5 Principles for Improving Relationships to Grow and Retain More Members
Jason and I recently met up with an old friend and former client, Ed Wallace, to discuss member organizations, associations, and membership sites. Watch the full interview below or listen via the audio-only link to discover how these 5 key principles can improve your membership or association’s offering.
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Add “Select a Payment Plan” box to membership checkout (multiple levels demo)
Do you offer three different payment options for the same membership access? This new code gist allows you to easily add a selection box to the checkout page. The code example below shows you how to define level “groups”—levels that are related and should appear as payment plans on the membership checkout page.
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Add Member From Admin
Allow Administrator and Membership Manager roles to add members in 1-step via a new admin page.
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Add Name to Checkout
Adds “First Name” and “Last Name” fields to the “Account Information” section of the Membership Checkout page when using Paid Memberships Pro.
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Add PayPal Express Option at Checkout
Appeal to the highest number of potential customers by offering PayPal as a payment option in addition to your onsite credit card payment gateway.
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Advanced Settings
The Memberships > Settings > Advanced Settings admin page allows you to control other customization settings for your Paid Memberships Pro site and any Add Ons that add their settings to this page….
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Auto-Renewal Checkbox at Membership Checkout
Allow the member to select automatic renewals via a checkbox on the Membership Checkout page.
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Capture Name & Address for Free Levels or for Offsite Gateway
Capture name and address fields for free levels or for offsite payment gateways.
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Create a Landing Page to Capture Email Addresses
This tutorial video shows you how to add a free membership level and set up a landing page to capture subscribers.
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Custom Fields with PMPro Register Helper
This webinar covered installing the Register Helper Add On and an overview of all the field types and settings you can use….
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Custom Level Cost Text
Modify the default level cost text per level, per discount code, or globally via advanced settings.
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Custom Post Type (CPT) Membership Access
Adds the ‘Require Membership’ meta box to all CPTs selected and redirects non-members to the selected page.
Watch VideoCustomizing the Paid Memberships Pro Membership Pricing Page
Have you ever wanted to do more with your membership pricing page? Did you know you can customize this page using the tools that are already at your disposal? In this article, we will cover a few popular methods you can use to make the membership pricing page of your dreams.
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Donations
Allow customers to set an additional donation amount at checkout.
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Download & Install
Directions on downloading and installing the Paid Memberships Pro plugin….
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Email Confirmation
Require members to click a validation link in the confirmation email in order to verify membership.
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Failed Payment Limit
Cancel members subscriptions after X failed payments. Where “x” is a value you define for your own site needs.
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Goals Progress Bar
Display a progress bar for membership site signup, sales, or revenue goals.
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Group Discount Codes
Adds features to PMPro to better manage grouped discount codes or large numbers of unique discount codes with the same pricing.
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Helping Rabbi Patrick Simplify and Manage Complex Online Learning Programs
Learn how to simplify a complex structure of over 150 levels into a manageable 3-level membership site. Jason spends some time talking with Rabbi Patrick, Director of Programs and Strategy for Darshan Yeshiva. The interview also includes takeaways on managing members and tutors across the US for an Online Learning program focused on Conversion to (more…)
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Hide Admin Bar from Non-Admins
Perfect for sites where there is only one admin who needs access to the dashboard and the admin bar.
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How to Grow Your Freelance Business by Specializing in Membership Sites
Online member and subscription based businesses are growing. With growth comes a major opportunity for freelancers. Both developers and non-developers can expand their customer base and provide more services for their existing customers with memberships. This guide explores how you can grow your freelance or small agency business with a specialty in building, maintaining, and (more…)
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How to Make Customizations to Your Membership Site
Many of our articles and code recipes include instructions on how to “customize and add this code to a plugin for customizations”. In addition, our support team may provide you with customizations to add to your site via this method. This tutorial explains two methods for adding custom code to adjust your membership site functionality: (more…)
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How to Manage Courses with Paid Memberships Pro
In the last couple of years, course-based membership sites have really increased in popularity. Adding a course to your membership site can help increase leads, convert website visitors to members, and increase your revenue. This article and video demo will teach you our recommended method to use a Learning Management System (LMS) plugin and start (more…)
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How to Set Up Your Membership Level Pricing
This guide covers some of the most common pricing models for membership sites and how to configure level pricing for your site. It’s a useful guide if you’re just getting started with Paid Memberships Pro and would like to learn the different ways you can potentially charge members.
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How to use a Page Builder to create a custom Membership Level Pricing page.
The landing page for your levels is the primary place your site will attract and sell its membership products. Our plugin includes a few options to design this page, including the default [pmpro_levels] shortcode and the enhanced options when using the Advanced Levels Page Shortcode Add On. What if you need more control over this (more…)
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Jason Coleman on Transitioning From Consulting to Products | WordCamp Atlanta 2016
Many of our customers use Paid Memberships Pro to move from a service, training or consulting business into a product-based business. If you’re currently on this journey or considering a change, watch Jason’s presentation from WordCamp Atlanta to learn about our transition from web consultants to the owners of Paid Memberships Pro.
