Description

The WP-Members membership plugin turns your WordPress site into a membership site. Restrict premium content, create custom registration fields, and more.

Membership Sites. Simplified.

You need a membership site, but you want to focus on your business, not mastering a plugin. WP-Members is simple to use, easy to set up, yet flexible in every way imaginable.

The plugin restricts selected WordPress content to registered site members. WP-Members puts the registration process on the site front end so it is part of your content instead of the native WP login page. WP-Members requires no modifications to your theme while remaining scalable for users who want to customize the look and feel, or want to restrict only some content. It is a great tool for sites offering premium content to subscribers and is adaptable to a variety of applications.

Simple to install and configure – yet customizable and scalable!

Features:

Block posts, pages, and custom post types
User login, registration, and profile integrated into your theme
Sidebar login widget
Create custom registration and profile fields
Notify admin of new user registrations
Hold new registrations for admin approval
Create post excerpt teaser content automatically
More than 120 action and filter hooks for customization
A library of API functions for extensibility

WP-Members allows you to set content as blocked or hidden to restrict For those that simply want to utilize the member management features and possibly restrict some content, the default setting can easily be toggled to block or unblock pages and/or posts by default. No matter what the default setting, individual posts or pages can be set to be blocked or unblocked at the article level, overriding the default setting.

The plugin installs with additional registration fields including name, address, phone, and email. Using the WP-Members admin panel, you can also create your own custom registration fields and delete existing ones. Changing the field order is simple with a drag-and-drop interface. The registration form will be part of your content rather than using the WordPress login page. This offers you a premium content site with a professional and branded look and feel. It also provides an opportunity for the user to register without leaving the page to do so – less clicks = more conversions.

There are also some special pages that can be created with simple shortcodes:

A User Profile page where registered members can edit their information and change/reset their password: [wpmem_profile]
A Registration page available for those that need a specific URL for registrations (such as email marketing or banner ad landing pages). Note: this is strictly optional as a registration form can also be included by default on blocked content pages: [wpmem_form register]
A Login page. This is also an optional page as the login form is included by default on blocked content. But if you need a specific login page, this can be created with a simple shortcode: [wpmem_form login]
And more shortcodes are available!

Powerful cusotmizations can be constructed with over 100 action and filter hooks, as well as user accessible functions.

In addition to all of the features above, the plugin can be extended with premium add-on modules available from the support site rocketgeek.com. Members of rocketgeek.com have access to support, examples, tutorials, and code snippets that will help you extend and customize the base plugin using the plugin’s framework. Some of the add-ons have their own hooks and shortcodes to further expand the plugin’s extensibility. Visit the site for more info.= WP-Members™ is a trademark of butlerblog.com =

There are a number of commercial vendors offering products called WP-Members. Most of these products are neither free and some are not open source. The original plugin hosted here has been publicly available since 2006 and is in no way associated with any of these vendors. If you are seeking support for one of these commercial products, you should seek support from the vendor. If you got it from a site other than rocketgeek.com or wordpress.org then it isn’t WP-Members™.

An official statement is available here.

RocketGeek.com

Premium priority support is available at the plugin’s site RocketGeek.com. A site membership includes priority support, members-only forum access, plugin extensions, and a custom code snippet library. RocketGeek.com is the only site officially managed for this plugin’s support.

Screenshots

The default when viewing a blocked post - the plugin will deliver a login screen and registration form in place of blocked content (this default can be changed to other options).
Admin Panel - Options Tab - the various option settings for the plugin.
Admin Panel - Fields Tab - the plugin field manager allows you to manage (or delete) the installed extra fields and field order, and also add your own custom fields.
Admin Panel - Dialogs Tab - the major dialogs that the plugin uses for error and other messages can be edited in the plugin's admin panel.
Admin Panel - Emails Tab - all of the emails that are sent by the plugin can be edited in the admin panel.
Posts > All Posts - The plugin adds a column to the list of posts and pages to display if a post or page is unblocked or blocked (the opposite of whatver you have set for the plugin's default in the options tab).
Posts > Edit Post - The plugin adds a meta box to the post/page editor allowing you to set an individual post to be blocked or unblocked (the opposite of whatver your default setting is).
Responsive forms.

Installation

WP-Members is designed to run “out-of-the-box” with no modifications to your WP installation necessary. Please follow the installation instructions below. Most of the support issues that arise are a result of improper installation or simply not reading/following directions.

Basic Install:

The best way to begin is to review the Initial Setup Video. There is also a complete Users Guide available that covers all of the plugin’s features in depth.

Upload the /wp-members/ directory and its contents to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress®

You are ready to begin using WP-Members. Now follow the instructions titled “Locking down your site” below.

