Membership & Content Restriction – Paid Member Subscriptions

Accept user payments, create subscription plans and restrict content on your membership website. Integrates with WooCommerce.

Author:	Cozmoslabs (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:	3.1
WordPress version tested:	6.5.2
Plugin version:	2.11.9
Added to WordPress repository:	04-11-2015
Last updated:	17-04-2024
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Plugin URI:	http://www.cozmoslabs.com/
Total downloads:	1 362 405
Active installs:	10 000+
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Paid Member Subscriptions is the #1 WordPress membership plugin focused on growing recurring revenue.

Increase conversions and generate subscription revenue with a feature-packed membership solution. It lets you accept recurring payments, register and manage new members, create subscription plans and restrict access to premium content.

Paid Member Subscriptions is designed to help you kickstart your subscription business in just a few minutes and begin generating income as quickly as possible.

Integrates with WooCommerce, allowing you to restrict product viewing and purchasing to members-only as well, offer special discounted product price based on subscription plans as well as allow your customers to purchase subscription plans through the WooCommerce Checkout.

You can also use it to setup an Elementor membership site fast and easy.

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Optimize Membership Monetization And Boost Your Revenue

Offer premium access and exclusive benefits for members, establishing a thriving paid community that generates income through membership fees or subscription plans. This is ideal for:
* Paid Membership Services
* Online Courses
* Online Coaching
* Online Consultancy Services

Automate Revenue Streams With Our Proven Membership Tools

Keep your focus on content creation while Paid Member Subscriptions takes care of consistently generating revenue for you through its automated recurring revenue model. This is ideal for:
* Content restriction on blogs, news sites, and content hubs
* Members-only content subscriptions
* Private WooCommerce Stores
* Members-Only WooCommerce Stores

Build And Grow Your Community While Also Monetizing It

Communities are all about collaboration. By giving members the opportunity to gain exposure, promote their services or create networking opportunities, you’re building a valuable community that people are willing to pay to be a part of. This is ideal for:
* Business Directories
* Member Directories
* Online Associations and Clubs
* Online Communities

Shortcodes & Blocks for Member Registration, Login, Content Restriction and managing Membership Plans

You can use one of the following shortcodes or available blocks to get started:

[pms-register] – adds a front-end user registration form where users can purchase a membership level
[pms-login] – create a front-end member login form
[pms-restrict subscription_plans=”9,10″] Special content for members subscribed to the subscription plans that have the ID 9 and 10! [/pms-restrict] – to restrict content based on subscription plans or logged in status
[pms-account] – setup a WordPress members area where members can easily edit their account information and manage their subscription plan(s)
[pms-payment-history] – adds a front-end table with the member’s payment history
[pms-recover-password] – adds a recover password password form, that enables users to reset their password if needed

Membership Modules:

Content Restriction

You’ll find it really simple to restrict entire posts, pages or custom post types or just portions of them.

Restrict Content offers you options to:

display content based on logged in status
show content to members only, setup private pages for subscribers
partial content display by using the [pms-restrict][/pms-restrict] shortcode
display another template for restricted posts
restrict Gutenberg blocks

Integrates with Elementor page builder allowing you to restrict content for Elementor sections and widgets based on logged in status or subscription plans, by using the visual interface.

Membership Payments

Accept PayPal or direct credit card payments from your subscribers. You can keep track of all member payments, payment statuses and purchased subscription plans. Access to detailed payment logs.

Recurring Payments

Ability to accept recurring payments through the PayPal Standard or Stripe payment gateways. The recurring setting can be forced or you can let the user choose whether he wants to subscribe for a recurring subscription or not.

Hierarchical Subscription Plans

You can create an unlimited number of hierarchical subscription plans (eg: Free, Silver, Gold). Each new user can choose a membership plan (subscription) during the registration process.
Existing users can purchase a subscription plan from a page with the [pms-subscriptions] shortcode.

Members can upgrade their subscription plan from the [pms-account] page, the same page also allows the member to Renew, Cancel or Abandon his subscription.

