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Home  /  Documentation  /  Initial Setup

Initial Setup

After you have successfully activated the PMPro Plugin, you will need to follow these steps in order to launch your membership site. We offer video tutorial as well as step-by-step documentation.

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Step 1. Add a New Membership Level →

Documentation

  • Download & Install
    • via the WP Dashboard
  • Initial Setup
    • Step 1. Add a New Membership Level
    • Step 2. Setting Up Pages
    • Step 3. Payment Gateway & Security
    • Step 4. Email Settings
    • Step 5. Advanced Settings
    • Step 6. You’re Done. Now Go Test!
    • Video Tutorial: Initial Plugin Setup
    • SSL
  • Membership Levels
    • Initial Membership Level Setup
    • Upgrade or Downgrade a User’s Membership Level
    • Creating a New Membership
    • Canceling a User Membership
  • Payment Gateways
    • Stripe
    • Authorize.net
    • PayPal
    • Braintree
    • Cybersource
    • 2Checkout
  • Shortcodes
    • Page Shortcodes
    • General Shortcodes
    • Shortcode Recipes
  • Controlling Members-Only Content
    • For Pages
    • For Posts (via Categories or per Post)
    • With the Membership Block
    • With Shortcodes
    • Using the pmpro_hasMembershipLevel() Function
  • Emails / Member Communications
    • Email Header and Footer
    • List of PMPro Email Templates
    • Customizing Email Templates
  • Exporting Members
  • Languages
    • Create a New Translation
  • Discount Codes
    • Add or Edit a Discount Code
    • Setting the Discount Code Pricing
  • Custom Templates
    • Customizing via CSS
    • Customizing via Theme Templates
    • Customizing via a Custom Plugin
  • Hooks and Filters
  • Caching
  • API
    • WordPress REST API Methods
    • WordPress XML-RPC Methods
  • Register Helper Documentation
    • Quick Start Guide
    • Adding Fields
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    • Action and Filter Hooks
    • Code Examples

We’re 100% GPL

Our plugin's code is not obfuscated, runs on as many sites as you want and can be customized to fit your project's needs. We just ask that you follow the GPLv2 guidelines by applying the GPLv2 license to any altered or unaltered version of PMPro that you distribute. Thanks!

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