How to Set up a Basic Membership Website with Paid Memberships Pro

[@StrangerStudios]

Have you used Paid Memberships Pro to build a website? Want to give it a try? Visit www.paidmembershipspro.com for more details.

[@questcequelaverite]

I tried to set it up, but everything is in english and I didn't see any place where it is easy to turn it into french for my audience. There are few things that we can write by ourself on the plugin dashboard but there are stuff that are automatically in english and it's not good for conversion in other languages. I tried to dig something up from the support docs but all I found was articles to translate the plugins but not to actually find a way to just turn it into other languages.

[@StrangerStudios]

@@questcequelaverite Hi there, please send us an email with your question to [e-mail]

[@xakiri4577]

been stuck on this issue where the client wants subscriptions setup and I got stuck on how to integrate it into the website, thanks for the video. so far its helping alot!

[@StrangerStudios]

Glad it helped!

[@stephenannett]

Thank you, Travis, you have pot across the functionality of PMP and how a novice such as me can set it up in a concise, easy-to-understand manner. I will be referring to this video again as I start to introduce paid memberships to my website.

[@StrangerStudios]

Hi Stephen! We are glad this is easy to understand. To make set up even more simple, check out our Setup Wizard! www.paidmembershipspro.com/documentation/initial-plugin-setup/setup-wizard/

[@ConstantJive]

this was great thank you for saying the tip to use local hosted wordpress sites rather than using a live site im learning pmpro for a client this is perfect so i can make mistakes and not kill the site thank you

[@StrangerStudios]

You're welcome! Are there any other topics you would like to see us make a video on?

[@georgesabapathy2508]

Really, really helpful, I set up before this webinar, and noticed I couldn't log in to admin except as a member! Great that you cover this. Also massively helpful to know that the whole plug in is effectively free and so functional. Thank you!!

[@StrangerStudios]

Glad it helped!

[@BeEncouragedFitness]

You all are great. I appreciate the style of your videos. They are sooooooo helpful.

[@StrangerStudios]

Our pleasure!

[@sydneysoglo3966]

How can we ensure that only one person can login into a specific account at a time ?

[@RameshKumar-gz8bt]

Excellent. Explained very well. Great

[@StrangerStudios]

Hi @RameshKumar-gz8bt. We are so glad this video was useful to you. Thank you for the feedback!

[@ShoshanahShear]

Baie Dankie. It's funny to hear a South African accent, most webinars I watch are American accents. At least I could understand your accent. Where do I explain what a member receives for each level?

[@StrangerStudios]

Hi @ShoshanahShear. There are several ways you relay this information to potential members. Check out this blog post on Customizing the Pricing Page www.paidmembershipspro.com/customizing-the-paid-memberships-pro-membership-pricing-page/

[@todg.7881]

Hi there, thanks for the great tutorial. I've installed Paid Membership Pro but i'm having some issues when i try to login to Wordpress. When i deactivate the plugin theres no issue. Any idea what shall i do? Thanks

[@donnaspakes2861]

By far, the most complicated part is customizing the css. I wish there were more videos on this.

[@StrangerStudios]

Hi Donna, thanks for the heads up. We are looking at making more CSS/frontend related videos.

[@garrys9153]

I dont think I even want to try .... next, gotta be something better

[@destinyobieze2790]

Great video. Just set up my site membership payment.

[@pierre-mariebernard7075]

Hi, great presentation, thanks ! One question though: besides the post chek-out confirmation screen, does the new member receive an email confirmation? Is that also embedded in PMP?

[@StrangerStudios]

Hi there, Yes, members do receive email confirmations. For more information on the emails that PMPro sends out, please see: www.paidmembershipspro.com/documentation/member-communications/list-of-pmpro-email-templates/

[@wordpressgyan2983]

HELP my memberships are not expiring, i tried installing wp corntrol but the paid membership pro's cornjobs are all missing from the event list, deactivating and reactivating is still not working. How to fix this?

[@fearlessfabler513]

Can you pop a pay now link to all members on your site ocassionaly and make a record of it on the same dashboard below like past transactions Please help me.