Subscription plans can offer free and/or paid memberships on your website.

Discount Codes

Create an unlimited number of discount codes and offer percentage or flat rate based discounts for your memberships.

Members Management

Have an overview of all your members and their subscription plans. Easily add/remove members or edit their subscription details.

Membership Emails and Messages

Customize default member emails and setup member messages sent/displayed on certain user actions.
Admin emails can also be customized.

Free Trial and Sign-up Fees

You can configure your subscription to have a free trial period and a sign-up fee, allowing you to have more control on your subscription setup. Click to view which payment gateways support this feature.

Reports and Exports

Whether you prefer to maintain your own records of your members’ database, do custom reports , or you simply need to import records into another service or application, such as MailChimp or Excel, you can do that with Paid Member Subscriptions. Export all member records to a CSV at anytime.

Payment history can be exported to a CSV file, letting you then import the payment data into Excel, QuickBooks, or other accounting software that can process a CSV file.

WooCommerce Integration

Paid Member Subscriptions integrates beautifully with WooCommerce, allowing you to do the following out of the box:

Create a Members-only Store – restrict access to the Shop page to members-only
Restrict Product Viewing and Purchasing – control who can see or purchase a WooCommerce product based on logged in status and subscription plan. Easily create members-only products.
Offer discounted product prices to members – offer special product prices to members based on their active subscription. Set membership discounts per product or subscription plan.
Sell subscription plans as products – associate products with Subscription Plans to offer customers a membership with a product purchase or allow customers to purchase Paid Member Subscriptions plans using the WooCommerce Checkout

Others

GDPR
automatically log users in
hide admin bar
prevent account sharing
redirect default WordPress pages
setup a WordPress members area
reCAPTCHA

Powerful Add-ons

Paid Member Subscriptions has a range of premium Add-ons that allow you to extend the power of the membership plugin:

Basic Add-ons (available in the Agency, PRO or Basic versions)

Global Content Restriction – add global content restriction rules to subscription plans, based on post type, taxonomy and terms
Email Reminders – create multiple automated email reminders that are sent to members before or after certain events take place (subscription expires, subscription activated etc.)
LearnDash – create multiple automated email reminders that are sent to members before or after certain events take place (subscription expires, subscription activated etc.)
Navigation Menu Filtering – dynamically display menu items based on logged-in status as well as selected subscription plans
Fixed Period Membership – create subscriptions plans that end at a specific date, no matter when a member subscribes to it.
Pay What You Want – accept donations and let subscribers pay what they want when purchasing a subscription plan
bbPress – integrate Paid Member Subscriptions with the popular forums plugin, bbPress, to restrict your forums and topics.

Pro Add-ons (available in the Agency & PRO versions only)

Pro Rate – Pro-rate subscription plan Upgrades and Downgrades, offering users a discount based on the remaining time for the current subscription
Tax & EU VAT – collect tax or vat from your users depending on their location, with full control over tax rates and who to charge
Group Memberships – sell group subscriptions to your users
PayPal Express – accept one-time or recurring payments through PayPal Express Checkout
Stripe Gateway – accept credit card payments, both one-time and recurring, directly on your website via Stripe
Content Dripping – create schedules for your content, making posts or categories available for your members only after a certain time has passed since they signed up for a subscription plan
Multiple Subscriptions per User – setup multiple subscription level groups (e.g. Physics, Math) and allow members to sign up for more than one subscription plan, one per group (e.g. Physics Beginner and Math Advanced)
Invoices – both you and your members will be able to download PDF invoices for each payment that has been completed

The Ultimate Membership Bundle

Combine user registration, memberships, and recurring revenue in one powerful plugin bundle called the Ultimate Membership Bundle.

Get access to both Paid Member Subscriptions Pro and our all in one user management plugin, Profile Builder Pro. These two plugins are designed to work perfectly together, offering you a powerful toolkit for managing and expanding your user base while generating revenue through paid memberships and recurring revenue.

