WordPress Membership Plugin
Update: Our Authorize.Net integration has been deprecated. If you were already using Authorize.Net, you may continue to do so. However, we are no longer maintaining the integration and expect things to break eventually. It is highly recommended that you switch to a supported gateway.
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Allow customers to set an additional donation amount at checkout.
Order bumps, upgrades, and expansion revenue are different types of upselling strategies that increase your revenue and maximize the value from each customer.
In the context of membership sites, these techniques help you increase the value of the first checkout and encourage active members to purchase additional products or services over time.
Keep reading this guide to learn the basics of what upselling is, along with 9 different ways you can use these strategies to get paid with your Paid Memberships Pro-powered membership site.
Payment subscriptions in Stripe can be edited directly from the Stripe Dashboard, giving administrators the ability to change a subscription’s billing amount, next payment date without having to make any changes in Paid Memberships Pro. Additionally, administrators can update a subscriptions billing amount in Stripe and then update the membership level in PMPro.
After you have successfully activated the PMPro Plugin, you will be redirected to set up your new membership site using the Setup Wizard. The wizard performs the key setup steps for Paid Memberships Pro, including setting up your first free and paid level (optional) and reviewing advanced settings related to content filters and spam protection. (more…)
Dynamically convert level pricing at checkout to the approximate rate in the visitor’s local currency, as detected by their IP address and geolocation.
Many people use page builders to create a more visually appealing user experience on their websites without custom development.
Page builders give website creators loads of tools to design and create unique page layouts. They function as an extension of your WordPress site’s theme and unlock design tools, such as:
All of this helps non-coders create beautiful layouts.
However, there’s an art to properly using these tools alongside the required shortcodes on various pages of your membership site, like the pricing page or membership account page.
In this post, we talk all about page builders, including some frequently asked questions, compatibility issues, and information about the page builders natively supported in Paid Memberships Pro.
The member login process is perhaps the most fundamental element of a membership site. But did you know that you can use it to enhance the member experience—and even boost your sales?
Redirecting members to specific pages on login can have a huge impact on your site’s UX and sales conversions.
In this post, we talk about why you should redirect members on login, as well as some different ways to do it using WordPress and Paid Memberships Pro.
If you want to get people to pay for your membership, one of the first things you should do is establish a connection with them. This is where collecting email addresses comes in.
But with all of the junk people receive in their inboxes on a daily basis, what’s going to motivate them to actually give you their email address? The answer is to provide some kind of real-world benefit—something that they desire.
Common examples include:
When it comes to membership sites, one of the fastest roads toward converting paying members is to first give them access to a free membership level. We talk more about this in our post How Free Content Will Help You Boost Sales.
Regardless of the lead magnet you choose, once you have something that people actually want, they will gladly give you their email addresses in exchange.
So, how do you go about capturing these leads on your membership site? Landing pages are key.
In this post and video tutorial, we’ll walk you through how to set up a landing page to capture email addresses and connect with your audience. The good news? You can do this in under five minutes.
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With over thousands of active installs and over 12 years in development, Paid Memberships Pro is the world’s most complete membership platform. We give you all the tools you need to start, manage, and grow your membership site.
PMPro allows you to restrict your content and manage member subscriptions with recurring payments—including a seamless member experience, flexible membership level pricing, and many other robust features, Add Ons, and integrations.
If you’re not sure which PMPro plan is right for you, we’re going to break it down to help you make the best decision for your membership site needs.
We currently offer three plans: Free, Standard, and Plus. We’ve designed each plan to suit different use cases, from membership site beginners and individual business owners to web developers and agencies.
On this page, we highlight the most important features you’ll get from each PMPro plan. You can see the full details on our pricing page to learn more.
In the core Paid Memberships Pro plugin, members that renew a fixed-term membership level early will automatically have the expiration date extended by one additional term.
For example, a member whose annual plan is set to expire in two weeks can renew today, and their new expiration date will be set for 54 weeks from the checkout date.
This scenario doesn’t require any custom code. PMPro handles fixed-term membership renewals of the same level automatically, adding the remaining time on the current membership to the new term.
For this post, we share a way to offer this same logic for membership level changes. The code recipe below demonstrates how you can extend a member’s current level duration when they upgrade to a new level.
For example, a member on a “Bronze” plan with two months left can upgrade to a “Gold” annual plan, and their new expiration date will be 14 months from the checkout date.