[@StrangerStudios]

Hi @fearlessfabler513. To best assist you, please reach out to us at www.paidmembershipspro.com/support or www.paidmembershipspro.com/contact.

[@poke_ash]

I have a very Important Question. I created a site with a monthly subscribtion of 20 Euro. The Problem im facing is that when a subscriber cancels the membership he has no longer access to my membership content. Is it possible that if someone is cancelling his membership that he has still access to my exclusice content for the remaining days of his memberhsip?

[@StrangerStudios]

Good question, this is how Paid Memberships Pro is supposed to work. However, we do have a free Add On that will allow you to only cancel the membership upon the user's next payment date - so they will no be immediately revoked. For more see the Add On here: www.paidmembershipspro.com/add-ons/cancel-on-next-payment-date/

[@poke_ash]

@@StrangerStudios thank you very much ✌️💪💪⚡⚡⚡🙂

[@StrangerStudios]

@@poke_ash You're welcome :D

[@whoisdesirtv]

I just applied to be an affiliate. I really like your platform. Let’s work!

[@learnbypreet]

you describe membership apply on post but how I can membership apply on particular page.Please help

[@VenetaDimitrova]

Hello, can the membership level page display the whole plan, not just the name of it? It is not very good to have only the levels and you need to click "select" to go see the descriptios. usually on the levels page you have all plans with showed description - can that be done with paid membership pro?

[@StrangerStudios]

Hi Veneta. Check out this post on how you can design your membership levels page www.paidmembershipspro.com/memberships-levels-page-order-hide-display-skip-mega-post/

[@jamess5542]

Hi Travis, thanks for the video! I would like to know if I can create membership levels where the users must pay for at least 3 months before they can cancel? Could you please help. Thanks!

[@matrixate]

TWHat I like about this plugin is that it can't be easily bypassed.

[@JohnMillerSavannah]

I have been wondering if there is a limit to the number of members that can sign up. Is there a limited maximum number of members?

[@PokeGamerBoi]

Hi John, Travis here. No there is no limit to the number of members that ca sign up to your membership. The only limit that will come into play is how many members your hosting provider can handle. The bigger the hosting package the more members your site can handle.

[@StrangerStudios]

Thanks Travis

[@dennisjacobs9625]

We have a paid support and wonder if we can link 2 events or pages for a single fee. For instance, can we make one charge and allow two baseball games (double header)?

[@PokeGamerBoi]

Hey Dennis, check out our Add On Packages Plugin. You should be able to do this with that particular Add On: www.paidmembershipspro.com/add-ons/pmpro-purchase-access-to-a-single-page/#:~:text=Upload%20the%20'pmpro%2Daddon%2D,using%20the%20%5Bpmpro_addon_packages%5D%20shortcode.

[@dymetrix]

You can definitely have membership levels that have access to more than one page or event. If you are otherwise selling events a la cart (one at a time, with a double header every so often), a different ecommerce solution might work better for you.

[@dennisjacobs9625]

Thank you. Let me know what e-commerce solution you recommend.

[@StrangerStudios]

Hi Dennis, we generally recommend WooCommerce as an ecommerce solution.

[@1newbbie]

Just wonder why "Membership Account" appears as one of the menu item on the top (31:37). I cannot find you doing anything for this in the video. Does it come automatically after installing the PMP plug-in?

[@StrangerStudios]

Hey @1newbbie, It won't automatically appear when you download PMPro, you'll need to go into your Customizer, into the Menu Settings, and then you can assign which pages on your site will appear in the menu. We don't go into the Menu Settings in this video, but you can read more in this documentation we have: www.paidmembershipspro.com/documentation/appearance/menus/

[@1newbbie]

@@StrangerStudios Thank you very much for your reply. PMP is amazing and step-by-step videos like this are really helpful.

[@krishnakumar_ka]

Watching it on a laptop is difficult since the screen showing in the video is small. I wanted to know how to add bulleted point contents inside the membership plans. Anybody knows?

[@marketingscarborough]

Travis - thank you for this tutorial, Do members get a membership ID number that is unique to each person

[@StrangerStudios]

Hi @marketingscarborough. Yes, you can find this number by navigating to Memberships > Members. The number will be shown on the Members Table.

