This step serves as your verification guide after the other steps are complete.
Work through these items after completing all wizard steps.
Verify Membership Levels
- Review at Memberships > Settings > Levels
- Configure expiration dates, trials, and billing limits not migrated in Step 2
- Verify pricing and billing cycles are correct
Verify User Memberships and Orders
- Check Memberships > Members for correct membership assignments
- Spot-check a few members: Verify their membership status, level, and order history
- Review Memberships > Orders and verify order statuses and totals look correct
Test the Checkout Process
- Verify the payment gateway is processing correctly. You can create a discount code for $1 to test this.
- Test the member account page and member-only content access
Configure Email Templates
- Go to Memberships > Settings > Email Templates
- Customize your welcome, cancellation, and receipt emails
- Send test emails to verify delivery
Install Recommended Add Ons
Based on common MemberPress feature usage, you may want to install:
- Series: Drip-Feed Content: for time-released content
- Group Accounts: for corporate/team memberships
- Courses for Membership: for course/lesson content
- Extra Expiration Warning Emails: for renewal reminder emails
Browse all Add Ons at paidmembershipspro.com/add-ons/.
Update Site Links and Navigation
- Update menu links to point to the new PMPro membership pages (account, checkout, etc.)
- Update any MemberPress shortcodes (
[mepr-*]) to PMPro equivalents ([pmpro_*]) - Set up 301 redirects from old MemberPress URLs to their PMPro equivalents if needed
Deactivate MemberPress
- Only deactivate MemberPress after you have fully verified the migration is correct
- Take a final full database backup before deactivating
- Consider keeping MemberPress data in the database temporarily for reference before deleting it
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Last updated on July 29, 2026
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