Paid Member Subscriptions in your Language

We’re focusing on translating Paid Member Subscriptions in as many languages as we can. So far, the translations for 10 languages are almost complete, but we still need help on a lot of other languages, so please join us at translate.wordpress.org
You will be able to download all the available language packs as well as help us translate Paid Member Subscriptions in your language.
For more information please visit our documentation page

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FAQ

What type of membership sites can I create?

Here are some examples of what you could sell from your membership site: premium tutorials, newsletter, magazine, database, online community, software, apps, videos, ebooks, audio files, discount codes, fan clubs, consulting, coaching etc.

What type of memberships can I sell?

You can sell one-time or recurring memberships with any custom duration you wish.

You can also give users a free trial to your plans and/or charge a sign-up fee.

Can I offer both free and paid memberships at the same time?

Yes, you can have both free and paid memberships on your site.

Can I create discount codes for special promotions?

Yes, you can create percent or fixed-amount discount codes that are available for selected subscriptions. You can limit the uses of a discount code, make it available only to new users, have a set period in which the discount is available, and many more. Learn more

Can I restrict access to premium content allowing only paying users to view it?

Yes, the plugin allows you to restrict content and make it available to paid members only.

Any type of content can be restricted including posts, pages, and custom post types. We also have an integration with WooCommerce so you can restrict access (or purchase) to these products

We also offer an Elementor integration which lets you restrict any Section or Widget and make it available only to paid users.

You can also restrict Gutenberg blocks and Divi Modules

Can I customize the registration form?

Yes, the registration form can be customized using Profile Builder. You can change the order of the form fields, remove fields that aren’t required and also add extra fields to the form like Inputs, Checkboxes, Selects, Radio buttons, and more. Learn More

Can I ask users to confirm their Email Address before they can register and pay?

Yes, this is possible through Profile Builder as well using its Email Confirmation feature. In this case, the payment will happen after the user has clicked the link he received in the confirmation email after registering. Learn more

Can my members pay using a credit card ?

Yes! Users can pay with a credit or debit card without leaving your website through the Stripe payment gateway.

Through Stripe you can also access additional payment gateways like iDeal, Bancontact, Giropay and more.

You can also enable Apple Pay and Google Pay.

Where can I find out more information?

For more information please check out Paid Member Subscriptions documentation.

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ChangeLog

2.11.9

Fix: Made some changes to the Stripe account onboarding process to make it more reliable
Fix: Hide license notification in cases where it was being shown incorrectly
Misc: Hide payment gateways when they are added in a Profile Builder form and the form is being viewed by an admin

2.11.8

Fix: Add support to Stripe for recurring payments done through SEPA Direct Debit. Also applies to payment methods which use SEPA Direct Debit for recurring (iDeal for example)
Fix: A notice happening in the Setup Wizard
Fix: Properly initialize chosen on the Reports page when it’s missing
Misc: Remove before unload event for Stripe so payments which redirect off-site don’t require an extra click
Misc: Updated Stripe PHP bindings to the latest version (13.17.0)
Misc: Bumped the minimum supported version of Stripe PHP bindings to 7.33.0 when other plugins are loading this library

2.11.7

Feature: Added the ability to select predefined or custom date intervals for the Reports page
Feature: Added subscription plans filter to the Reports page
Fix: Issue with the automatically login option from Profile Builder forms not working with Stripe
Fix: Notice that could appear in some scenarios
Misc: Make sure back-end members page script only loads on the page that needs it
Misc: Added a filter that can be set to false to disable the automatic paragraph formatting when sending emails: pms_emails_auto_format

2.11.6

Feature: Enabled support for Apple Pay and Google Pay through Stripe. Enable these payment gateways by going to your Stripe Dashboard -> Payment Methods page
Fix: Notice appearing in some cases relating to Gutenberg blocks
Misc: Added a new merge tag for emails: subscription_plan_id
Misc: Update the Uninstall page to the new plugin styles
Misc: Fix a small CSS error regarding the Pricing Tables templates
Misc: Random adjustments for back-end pages