[@iloveyoutrell]

Hello! Can you share how to auto redirect from the login screen after the account is registered? it seems as if the field will continue to ask for credentials rather than direct to the page that required the membership level

[@StrangerStudios]

Hi, iloveyoutrell. Make sure that your login page is set in Pages view. You can test this on your site with all other plugins disabled. Here is documentation to help: www.paidmembershipspro.com/documentation/initial-plugin-setup/step-2-setting-pages/

[@jmm9106]

thx for info. will the money for the subscription be drawn at the beginning of every month?

[@StrangerStudios]

Hi JMM. By default, monies are charged on the day their subscription began. With Subscription Delay Add On, you can set a delay to charge at the beginning of every month.

[@geeksified]

Every page texts says about "Membership" or "Membership Level". What if I wanted to create a one time payment for form entries? I wanted to change the texts "Membership" to something like "Entry" or "Entry Levels" coz ours isn't a membership portal or something. It's just a submit your entry via form and then pay. Anyone knows how to change this? Thanks.

[@StrangerStudios]

Hi Dison. If you’re wanting to change every instance of “Membership” to “Entry”, you might want to consider using the Say what? plugin which is available for free on .org wordpress.org/plugins/say-what/

[@annierose889]

Hi can you tell me how to reset the pages ? Mine says manage membership pages not generate so no membership pages have been generated

[@StrangerStudios]

Hi Annierose. Here are some links that can help you out. www.paidmembershipspro.com/documentation/initial-plugin-setup/step-2-setting-pages/ We also have a troubleshooting guide here: www.paidmembershipspro.com/help-i-cant-generate-the-pages-for-paid-memberships-pro/

[@bobsager]

For some reason, the content on restricted pages is still being shown despite my having the setting of 'No- Hide Excerpts' chosen. The 'you need to be a member' message is below the page content. Any thoughts as to why?

[@StrangerStudios]

We performed a test locally to ensure there wasn’t a bug and the excerpt was hidden as expected when selecting “Show Excerpts to Non-Members? = No - Hide excerpts.” The behavior you’re experiencing could be related to your theme or another active plugin. If the problem persists after temporarily deactivating other plugins and switching themes please reach out to our support team (www.paidmembershipspro.com/support) for further technical assistance.

[@bobsager]

@@StrangerStudios thank you for the reply. Will do as you suggest.

[@parthosarkar5270]

Thanks very helpful and awesome plugin! Is there a way I can create options for one-time payment and recurring payment in one level itself. Like for example, if I have a level "PRO", can I offer 2 options, recurring monthly and one-time payment monthly without creating a different level? Thanks.

[@StrangerStudios]

Hi there, yes you can. This is called a payment plan. Have a look at this article for more: www.paidmembershipspro.com/add-a-payment-plan-to-a-pmpro-checkout-page/

[@Geomaverick124]

I think what was missed is how to set up registration. I can access the membership levels as long as I logged in but what if I want a guest to create an account or sign up without making an account first.

[@StrangerStudios]

Hey there! Thanks for that, an account gets created automatically when you perform a checkout. Does this help?

[@tloomis47]

I think you can restrict pages also?

[@StrangerStudios]

Hi Tim. Yes, you can restrict pages as well. Here is a resource for you: www.paidmembershipspro.com/restrict-access-wordpress/

[@MarlonVan]

Hey Travis, This is a great tut. Where can I edit this specific text thats is on the registration page before you directed to payfast. This is the specific text i want to change: NOTE: if changing a subscription it may take a minute or two to reflect. Please also login to your PayFast account to ensure the old subscription is cancelled.

[@StrangerStudios]

Hey Marlon, you can try to add this directly onto the Membership checkout page (you can access this in your Page Settings). OR you could create a new Page Template (this is a little more in-depth)

[@donnaspakes2861]

First of all my protected content will be free. 1. Is there a way that after a user creates an account, they have to wait until I approve them to actually see the content? Or alternatively, can I just set up their accounts for them? 2. Also on reports, do your reports show what pages were accessed by whom and when?