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Limit Post Views
Integrates with Paid Memberships Pro to limit the number of times non-members can view posts on your site.
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Lock Membership Level
Lock a user’s membership level or lock all members of a level for a specified term (for required installments).
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Mailchimp
This webinar covered a walk through of setting up a Mailchimp account, installing the MailChimp Add On for Paid Memberships Pro, setting up a free level to gather email addresses, and automatically sending your blog posts to your mailing list….
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Member Directory and Profile Pages
Enhance your membership site with a public or members-only searchable directory and customizable member profile pages.
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Member History
Display a history of a user’s Membership on the User Profile for admins only.
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Member Homepages
Optionally redirect members to a unique homepage/landing page based on their level after login or when directly linking to your website.
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Membership Card
Create a printable, customizable Membership Card for Paid Memberships Pro members or WordPress users.
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Membership Levels
The Memberships > Settings > Level page in the WordPress admin allows you to create and edit the Membership Levels for your membership site. The first step to setting up Paid Memberships Pro is to create a membership level….
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Membership Pricing Pages and Streamlining the Checkout Process
This webinar covered designing your membership levels page (using our Advanced Levels Page Shortcode Add On, your theme’s pricing page layouts, other pricing page plugins and more), as well as some tips and tricks to streamlining the membership checkout process….
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Multiple Membership Levels Per User: The Workarounds
This webinar covers ways to allow multiple membership levels per user. Before viewing the webinar, please read about the options introduced in this post….
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Pages
The Memberships > Settings > Page Settings admin page allows you to generate and manage all frontend pages needed for your Paid Memberships Pro site. In addition, any Add Ons that have a frontend page requirement are managed here….
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Pay by Check
A collection of customizations useful when allowing users to pay by check for Paid Memberships Pro levels.
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PayFast Payment Gateway
Add the South African payment processing service PayFast as a gateway option for Paid Memberships Pro.
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Pricing Your Membership Levels
This webinar discusses pricing models for membership site. We’ll cover the standard pricing models and explore pricing best practices….
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Reason for Cancelling
Require members to provide a reason for leaving before they can cancel their membership.
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Register Helper: A Step-By-Step Guide on Creating Custom Fields.
Are you having a tough time setting up our Register Helper Add On? Want to add some custom fields to your PMPro membership site but don’t know how? In this step-by-step guide, I will do a complete Register Helper(RH) walkthrough. We will learn about code snippet plugins, navigating through the RH documentation, and set up (more…)
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Register Helper: Add Checkout and Profile Fields
A robust Add On to collect additional fields at membership signup. Fields can be collected at membership checkout, on the user’s profile or for administrative view-only.
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Roles for Membership Levels
Adds a new WordPress Role for each Membership Level. A member’s role will be set to the role for their membership level after checkout.
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Series: Drip-Feed Content
Drip feed content to your members over the course of their membership. Serializes content by # of days post-registration.
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Set Expiration Date
Set a specific expiration date (e.g. 2013-12-31) for a PMPro membership level or discount code. This expiration date will override any expiration period set on the level.
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Sitewide Sales
Create, manage, and view advanced reports for a sitewide or flash sale on membership, such as a Black Friday or Cyber Monday promotion.
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State Dropdown
Adds a Country and State dropdown selection field to the user Billing Address section at checkout for Paid Memberships Pro.
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The first step to setting up Paid Memberships Pro is creating a Membership Level….
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Step 2. Setting Up Pages
The Memberships > Settings > Page Settings admin page allows you to generate and manage all frontend pages needed for your Paid Memberships Pro site….
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Step 3. Payment Gateway & Security
The Memberships > Settings > Payment Settings admin page allows you to control the payment gateway settings for your Paid Memberships Pro site….
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Step 4. Email Settings
The Memberships > Settings > Email Settings admin page allows you to control emails sent by your Paid Memberships Pro site….
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Step 5. Advanced Settings
The Memberships > Settings > Advanced Settings admin page allows you to control other customization settings for your Paid Memberships Pro site….
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Subscription Delays
This Add On adds a “delay” field to membership levels and discount codes, allowing you to set a variable-length period between your initial payment (if required) and recurring subscription payment.
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Types of JavaScript in WordPress
The WordPress of today includes many JavaScript methods and frameworks, each with a specific role in the codebase. Watch Jason Coleman’s talk on the variety of JavaScript in WordPress, presented at WordCamp Lancaster 2019.
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Using the Memberlite Theme
This webinar covered installing the Memberlite theme and using some of the most important settings and shortcodes….
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Variable Pricing
Allow customers to set their own price when checking out for your membership levels.
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Video Tutorial: Initial Plugin Setup
A step-by-step guide on setting up the Paid Memberships Pro Plugin and launching your membership site….
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Video Walkthrough: How to restrict members-only content in Paid Memberships Pro.
If you’re new to Paid Memberships Pro, you may be wondering what settings are available to restrict access to members-only content on your site. This video extends our documentation on Controlling Members-Only Content and provides a quick tutorial to familiarize yourself with a few methods to lock down your posts, pages, and categories.
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