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- What is a Membership Level<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n
- Creating a Membership Level<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n
- Understanding the Account Expiry Condition<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n
- Managing Remaining Time After Subscription Cancellation (Prorating)<\/a>\n\n\n
- \nRemaining Time Setup Example:<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Video Tutorial<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n
- Additional Resources<\/a>\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n
What is a Membership Level<\/h2>\n\n\n
When a visitor becomes a member, he is assigned to one of the membership levels you create in the plugin. The member will then have access to the site’s content based on the permissions you defined in the membership level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The membership level also controls how long a member of that level has access to the content. For example: if you have created a level with a 60 day duration, then members who belong to that level will get access to the content for 60 days from the date they joined. After that time, their account will expire and they will need to renew or upgrade their account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You can create as many membership levels as you want to. So create a membership level for each different variations of access that you need to offer on your site. Then you can assign members to a membership level based on the kind of access to content and expiry you want for them.<\/p>\n\n\n
Creating a Membership Level<\/h2>\n\n\n
To add a new membership level, you need to browse to the “Membership Level<\/strong>” menu of the plugin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nFrom the “Manage Levels<\/strong>” tab you can click on the “Add New<\/strong>” button to add a new membership level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe Membership level addition menu has help text next to each field to guide you. You can edit or delete an existing membership level from this “Manage Levels” interface too.<\/p>\n\n\n
Understanding the Account Expiry Condition<\/h2>\n\n\n
The expiry of a member\u2019s account is controlled by the membership level assigned to that member. So the value that you set in the Subscription Duration<\/strong> field will control how the account will expire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read the following resources to get a better understanding of this so you can set the Subscription Duration<\/strong> value for a membership level according to your needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- Manually activating expired account<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Difference between Buy Now and Subscription buttons<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Membership time after subscription cancellation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n
Managing Remaining Time After Subscription Cancellation (Prorating)<\/h2>\n\n\n
If you are using a subscription-type button for your membership to charge recurring payments and want the member to be able to use their remaining time after the subscription payment agreement is canceled, follow these steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To prevent immediate cancellation of a member’s account when a subscription is canceled, avoid using the “No Expiry or Until Cancelled” option for the membership level. Instead, set a duration value that matches or is one day more than the subscription period. This approach ensures that the plugin sets the account to “unsubscribed” upon cancellation, allowing the member to use the remaining subscription duration.<\/p>\n\n\n
Remaining Time Setup Example:<\/h3>\n\n\n
Let’s say you are creating a subscription payment button to charge every 30 days. You can set a value of 31 days in the subscription duration field of the membership level configuration. The extra day acts as a buffer to ensure the payment gateway can process the recurring charge and notify the plugin before it deactivates the account. This creates a cycle of 31 days. It will ensure that the member will continue to have access for another 31 days after receiving a subscription recurring charge. As long as the recurring charges continue, the member will have access. If the subscription is canceled, the account will expire after the remaining days for the cycle.<\/p>\n\n\n
Video Tutorial<\/h2>\n\n\n
- Difference between Buy Now and Subscription buttons<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Video Tutorial<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n
- Creating a Membership Level<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n