[@StrangerStudios]

Hi Donna, we don't report on the specifics of the pages, but I did bring this up to our team for a a possible future request. Regarding your first question. We have an Add On that allows you to approve members before allowing them access to membership only content and features: www.paidmembershipspro.com/add-ons/approval-process-membership/

[@chukwudimartinsmaris]

How can I enable bank transfer option on paid membership payment levels? How can I enable affiliates to earn some percentage when people register and pay for any level?

[@myevangio7532]

How do you manage the membership fee in different currencies? The local currency may have local taxes applicable, an international currency will be independent.

[@StrangerStudios]

Hi there, just to be clear, do you want to offer different currencies? Usually, you can offer one single currency and allow your payment gateway to handle the transaction. So if someone in Pounds visits your site that is offered in dollars, they will pay for your membership in dollars.

[@birniegames9291]

was trying to use your plugion but iv now locked myself out site when test it and i log out now wont let me log in

[@StrangerStudios]

Hi Birnie, as long as you are the Administrator of the website, you should be able to get back in. Try navigating to the login page and clicking on the "Forgot Password" link.

[@MKSWoodcrafts]

How does this plugin work for a product site wanting to give discounted prices with membership?

[@StrangerStudios]

If you're using WooCommerce to sell products then you can use our WooCommerce integration that will allow you to offer members a discount on those products. For more information on this, you can see: www.paidmembershipspro.com/add-ons/pmpro-woocommerce/ and kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHKkZmmbibenarM

[@racheloshea7980]

Hey, how do I auto-generate a password and username for my clients to login to the members area, I do not want to charge them for my members area, but I do want each client to be assigned an individual username and password. I currently have 70 clients and want to assign each of them a unique password and username to login to the members area of my site. Any help would be great! Thanks.

[@StrangerStudios]

Hello. We would recommend they create a free membership level and then ask their members to register for the free level. This will allow them (the members) to create a username and password when completing the registration process.

[@maxroy5572]

Hi ..If I follow these steps. Every month, is the amount charged automatically or manually from the customer?

[@StrangerStudios]

Hi Max Roy. As long as you set up recurring subscriptions, it will happen automatically. If you do not set up recurring subscriptions, then the user will have an expiration time frame. From here, the user would need to renew their subscription manually.

[@Hey-Chef-Mike]

How does one go about making a nice looking Member Level page so it's not all ugly in it's default format?

[@StrangerStudios]

Hey there! Build the membership levels page out using a page builder (or a tool you're comfortable with). Add a few signup/buy now buttons. Copy the link for the specific level checkout pages. Add the link to buttons. Change the membership levels page to your newly made page under the Pages settings of PMPro. Full guide here: www.paidmembershipspro.com/how-to-use-a-page-builder-to-create-a-custom-membership-level-pricing-page/ Video guide here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j4nUdnWkbpajr5Y

[@school674]

If I plugin this, then members can pay me, right??? Do I have to buy this plugin so the members can pay me???

[@StrangerStudios]

Hi there, nope. You can get paid monthly from your visitors without purchasing our plugin. For more information, please reach out to us here: [e-mail]

[@muhammedzayan7807]

Hey thanks for the help it all worked out I am extremely happy from both your plugin and your customer service. I have this one little doubt can we literally lock videos? Like Ive not posted these videos bt Ive just put up a link and these links are to the uploaded video on wordpress and I want to lock those. Can you help me out with that? I have recommended this tool to 5 or 6 of my friends who are using wordpress. Im just extremely happy for your customer service. I hope you good🤗

[@StrangerStudios]

Great to hear!

[@peachbootyprogram2918]

Hi i need to make a part of my blog free membership And part paied... the problem is that i cant change only part:( Should i buy the paied pluggin?

[@StrangerStudios]

Hi Wanda, no the free version should do fine. Just do not select a required membership level for the pages that you want to be free.

[@StuartMatthewson]

I am using Telr in the United Arab Emirates which charges in UAE Dirhams, so is it compatible?

[@StrangerStudios]

Hi Stuart, we do not have an official integration with Telr. I'd suggest getting in touch with them to see if they have built an integration.

