How to Update PMPro Add Ons

Navigate to Dashboard > Updates in the WordPress admin to update Add Ons in your membership site. A valid license is required to update some of our premium Add Ons. Be sure to backup your site before performing updates and always update one plugin at a time so that you can isolate upgrade issues.

Development Changelog for Add On Updates and Release Notes
bbPress Integration Add On

bbPress Integration

This plugin integrates Paid Memberships Pro with bbPress restrict forum content and enhance the forum experience by membership level.

In the v1.6 update, you can now fully leverage the feature to assign and remove specific bbPress Roles when a member changes their level or cancels. This feature can be updated by editing a membership level and updating the “Forum Role” setting.

bbPress Integration - Membership Level Settings

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Mailchimp Integration Add On

Mailchimp Integration for Paid Memberships Pro

Using the Mailchimp Integration Add On, sites can integrate User Registrations with Mailchimp. The plugin adds members to lists based on their membership level. We recently released v2.2 and v2.2.1 with the following bug fixes and enhancements:

  • BUG FIX: Fixed merge fields not being sent during user profile updates
  • BUG FIX: Fixed logging for Mailchimp API calls
  • BUG FIX: Fixed Mailchimp updates not being sent during wp_redirect filter
  • BUG FIX: Fixed email address updates via profile.
  • BUG FIX: Fixed “Invalid API Key” error that would sometimes occur with newer API keys.
  • ENHANCEMENT: Using “Audience” instead of “List” in strings throughout the plugin for consistency with Mailchimp’s name changes.
  • ENHANCEMENT: Using “Mailchimp” instead of “MailChimp” in strings throughout the plugin for consistency with Mailchimp’s name changes.
  • ENHANCEMENT: Removed default columns besides email from Mailchimp CSV export. Now using the pmpro_mailchimp_listsubscribe_fields filter instead.
  • ENHANCEMENT: Users are now unsubscribed from all opt-in audiences when they cancel membership.
  • BUG FIX/ENHANCEMENT: Mailchimp subscriber updates are processed using the /lists/ API endpoint to prevent rate limiting by Mailchimp. This fixes issues that would sometime occur when many members were expired on the same day.
  • BUG FIX/ENHANCEMENT: Users who cancel are now unsubscibed from audiences instead of being deleted from Mailchimp.
  • BUG FIX/ENHANCEMENT: Now using the Mailchimp member “status” property when unsubscribing members instead of deleting them.

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Series: Drip-Feed Content Add On

Series: Drip-Feed Content

Using the Drip-Feed Add On, PMPro sites can create a “Series” (groups of posts/pages) where content is revealed to members over a specific schedule based on the start of their membership. The current v.4.1 release resolves two recent issues found in that Add On related to emails and JavaScript bugs.

  • BUG FIX: Fixed issues where posts belonging to more than one series would show up multiple times in the new content email.
  • BUG FIX: Fixed JavaScript issues of posts/pages not being added to series.

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Reason for Cancelling Add On

Reason for Cancelling Add On

This Add On adds a field on the Membership Cancel page and requires members to provide a reason for leaving before they can cancel their membership. v.1.3 includes a small fix to resolve an edge case where certain members would not be prompted to enter their reason for cancelling.

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Shipping Address Add On

Shipping Address Add On

Use this plugin to add “Shipping Address” fields to the membership checkout page, confirmation page, confirmation emails, member’s list and edit user profile pages. Below are the updates made in the v.8 release of this Add On:

  • BUG FIX: Improved registration checks for when users did not select the “Same as Billing” option.
  • BUG FIX/ENHANCEMENT: Better support for PayPal and other offsite gateways.
  • ENHANCEMENT: Added phone data to confirmation message, email and Member’s List area.
  • ENHANCEMENT: General code improvements and optimization.

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Kimberly Coleman

Author: Kimberly Coleman

Kim is co-founder of Paid Memberships Pro. She has her hand in all aspects of the development, management, and marketing for the product and the team. She oversees frontend development for the core open source plugin and Add Ons.