Locking down your site:

To restrict posts, you will need to use the  link in your posts. Content above to the “more” split will display on summary pages (home, archive, category) but the user will be required to login to view the entire post. You may also use the plugin’s auto excerpt setting to create post excerpts automatically. If you do not use the “more” tag or the auto excerpt setting, full post content is going to show on archive templates, unless the post is marked as hidden.
To begin restricting pages, change the plugin default setting for pages to be blocked. Unlike posts, the  link is not necessary in the blocking of pages, but must be used if you have the “show excerpts” setting turned on for pages.
To protect comments, we recommend setting “Users must be registered and logged in to comment” under Settings > Discussion.
On the Settings > General page, it is recommended that you uncheck “Anyone can register”. While not required, this will prevent WP’s native registration from colliding with WP-Members, especially if you are using any of the WP-Members additional registration fields.
Under Settings > Reading, “For each article in a feed, show” is recommended to be set to “Summary.” WordPress installs with full feed settings by default. If you don’t change this, your feeds will show full content.

Additional Settings and Information

A full Users Guide is available here. The guide outlines the installation process, and also documents how to use all of the settings.

Plugin Extensibility

WP-Members is designed to be an out-of-the-box usable plugin, but also have an extensible framework for maximum flexibility and customization. For this purpose, there are a number of functions, shortcodes, filters, and actions that can be used.

See this page for a list of shortcodes and their description.

The plugin has over 120 filter and action hooks. For a list of hooks and a description of their use, see this page

The plugin’s premium support site has many tips, tricks, and sample code for you to make maximum use out of the plugin. Get more information here. Members of the premium support site also have access to premium add-on modules.

FAQ

The FAQs are maintained at https://rocketgeek.com/plugins/wp-members/docs/faqs/

Reviews

Fantastic plugin, fantastic support!

ShapiroCloud

The plugin is truly great and what makes that especially true is that it can be as easy as you want or as extensive as you want, following anything you want (or don’t) in membership management and organization. I have the Pro bundle and while I don’t need everything, what I do use is worth its weight in gold because of how it enhances what I want to achieve with membership to my site. The other stuff could be great as well if and when I need it, so I actually appreciate that it is there!

Support is top-of-the-line. Very responsive but even more important I have yet to receive an answer or a solution that was not on the money and helped me make progress. They always go out of their way to make sure I am successfully using the plugin and to me that’s the definition of fantastic support.

Works as advertised!

Mike Vendetto

This plugin functions exactly as advertised. I applied it to a website with a user database with log-in credentials, and a series of blocked pages intended for “Members Only” which logged-in users may access. The plugin setup was straightforward and was made functional almost immediately. I highly recommend the plugin for similar applications. I had a question and plugin tech support responded very quickly, with an accurate answer.

Robust plugin with amazing after sales support

ryanbutterworth

Does everything it says it does, AND MORE. The after sales service is excellent! They have helped me put in some great features I didn’t even think about when I bought the plugin.

Very well written and Flexible

krutzy

Perfect solution for out club. Easy to use and modify. Best plug in I have worked with.

Excellent plugin with great features and responsive support

shoutvox

We have been extremely happy with this plugin so far. This membership plugin includes many features that other plugins charge for and it is also highly customizable. Support has been extremely responsive and helpful. Great plugin.

It functions well

dval09

Very good plugin

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Contributors & Developers

“WP-Members Membership Plugin” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Chad Butler

“WP-Members Membership Plugin” has been translated into 10 locales. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.

Translate “WP-Members Membership Plugin” into your language.

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Changelog

3.2.4.2

Fixes a URL issue with the default stylesheet for new installs.

3.2.4.1

Fixes a jQuery incompatibility from 3.2.4, rolls back to the 3.2.3 script.

3.2.4

Added deactivate users both bulk and single in Users > All Users.
Added id attribute for form labels.
Added wpmem_format_date() API function.
Added label tags to multipe checkbox and radio group items.
Added assigned product(s) column to users and posts screens.
Updated membership product object structure.
Updated users bulk action jquery to use noconflict().
Updated load priority to run later for jquery loginout script.
Removed query_vars filter.
Depreacted wpmem_a_activate_user(), use wpmem_activate_user() instead.
Deprecated wpmem_a_deactivate_user(), use wpmem_deactivate_user() instead.
Relocated install file to /inc/ directory.
Moved methods out of core.php, deprecated file.

