{"id":941,"date":"2014-02-25T17:39:51","date_gmt":"2014-02-26T00:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/wordpress-membership\/?p=941"},"modified":"2015-12-04T04:56:52","modified_gmt":"2015-12-04T11:56:52","slug":"auto-downgrade-membership-account-addon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/wordpress-membership\/auto-downgrade-membership-account-addon-941","title":{"rendered":"Auto Downgrade Membership Account Addon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The auto downgrade membership account addon lets you automatically downgrade any of your expired or inactive premium member&#8217;s account to a free level. This lets your premium members who cancelled the payment to still be able to log into your site and browse content for a Dummy\/Free membership level.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Installing the AddOn<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Upload the \u201cemember-downgrade-account.zip\u201d file via the WordPress\u2019s plugin uploader interface (Plugins -&gt; Add New -&gt; Upload)<\/li>\n<li>Activate the plugin through the \u201cPlugins\u201d menu in WordPress.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Addon Usage<\/h2>\n<p>Go to the settings menu of the addon and configure your preferences (See screenshot below).<\/p>\n<p>You can create a new membership level to handle this. A membership level that doesn&#8217;t have access to any premium content will do the job.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-943\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/wordpress-membership\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/auto-downgrade-membership-account-addon-usage.png\" alt=\"auto-downgrade-membership-account-addon-usage\" width=\"500\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/wordpress-membership\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/auto-downgrade-membership-account-addon-usage.png 500w, https:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/wordpress-membership\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/auto-downgrade-membership-account-addon-usage-300x295.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The auto-downgrade will trigger whenever a member (whose account is expired or inactive) tries to log into your site.\u00a0As far as the members\u00a0are concerned, they will just log into the site as usual and have access to content for the free level.<\/p>\n<p>If you are using the WP User role option then the role of the user will be changed to match the one specified in the\u00a0new membership level.<\/p>\n<h2>Example Scenario<\/h2>\n<p>The following points show what behavior you can expect from this addon:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>A premium member cancels his payment for the membership<\/li>\n<li>The plugin will set the account to inactive as usual to prevent him from accessing your premium content<\/li>\n<li>Next time this user tries to log into your site, this addon will change his level to the one you specify in the settings.<\/li>\n<li>This user will have access to all content for\u00a0that level.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>AddOn Price<\/h2>\n<p>The addon is\u00a0<strong>FREE<\/strong>\u00a0for all customers who purchased WP eMember plugin.<\/p>\n<h2>Download the Addon<\/h2>\n<p>You can download this addon from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/support.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/addon-downloads\" target=\"_blank\">addon download area<\/a>\u00a0of our customer only support forum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The auto downgrade membership account addon lets you automatically downgrade any of your expired or inactive premium member&#8217;s account to a free level. 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