Category: Paid Member Subscriptions

WordPress Subscribe Plugin Guide (Set Up + Best Practices)

Author: Maria
Last Updated: July 8th, 2020

A WordPress subscribe plugin, as the name suggests, allows you to set up different types of subscription levels on your site. For example, you can create three subscription levels – Bronze, Silver, and Gold. As an online business owner there are plenty of ways you can benefit from a subscription based website. You can create […]

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WordPress Recurring Payments: How to Add Them to Your Website

Author: Maria
Last Updated: February 1st, 2024

Recurring payments are transactions that repeat on specific date ranges and are charged on a periodic basis. If you’re running a WordPress membership site or sell software or subscription products through an e-commerce site, you might need to set up WordPress recurring payments or subscription payments on your website. Having the WordPress recurring payments feature […]

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Membership Site Software

A Guide to Choosing the Best Membership Site Software

Author: Alex Denning
Last Updated: November 9th, 2023

Membership plugins are useful for a range of WordPress sites, but finding the right membership site software plugin for your WordPress site can feel like a daunting task. Perhaps you're supporting your community with a membership site, you’re a blogger wanting more engagement, or you’re launching an online business? Either way, you’ll need a platform […]

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WordPress Forum Plugins

A Guide to WordPress Forum Plugins: The Best Plugins & How To Manage Them

Author: Alex Denning
Last Updated: June 4th, 2020

If your WordPress site is designed to serve and engage with a community, you’ll need to install a WordPress forum plugin. Forum plugins add a platform where users can ask questions, provide answers, and join in discussions. It promotes engagement and gives users a sense of being part of a community. You can use it […]

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How to Build a Website with User Accounts (Step by Step Tutorial)

Author: Alex Denning
Last Updated: October 4th, 2023

Searching for the best solution for how to build a website with user accounts? There are a lot of reasons you might want to allow user registration. You could be creating a membership site, building a user base of subscribers, creating a user directory, or many other scenarios. No matter why you want to have […]

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Subscription WordPress Plugin

How to Setup a Subscription Service in WordPress for Capturing Recurring Revenue

Author: Maria
Last Updated: April 9th, 2024

Looking to create an exclusive online community or charge users for access to specific content on your website? Using a subscription plugin paired with an e-commerce plugin, like WooCommerce, you can start selling subscription boxes to customers. In this article, we'll explain what to look for in a subscription WordPress plugin and introduce you to some of the best subscription plugins for WordPress.

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Create Divi Membership Site using Paid Member Subscriptions

How To Create a Divi Membership Site

Author: Maria
Last Updated: April 23rd, 2024

If you’re thinking of building a membership site in WordPress, you’ll need a solid theme and a membership plugin that pairs well with it. In this complete guide, we’ll show you how to create a Divi membership site using the popular Divi theme in combination with the Paid Member Subscriptions plugin.

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Successful Membership Website Examples + How To Create Your Own

Author: Colin Newcomer
Last Updated: January 18th, 2024

Are you looking to start your own membership website? If the answer is yes, we've prepared a list of successful membership website examples for you to follow or take inspiration from. But before we get into the real-life examples, let's first talk about what they are. What is a Membership Website? A membership website is […]

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Stripe SCA support in Paid Member Subscriptions

Stripe SCA support in Paid Member Subscriptions. You’re covered!

Author: Adrian Spiac
Last Updated: April 26th, 2023

Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) takes effect on September 14, 2019. Let’s look at what it is and how it affects your membership site powered by Paid Member Subscriptions, especially if you're using the Stripe add-on to collect member payments. What is Secure Customer Authentication or SCA? Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) is part of PSD2 (Payment […]

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Sell Group Memberships in WordPress

How to Sell Group Memberships in WordPress using Paid Member Subscriptions

Author: Lyn Wildwood
Last Updated: January 25th, 2024

Selling group memberships on your WordPress site is a great way to increase revenue by making subscriptions purchase more convenient to certain customers. You don’t even need to completely reinvent the wheel if you already have a membership site of your own. In this post, we’re going to walk you through the process of using […]

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