPress. I highly recommend WP eMember product – simply awesome!

Lawrence Snow
http://www.sjcwebdesign.com/

You can also check the comment section below for more customer feedback.

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Plugin Summary
App Category
WordPress Plugin
Software Name
WordPress eMember
Version
10.4.3
Date Modified
2023-01-04
Operating System
WordPress 6.1
Description
WordPress plugin to create free and paid membership sections on your website
File Format
application/zip

Turn your existing or new WordPress site into a membership site easily. (Includes Free Lifetime Updates)

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WP eMember Questions (F.A.Q)

Please leave a comment below if you have any questions

  • View the WP eMember’s Frequently Asked Questions and Answers

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Reader Interactions

Comments (370 responses)

  1. Korin Iverson says:

    @Marco, Yes your members can be members of more than one membership at a time, there is an option in the settings to turn this on. There is no limit to the number of memberships a person can be a member of.

  2. Marco says:

    Hi! I am seriously interested in this plugin. But does it allow members to have multiple memberships at the same time?

  3. Korin Iverson says:

    @Elise, Yes the plugin has an option for it.

  4. Elise says:

    Can I generate a list of members that will have accounts that expire soon based on a date?

    Example: Say I put in a date one week from now, will it tell me the accounts that are due to expire in that time?

  5. admin says:

    @Anna, WordPress.org is different than WordPress.com. You can install the WordPress.org software on any server in the world. There are many Chinese users who uses WordPress for their sites (it is the top CMS platform). In terms of the plugin, it can be installed on any site where you are using WordPress (the exact same for ANY other plugins). If you can install other plugins in your WordPress site then you can install this one also.

  6. anna says:

    Will the plugin be in effect if the site is opened in China since wordpress is blocked in China?

  7. Korin Iverson says:

    @Doug, There is no limit.

  8. Doug says:

    Is there a limit on the number of members I can have?

  9. Korin Iverson says:

    @Cheryl, Yes you can set a membership level to expire on a set date.

  10. Cheryl Comfort says:

    Can I set a fixed date for all subs in a level to expire? For example my group’s subscription year runs from 1 May – 30 April, so I want all subs to finish on 30 April. Is this possible?

  11. Korin Iverson says:

    @Mandie, Yes the eMember does have the option to use the new Google Captcha.

  12. Mandie says:

    Does eMember use the new Google Captcha?

  13. Les Corrigan says:

    Wp-emember is the backbone of our website. Great plugin!

  14. admin says:

    @Terrence, Yes our plugin will work nicely with a responsive theme.

  15. Terrence says:

    Is the membership area responsive design?

  16. admin says:

    @Chucho, Yes

  17. Chucho says:

    Hi guys. I’ve got a quick question:
    If you decide to use the WP user integration settings (keeping eMember and WP users synced if the are created in any of the ways), would the passwords and any other settings get updated correctly in both tables if a user changes something using their admin panel? Thanks!

  18. Korin Iverson says:

    @Jason, Yes you can disable the update/upgrade notifications from the email settings of the plugin.

  19. Jason G says:

    Can you disable the upgrade email notice in the plugin?

  20. James says:

    I have been using the eMember for sometime now and I wanted to say this has been a life saver. It has allowed me to expand my business into a recurring subscription site.

    Thank you,
    James from Atlanta

  21. admin says:

    @Slavo, Yes you can charge one time payment for your memberships also. You decide if you want to charge one time payment or a recurring payment.

  22. slavo says:

    Hi there, is it possible to have one time payment, not monthly or yearly, just one single payment for membership?

  23. admin says:

    @Scott, We use “membership levels” to categorize the members. You can read more about it here:
    https://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/wordpress-membership/how-to-add-a-membership-level-in-wp-emember-13

    You can display all your members profiles by membership level on a page using the following:
    https://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/wordpress-membership/wp-emember-profile-display-extended-addon-599

  24. Scott says:

    Are you able to put users/members into categories. And then display the individual list users in one category on a page

  25. Korin Iverson says:

    @David, Yes you can set it up so an Affiliate id is created when the membership is created.

