The code recipe below to creates a renewal button shortcode [pmpro_renew_button] that can be used to insert a “Renew Membership” button on your WordPress site.
Add a customized notification banner to alert your members of upcoming expiration.
This code recipe adds a notification banner to remind members that their account will expire within 7 days—or any custom timeframe you would like. You can use the recipes with any WordPress theme, or specifically with a membership site using Memberlite.
About the Code Recipe
By default, Paid Memberships Pro will send members an expiration email notice 7 days prior to their expiration date (by the way, if you want to add more email expiration warnings, see our Extra Expiration Warning Emails Add On).
This recipe adds an expiration warning directly on your site, reminding the logged in member that they must renew to maintain access. The banner will only be shown to a member that has an active membership level with an expiration date within the next 7 days. You won’t need to rely on email delivery, receipt, or that your member will actually read the message.
If a member decides to renew their membership by clicking the “Click here to renew membership” link, they will be redirected to the membership levels page. From here they can select their desired membership level and proceed to checkout. They will no longer see the message
This code recipe requires a Plus Account or higher.
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Show a Member’s Level Name in Post Comments
When a member posts a comment on your site, the recipe below will display their Membership Level name following the comment author’s name.
This can be useful for many membership sites, specifically sites that have multiple tiers of membership which equate to a member’s status, skill-level or denote a relationship to your company.
The author name is also updated in the Comments section of the admin dashboard so you can tell what membership levels users have when approving pending comments. This has been particularly useful for us on our own site to tell which of our blog post commenters are paying members.
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Redirect new members to a specific page the first time they log in.
Make an impact on your newly signed up members by sending them to a unique page the first time they log in to your membership site.
One of our members asked us to write up a code gist that will allow them to redirect all new members to a custom page after their first login. The code recipe below will only trigger the very first time a member logs in, and subsequent logins will redirect members in your current method (either the referring page, the “Membership Account” page, or another custom login redirect you have configured).
Possible Use Case — Welcome Page!
This is a perfect opportunity to make an impact on your newly signed up members by sending them to a friendly “Welcome” page.
Some considerations when setting up your welcome page:
- Keep it simple – this is the first actual page a member will see when logging into your site for the first time. Keep the page simple, easy to navigate and concise.
- Provide useful links – after you have welcomed your member, you might want to provide some links that will help them get around your site. Keep in mind that they will not be able to easily get back to this page, so avoid adding links that are only available on your welcome page.
- Add a video – if fitting, why not create a short and personal Welcome Video or perhaps take new members on a quick tour of your site. Video can be a great way to get a fair bit of information out to a person without leaving them feeling overwhelmed.
PRO TIP – Keep welcome videos between 1 to 2 minutes long. Your new member just signed up for your membership and are probably eager to get to your member-only content.
The Code Recipe
This code recipe requires a Plus Account or higher.
View Membership OptionsShow a Member’s Expiration Date in a Page, Post, Widget, etc. via Shortcode
This simple code recipe creates a [pmpro_expiration_date] shortcode you can use in a page, post, widget, or pretty much anywhere on your site.
It shows the current logged in member’s expiration date or the expiration date for the user specified by the “user” attribute. The date is formatted per your site’s Settings > General > Date Format field. If there is no expiration or user, the shortcode displays “—“.
The Code Recipe
This code recipe requires a PMPro Plus Account or higher.
View Membership OptionsHow to Use
The shortcode [pmpro_expiration_date] can be used anywhere you would like to display the date. If you would like to add it to a widget area but it isn’t working, add this line of code to a helper PMPro Customizations plugin
// Enable the use of shortcodes in text widgets. add_filter( 'widget_text', 'do_shortcode' ); |
I think a useful application of this shortcode would be to display a member’s expiration date on the bbPress Profile page. This recipe relies on our bbPress Add On setting to add the “Membership Level” section to the bbPress Profile, like this…
This code recipe requires a PMPro Plus Account or higher.
View Membership OptionsMethods to Totally Disable, Reroute, or Selectively Disable Paid Memberships Pro Emails to the Member/User or Admin
Paid Memberships Pro sends a variety of emails to the admin and member as related to their membership, subscription status, expiration, confirmation and more. If you’d like to alter the default distribution of these emails, below are a few methods to do just that. See a list of all PMPro-generated email here.
Use the Email Templates Admin Editor Add On
This add on (available through the WordPress.org Repository) allows you to selectively disable emails sent by Paid Memberships Pro. Just install and activate the add on, then navigate to the Memberships > Email Templates admin page, select an email to modify, and check the box for “Disable this email?”.
This is useful if other plugins on your site or third party services like Mailchimp or other email marketing programs are already sending emails to your customers for confirmations or cancellations. Just disable the corresponding PMPro email so your customers don’t receive multiple emails serving the same purpose.
View the Add OnUse the PMPro Toolkit Add On
Among other administrative features, the PMPro Toolkit add on allows you to automatically redirect all Paid Memberships Pro emails to a specific address. Just install and activate the add on, then navigate to Settings > PMPro Toolkit in your WordPress admin.
This is useful if you are testing emails on your site and want to see the emails that would be sent to your members.
View the Add OnCode Recipe to Automatically Disable All Email
The function below will disable all email sent by Paid Memberships Pro – both for the member and the administrator.
Copy and paste this code recipe into a helper PMPro Customizations plugin.
This code recipe requires a PMPro Plus Account or higher.
Code Recipe to Disable ONLY the Member/User Email
The function below will disable any email sent to the Member/User by Paid Memberships Pro. The admin emails will still be sent as intended.
Copy and paste this code recipe into a helper PMPro Customizations plugin.
This code recipe requires a PMPro Plus Account or higher.
Code Recipe to Disable Email for a Specific Membership Level
You could change the logic of these gists to selectively disable other kinds of emails. For example, here we look up information about the user to disable only emails for certain membership levels.