3.2.3

Bug fix in user export that caused usernames to be dropped.
Bug fix to allow admins to edit their own profile.
Bug fix for jquery with regards to select2, only load if products are enabled.
Added email API.
Added product attribute to [wpmem_logged_in] shortcode.
Added wpmem_force_ssl() API function.
Added wpmem_set_as_logged_in() API function.
Added filters to remove posts marked hidden from previous/next links.
Updated user login function to use WP script, facilitates login with username OR email, removes wpmem_login_fields filter, changes to wp_safe_redirect().
Updated password change for maintaining login state.
Moved wpmem_fields(), wpmem_form_label(), and wpmem_form_field() to api-forms.php.
Moved wpmem_user_has_role(), wpmem_user_has_meta(), wpmem_is_user_activated(), wpmem_user_data(), wpmem_update_user_role(), and wpmem_user_has_access() to api-users.php.
Moved wpmem_do_excerpt(), wpmem_texturize(), wpmem_get_excluded_meta(), wpmem_use_ssl(), wpmem_write_log(), wpmem_load_dropins(), wpmem_array_insert(), and wpmem_get_sub_str() to api-utilities.php.
Moved wpmem_wp_reserved_terms() to admin API.
Deprecated wpmem_check_activated() and wpmem_use_ssl().
Removed obsolete functions wpmem_enqueue_style(), wpmem_convert_tag(), wpmem_no_reset(), and wpmem_user_profile_multipart().
Applied wpmem_force_ssl() to stylesheet in case it needs to load securely (even if the setting is saved as http://).
Implemented change in the native WP registration form processing to allow values of “0” to be interpreted as string literals. Previously could be interpreted as boolean when being saved.

3.2.2

Fixed bug in 3.2.1/3.2.2 for user activation when user creates password at registration and is activated from the user profile.
Fixed a 3.2 upgrade issue, verifies username field is properly added to field settings array.
Fixed issue with user product verification where only expiration products were validated.
Fixed logic in form field builder so multiselect will accept a custom class.
Added select2 support for setting product access in the post editor.
Removed duplicate API function wpmem_current_postid() (use wpmem_current_post_id()).
Replaced sanitize_html_class() with WP_Members_Forms::sanitize_class() so variables may contain multiple classes.

3.2.1

Fixed duplicate ID in login form.
Fixed user profile update for excluded fields.
Fixed native WP registration, excluded WP-Members username field in form validation.
Fixed update post when block status is not changed.
Rebuilt user interface for post restriction metabox to make it more intuitive.
Changed status column in All Posts to show all block statuses, not just those opposite the default.
Changed “clickable” attribute for field shortcode default to false.
Added wpmem_user_export_header and wpmem_user_export_row filter for export.

3.2.0

Tested and compatible with Gutenberg.
Changed default address meta fields to WooCommerce billing meta keys.
Removed language packs that install from wordpress.org (de_DE, hu_HU, ja, nl_NL, pt_BR, ru_RU, and sv_SE).
All remaining user facing strings in get_text() added wp-members textdomain.
Added locale as a parameter for localization filters.
Added wpmem_register_hidden_rows filter.
Added “post_to” key for wpmem_register_form_args.
Rebuild of user export function. User export now uses fputcsv.
Updates/code improvement for enqueueing styles.
Updated widget, added widget_title filter before wpmem_widget_title, documented wpmem_widget_id filter, added instance and id_base parameters.
Updated empty $fields check to not rewrite fields.
Deprecated wpmem_inc_status().
Deprecated wpmem_do_sidebar().
Deprecated wpmem_create_formfield(), use wpmem_form_field() instead.
Deprecated a number of non-user callable functions.
Eliminated capability-based load for admin files.
Maintain user login state when password is changed.
Added wpmem_get_sub_str() string manipulation utility.
Updated login form redirect_to to account for query vars.
Fixes issue with login status if logout url is encoded (sprintf() has too few arguments).
Added Membership Products Custom Post Type.
Added “Hide Post” option for blocking content (currently only by post meta _wpmem_block).
Removed several outdated stylesheets from selection (still packaged with download for users who may use them).
Added wpmem_update_user_role() API function.
Added wpmem_display_message() API function.
Added wpmem_user_has_access() API function.
HTML5 update – form anchor tags changed from “name” to “id”.
HTML5 update – form id tags set default value (can still be filtered).
HTML5 update – removed “align” attribute (captcha, link-text).
HTML5 update – added placeholder, pattern, and title attribute support for password fields.
Improved the add a field dialog to adjust required inputs depending on field type.
Added placeholder, rows, and cols attribute support for textarea field settings.
Moved remaining core functions to appropriate object classes, left wrappers for most.
Added new email class and shortcode class to replace previous functions/files.
Added link_span_before/link_span_after wrapper for login link text.
Updated “TOS” text to accept a custom label (priority to filtered label with wpmem_tos_link_txt).
Updated all processing involving “TOS” to better exclude the field on profile update (if saved value equals the field’s checked value).
Fixed a bug that caused WP native fields to be set as non-native when labels were updated in the fields tab.
Added Customizer control to display login, register, and widget forms when using the Customizer (easier to work on custom CSS).
Added login/out menu item.