  26. David says:

    I would like to use your WP eMember with your WP Affiliate platform plugin. I want the visitor who register on my website and became a member was immediately assigned his affiliate link, without having to register separately to affiliate program. Is there any way to do this?
    Thanks for your reply,
    David

  27. Korin Iverson says:

    @Melissa, Yes we have a simple free add-on that will allow you to redirect non-members to a different page when they land on protected content.

  28. Melissa says:

    If someone lands on a protected page can they be sent to a different page.
    Something like they land on my protected page and they are not a member can I send them to something like a signup page?

  29. admin says:

    @Sunny, Thank you for your feedback. I will add it to my list.

  30. sunny says:

    Please can we get any support for payza (formerly alertpay ) payment gateway for recurring subscription

  31. Korin Iverson says:

    @ Dave, Yes, there is a free add-on that you can install which will allow you to do this. You can see all the eMember add-ons at the bottom of this page:
    https://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/wordpress-membership/

    The add-on you are looking for is called: Auto Redirect on Protected Pages Addon

  32. Dave says:

    When someone lands on a page that is protected can they be automatically redirected to the login page?

    What I am looking for is skipping the “content is protected message:” and having it just auto redirect to the login page.

  33. admin says:

    @Arthur, You can import WP users as members if the records are already in your WP users table. There is also an addon that lets you import users from a CSV file.

  34. Artur says:

    Hello

    Is import users available from another database to this plugin?

    regards

  35. Korin Iverson says:

    @Jenny, Yes we have an option called do not allow simultaneous log-in.

    There are 2 options for this.

    Option 1: The user is logged out if another person tries to log into their account.

    Option 2: Only the current user can be logged into the account. Any other log-in attempts will not be successful.

  36. Jenny says:

    I need an option where only one user can be logged into the account at a time. Do you have an option where I can limit this?

    To make this a little more clear here is an example:
    Say John has a membership account and he is logged in. Now his wife wants to also log in. His wife would not be able to log-in until John logs out.

  37. admin says:

    @Mike, It seems like you have setup one time membership at the moment. If you want to charge recurring payment for membership, please setup a subscription payment (the documentation has more info on this). Let us know if you need help with setting up a subscription payment button.

  38. Mike Mahony says:

    How do I set this up so that the membership automatically renews? In other words, it doesn’t ever expire unless Paypal says the payment didn’t process. My test account just got an email saying it is going to expire in 10 days and that I have to manually renew. I don’t want that. Help!!

  39. admin says:

    @Kevin, Yes we have a free eMember addon to import users. There is also an interface in the plugin to import your existing WP users (if you have them). Passwords are not auto-generated. If you use our user creation API and write your own script to add members then you can leave the password field empty and it will auto generate a password. There is another free addon that lets you mass email to all your members.

    Please check the plugin documentation (see link above) and you will find more info on these and then you will be able to determine if it will work for you or not.

  40. Kevin Maines says:

    3 questions about the eMember plugin:
    1. Can I import member data?
    2. Are passwords auto-generated?
    3. Can I have username/password emailed after new members are added?

  41. Korin Iverson says:

    @John, Yes it is please see the following forum post:

    https://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forum/topic/wp-multisite-install-and-plugin-behavior

  42. John says:

    Is this plugin compatible with a multisite network?

  43. admin says:

    @John, We have a generic autoresponder integration option too. If your autoresponder provider allows the following type of integration then you can use that option:

    Signup users just by sending an email to the list email address with the user’s email as the from address

    You can ask your provider if they have this option.

  44. John O says:

    I use none of the three autoresponders mentioned here. Is it possible to use other autoresponders?

  45. Korin Iverson says:

    @Mark, Yes our plugins are all compatible with the latest version of WordPress. We always test our plugins with upcoming releases to make sure our customers have no issues when updating.

  46. Mark says:

    I just want to verify that this is compatible with WordPress 3.9?

  47. admin says:

    @Brijesh, yeah there are shortcodes to do that.

  48. Brijesh says:

    Just another question. Can I create a My Account page for Members where they can see their membership levels, upgrade to a new membership, change profile details and things like that

  49. admin says:

    @Brijesh, yes you can add members manually from the admin dashboard to an all access level if you want (that member won’t have to pay anything).

  50. Brijesh says:

    Just a pre-purchase question. Does this plugin allow me to add members to one or all access/membership levels from the WordPress backend without those member paying obviously? Its for providing access to internal employees

    Thanks in advance

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