2.11.5

Fix an issue where the plugin couldn’t be activated in some scenarios

2.11.4

Feature: Pricing Tables templates. Easily create a pricing page for your subscription plans. Go to Subscription Plans -> Create Pricing Page to get started
Fix: Issue with Group Memberships extra fields not being updated when changing a membership through Stripe
Fix: Double activation messages from payments and subscriptions when Stripe Webhooks were configured
Fix: An issue with login errors not being displayed when LearnDash was active
Misc: GDPR field will now show the agreement time on the back-end Users -> Edit User page
Misc: Change plugin icon from admin menu
Misc: Random changes for back-end pages design

2.11.3

Feature: Added Content Restriction options for Divi Builder modules
Fix: Issue with Stripe connection when it was initialized from the Setup Wizard
Fix: Improvements to how Stripe Customer objects are created and handled by the plugin
Fix: Issue with child memberships when a group membership owner renewed or upgraded his subscription through Stripe
Fix: Issue with Discount Codes field displaying when no disocunts were defined
Fix: Dismiss action for the PSP notice
Fix: Make sure certain Manual gateway functionality is only hooked once
Misc: Show a button to go to the Add Member Subscriptions page directly from the Edit User page
Misc: Show connected Stripe Account ID and Country on the admin page
Misc: Added plugin marketing optin process
Misc: Compatibility with new LearnDash add-on

2.11.2

Fix: Security issue. Thanks to Lucio Sá
Fix: Add nonce check when creating pricing pages. Thanks to Lucio Sá
Misc: Declare translations domain path so the .pot file with translations can be identified properly

2.11.1

Fix: Issue with subscription not activating correctly when Stripe was used after a Profile Builder Email Confirmation
Fix: Add nonce check when dismissing SSL notice. Thanks to Dhabaleshwar Das for the report
Fix: A notice regarding the Discounts functionality
Fix: Back-end pages styling when plugin name is localized
Fix: An issue with Password Strength functionality not loading correctly
Fix: Issue with PSP notice not appearing for Stripe gateway
Misc: Added actions after the plugin adds or removes a user role from a member: pms_add_user_role and pms_remove_user_role
Misc: Small styling change for Setup Wizard active tabs

2.11.0

Fix: Issue with plugin logo from Basic Information page not being displayed correctly on multisite
Fix: Notice coming from the Gutenberg Content Restriction functionality
Fix: Issue with serial number detection on certain multisite WordPress setups
Misc: Disable auto hide discount codes box functionality when the website has too many discount codes defined
Misc: Display future subscription billing amount when viewing a subscription in the back-end

2.10.10

Fix: Don’t show Cancel subscription button for Unlimited subscriptions
Fix: An issue where there expiration date wasn’t correctly set when a 100% discount code was used
Fix: Issue with Profile Builder form not being validated properly when Stripe was used
Fix: Issue with Sign-up fees being added to every Stripe recurring payment
Fix: Issue with free trial subscriptions that also had a sign-up fee not being properly activated through Stripe
Fix: Register form sidebar issue when it was placed alongside a login form on the same page
Misc: Added a shortcode that can be used to get a member count: [pms-count-members plan_id=”” status=””]
Misc: Enable support for the Stripe Elements Appearance API. Rules can be added through the: pms_stripe_connect_elements_styling filter
Misc: Correct display for Payment Logs View Details modal
Misc: Added a new initial recommended step: Create Pricing Page

2.10.9

Feature: Added Divi Modules that can be used to create the pages with the plugin shortcodes
Fix: Issue with form location when validating Discount Codes request
Fix: Issue with doing it wrong notice relating to Gutenberg Content Restriction blocks
Fix: When using Stripe make sure usual URL parameters are retained when redirecting to the Register Success Page
Fix: Use site_url() when determining the location to return the admin when a Stripe connect account request is made
Fix: Issue with the Automatically Generate Password for users feature from Profile Builder when using Stripe
Misc: Hide Lost Connection notice from the plugin custom post type pages
Misc: Updated Stripe PHP bindings to the latest version
Misc: Added click to copy functionality for shortcodes displayed on the back-end pages
Misc: Fix javascript custom post types error showing in back-end