[@learnbypreet]

Sir how to enable signup option in membership levels

[@learnbypreet]

It is possible to apply membership on KZbin video in website?

[@StrangerStudios]

Hi Computer Motion. To best assist you with your inquires, please contact us at www.paidmembershipspro.com/contact

[@learnbypreet]

@@StrangerStudios ok thanks 🙏

[@muhammedzayan7807]

Hey I restricted a content but when I viewed the link, to check how it looks like to non-members the page is restricted but I want a message to be left like to view this you need to join the paid membership. But such a message does not appear and I followed the same method that you've did over here but unfortunately I couldn't find that particular text ( ie "to view this you need to sign up for the membership"). Please help me

[@StrangerStudios]

Hi Mohammed, can you reach out to us here: [e-mail]

[@muhammedzayan7807]

After linking my paypal acc it when I previewed the page and I moved further to chek out it said "Things dont appear to be working at the moment. Please try again later" can you help me please? Is it because Ive left the SSL Seal code space blank? Or something else?

[@StrangerStudios]

Hi Muhammed, can you get in touch with our support team? They will be able to help.

[@StrangerStudios]

www.paidmembershipspro.com/support/

[@ryankenn9565]

hi,i'm in kenya how can i integrate paidmembership pro to accept payments using mpesa gateway which is not supported in paidmembership pro?

[@StrangerStudios]

Hi Ryan, can you check with Mpesa to see if they have built an integration that works with our plugin? We do not integrate with Mpesa by default.

[@anden1807]

How do you design the Paid Membership Pro sites? Like with elementor or divi?

[@StrangerStudios]

You can use either, we also have a theme that we developed for Paid Memberships Pro called Memberlite www.paidmembershipspro.com/themes/memberlite/

[@anden1807]

@@StrangerStudios Thanks for the answer. But I don't understand how to change the design. You can not use a page builder for the logos, tabs, and so on. And with memberlite it customize the design of all your sites?

[@StrangerStudios]

@@anden1807 Send us an email so that we can try to better get to the bottom of your question: www.paidmembershipspro.com/contact/

[@dylanb2086]

This is basically just the 5 minute to read pdf but in a 40 minute video lol. But I guess some people prefer learning from video

[@PswACC]

it was have been more ideal to have recorded the screen, full screen. With your video on the left, I can't see your screen that well.

[@StrangerStudios]

Thanks for the feedback. I think I will make another video doing this sometime.

[@Kian-op5io]

Why is my website just spinning?

[@StrangerStudios]

Hi Kian. Please reach out to us via www.paidmembershipspro.com/support or www.paidmembershipspro.com/contact to assist you with this specific issue.

[@dellmactaighain9474]

wheres the log in page? whats the password members use? these are just 2 questions on a very long list of vital points totally ignored. gateways explained before log in? get the money before getting the members settled? How to build a log in page wouldve been first on my list, and heres how to link that log in page to your home page, not 'heres how to grab the cash'. bit bizarre, ill search for other videos or plugins

[@StrangerStudios]

Hi Dell, the login page is built into Paid Memberships Pro. If you need some specific questions answered you can drop us an email here: [e-mail] we would be more than happy to help get these answered for you :)

[@branden8915]

wheres register button

[@StrangerStudios]

Hi there, the register button is located on the checkout page. When a user performs a checkout they will automatically be registered as a member.

[@branden8915]

@@StrangerStudios So then I guess with paid membership pro there is not also the option to have free accounts? I wanted like a traditional register button at the right of the menu

[@branden8915]

@@StrangerStudios Okay so I could make a register button and link to the check out page, but is there a way with PMPro that I can have the user change in their settings of their profile page what subscription plan their on? Can my user publish content to his profile page? Have a profile pic? a message inbox?

[@StrangerStudios]

@@branden8915 Hey there, this is possible with a little bit of custom code. For more information see this article: www.paidmembershipspro.com/give-users-a-default-membership-level-at-registration/

[@StrangerStudios]

​@@branden8915 If you use our member directory Add On and possible our BuddyPress integration then yes: www.paidmembershipspro.com/add-ons/member-directory/ www.paidmembershipspro.com/add-ons/buddypress-integration/