Keep reading to get that code recipe and learn more about membership renewals with Paid Memberships Pro.
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Pricing changes are a normal part of doing business, and membership sites are no different. However, raising prices for membership sites the right way is an art of its own.
Making these changes without being mindful of things like trust, confidence, and communication has the potential to turn both new and existing customers away—and can lead to skepticism around your brand and business practices.
There are a variety of reasons why you might decide to raise your membership prices over time. Here are just a few examples:
Plus, the more content you release, the more the value of your membership increases. Perhaps your business has grown from a small membership MVP into a full-featured membership site. In this case, you’d need to start charging accordingly.
Or, maybe your costs have increased—and even though you don’t want to raise prices on your members, you simply have to.
Whatever the case, there are some important tips and strategies to keep in mind if you want to make your pricing increase easier for your members to digest, and less intimidating for you as well.
In this post, we talk about the “dos and don’ts” of raising prices for membership sites.
The Memberships > License page allows members to validate their license key and gain additional access. A license key unlocks the ability to install, activate, and update premium Add Ons in your membership site.
License keys are only assigned to customers with an active paid membership. View current pricing »
In the WordPress admin, navigate to Memberships > Settings and select Levels. From here you can create a new level or edit existing levels.
The Memberships > Members page in the WordPress admin displays a sortable report of your members. The list can be filtered in a few ways, including viewing All Members, for a specific Membership Level, or by membership status (cancelled, expired, or past members).
The Membership Checkout page is the page members will use to complete purchase. This page’s appearance varies depending on your level pricing, gateway, custom fields, and any Add Ons you are using.
Sell access to individual pages or posts, or sell a la carte items for a flat fee.
As an online shopper, it can be so frustrating when you don’t know how to find a discount code or even how to use it. On the flip side, as a business owner, you’re focused on reducing checkout issues, growing revenue through sales promos, and reducing cart abandonment. To solve both these needs, we developed three easy ways to apply an automatic discount code at membership checkout.
The goal of this guide is to save you, and your customers excess frustration. Keep reading to learn about PMPro’s built-in discount links, a helper plugin for running sales, and a code recipe—all designed to apply discount codes automatically.
Stripe Checkout is a prebuilt payment page hosted by Stripe that simplifies the process of collecting payments from users.
In addition to accepting credit card payments, Stripe Checkout also gives users the option to use other payment methods, such as bank debits, as well as Stripe Link.
Stripe Checkout integrates with Stripe Tax to calculate sales tax, VAT, and GST during the payment step. For business owners, this service simplifies the process of filing and remitting taxes.
If you manage an association or nonprofit organization, you want to stay close to your members. A membership platform can help you communicate regularly with your volunteers and other members, growing your organization and keeping them invested in your mission. Looking for a membership platform to fit your needs? Here’s a comparison of Paid Memberships Pro vs. Wild Apricot.
The Membership Account page is the primary place that members will use to manage their account. The page can include a shortcode or block that will load your preferred “sections”.
We offer a 100% Money-Back Guarantee on all paid plans on the site. This encourages conversions by building trust and setting customers at ease. They know that if our software or support doesn’t work out for them, they can at least get a refund for the cost of membership.
Further, because we process refunds quickly and with understanding, a lot of our ex-customers leave with goodwill toward us, instead of resentment.
Tracking your membership site’s performance and analytics are crucial when it comes to understanding your audience and making informed business decisions. Better ecommerce analytics can support efforts like conversion rate optimization (CRO), planning your content, price experiments, improved UX, and everything in between.
In this guide, we show you how to send ecommerce analytics data to Google Tag Manager at three key points in the checkout experience: view membership, add membership to cart, and purchase (complete checkout).
After completing this tutorial, you’ll be fully set up to track and view ecommerce analytics for your membership site in Google Analytics 4 (GA4).
Stripe is a payment service that operates as both a Payment Gateway and Merchant Account. In practice, this means that setting up an account with Stripe is fast and easy.
This documentation area covers basic Stripe information and settings. We also have a guide on troubleshooting a few common issues with Stripe that can happen at Membership Checkout.
In this guide: Currencies | Countries | Fees | Gateway Setup | Stripe Connect Setup | Webhook Setup | Apple Pay & Google Pay Setup | Live or Test Mode Settings | Stripe Checkout | Stripe API Version | Subscription Updates | Other Notes
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