3.1.9

Security enhancements.
Improved user search in Users > All Users.
Fully deprecated obsolete reCAPTCHA v1. If v1 is selected as a setting, it will be automatically changed to v2. (v1 users check your API keys for compatibility.)
Removed obsolete comments_template.php.
Set image field to display “medium” image in dashboard/admin user profile. Admin profile image display links to media editor.
Added default format to date field shortcode to date format set in WP settings.
Added format attribute to date field shortcode for custom date formatting.
Added User ID as an optional column for the Users > All Users screen.
Deprecated wpmem_user_profile(), wpmem_profile_update(), wpmem_user_profile_multipart(), wpmem_admin_fields(), wpmem_admin_update().
Rebuild of dashboard profile functions incorporated into new user profile object class.
Fields tab bulk action now checks for both page and tab (rather than just tab) to prevent namespace collisions.
Removed $requested_redirect_to argument from login_redirect filter hook.
Removed height property of button_div for generic stylesheets.
Fixed user edit shortcode to display updated user data without page refresh.
Fixed password change so that login state is maintained after password update.
Fix for multiple checkbox and multiple select field types if “comma” was selected as the delimiter (previously, this would break the field settings array option assembly).
Improvements on field manager add/edit field screen.
Improvements to multiple checkbox and radio groups: better handling of non-value selections and span wrapper for group separators.

3.1.8

Added new native registration handling to accommodate WooCommerce 3.0.
Added support for user file upload on admin/dashboard profile.
Added meta_key/meta_value attribute to [wpmem_logged_in] shortcode.
Added wpmem_user_has_meta() API function.
Updated post editor shortcode button javascript to include new(er) shortcodes.
Fixed WP-Members user profile shortcode to only display logged in content (by shortcode) if the wpmem_a ‘action’ is not set (i.e. logged in content only displays if page is in “member links” state).
Fixed register link in login form to prevent link from displaying if login form is displayed along with the registration form (standard configuration).
Improved multisite support, including revisions to load all admin dependencies for administrator role, not just super admin. Dependency load role requirement is filterable.
Improved line break stripping process in form builder to allow for line breaks in textarea fields.
Improved field shortcode for textarea fields to display line breaks.
Deprecated old wpmem_do_sc_pages() function, updated wpmem_sc_user_profile().
Removed $_SERVER[‘REQUEST_URI’] from all admin tab form action attributes. Replaced with new wpmem_admin_form_post_url() API function.
Fields Tab: ground-up rebuild to utilize WP_List_Table and jquery sorting UI.
Fields Tab: improved field add/edit screen: return link at bottom of page, display current field upon successful form submission, success message include return link.
Fields Tab: added support for HTML5 field types: number, date.
Fields Tab: added support for HTML5 field attributes: placeholder, pattern (regex), title, min, max.
Corrects an issue with user profile display/update of textarea fields that are not the WP default bio field.
Added display=raw attribute handling to textarea fields to allow display without converting line breaks to HTML br tags.
Fixes issue with User Profile form heading not using the get_text() value.
Improves logic for displaying register link in login form if login page is not set.

3.1.7

API updates: added wpmem_is_user_activated().
API updates: wpmem_is_reg_page() added default of current page ID.
API updates: wpmem_current_url() added check for query string.
API updates: Added wpmem_fields filter to wpmem_fields().
API updates: Added wpmem_current_post_id() and wpmem_form_label() functions.
API updates: Added new [wpmem_avatar], [wpmem_login_link], and [wpmem_register_link] shortcodes.
API updates: Added filter option in user export to decode html entities in user fields.
API updates: Added wpmem_get_action action hook when wpmem_a is loaded.
All admin dependencies and actions/filters loaded in admin api object.
Corrected issue in forms function were RS Captcha had empty div wrapper variable.
Removed deprecated functions wpmem_load_admin_js(), wpmem_test_shortcode(), and wpmem_generatePassword().
Moved remaining deprecated functions to new inc/deprecated.php.
Added successful registration message on page if nonce validates (for reg redirects).
Added User object class, handling login, logout, register.
Added buffering to login form and widget to allow do_login action results to be displayed (such as 3rd party login captcha).
Added support for WP’s login_redirect filter (loads before wpmem_login_redirect).
Added a div wrapper for post restricted message.
Added initial form support for HTML5 number input, & min, max, title, and pattern attributes (placeholder support was added in 3.1.6).
Updated wpmem_admin_update() to exit if there is no user ID.
Updated admin notification email to translate field labels.
Updated login form links and filters to a single process (was one for each).
Updated WP Registration finalize process.
Moved form building functions to forms object class.
Deprecated wpmem_register_fields_arr filter (Use wpmem_fields instead).
Removing the wpautop() function is now optional rather than default.
Fixed load fields error checking, install function now correctly returns defaults.
Changed password reset and password change to use wp_set_password() for improved performance with caching.

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