2.10.8

Feature: Added default form styling for block themes
Fix: Issue between Content Restriction and Gutenberg Blocks which was causing them to not load in back-end
Fix: Issue with Sign-up fee not being taken into consideration by tax breakdown on the Profile Builder form
Fix: A notice coming from the Gutenberg integration
Fix: Issue with Pricing Tables generation
Fix: Javascript error coming from the Subscription Purchase Link generator option from Gutenberg
Fix: Use the price of a subscription plan from the website when creating the initial payment intent
Fix: Stripe issue with future payment amount when a zero decimal currency was used
Misc: Stripe Copy Webhook URL button now works again
Misc: Added a filter over the Stripe redirect URL when an error happens: pms_stripe_error_redirect_url
Misc: Settings pages width improvements

2.10.7

Fix: Incompatibility issue with older versions of the paid plugin

2.10.6

Feature: Added the ability to customize the Password Reset Email
Fix: Added compatibility for the Profile Builder form and Stripe payment methods that redirect the user off site for completion
Fix: Issue with Link Popup not showing inside the Email or Content Restriction fields
Fix: Some issues with the subscription expiration date tag for Profile Builder
Misc: Small styling changes for Setup Wizard page
Misc: Added options to see This or Last Year data for the Dashboard stats widget
Misc: Fix a Stripe issue when trying to update metadata
Misc: More improvements to the settings pages

2.10.5

Feature: Added Password Strength and Length functionalities. Activate them from the Settings -> Misc page
Fix: Issue with Stripe Extra fields not showing in some cases
Fix: Stripe issue when a 100% discount code is used
Fix: Security issue when an admin was manually adding logs
Misc: Hide data saved in the PayPal API credential fields
Misc: Added a filter that can be used to set the language of the Stripe Payment Element: pms_stripe_elements_locale

2.10.4

Feature: Added the option to Bulk Import Discount Codes through a .csv file
Fix: Declare WooCommerce HPOS compatibility
Fix: Show correct price in the 3D Secure Authentication window when a plan has sign-up fees and the Profile Builder form is used
Misc: Fix some notices coming from the Export page and functionality
Misc: Small improvements to the Dashboard page for free users

2.10.3

Feature: Content Restriction for Gutenberg Blocks. You can now restrict any block based on subscription plans
Fix: Retry payment button wasn’t showing when a subscription plan price was 0 but it had a sign-up fee
Fix: A notice triggering from the WooCommerce Discounts functionality in some cases
Fix: For PayPal Standard memberships with Free Trial where IPNs were not processed correctly in some cases
Fix: License activation messages when site limit is reached
Fix: Small corrections and more polishing for the new back-end styles
Misc: Filter account page base URL so you can make the shortcode work on multiple pages: pms_member_account_page_link

2.10.2

Feature: Updated Setup Wizard to a more modern interface
Feature: New main plugin page Dashboard which serves as a quick plugin overview
Fix: A notice appearing in some cases when localizing data for Gutenberg assets
Fix: A notice appearing on PHP 8.2
Fix: Issue with the Expiration Date tag for Profile Builder Userlisting where it wasn’t returning the correct date in a case
Fix: Small fixes for the settings interfaces

2.10.1

Feature: Added a simple Pricing Page creation interface on the Subscription Plans page
Feature: Allow non-recurring Stripe payment methods to appear when recurring payments are disabled in settings
Fix: issue with Bulk Add Members filter by role not working when user role key was different than 0
Fix: warning appearing in some cases from the Redirect functionality from Content Restriction
Fix: some warnings relating to PHP 8.2
Fix: issue with Activate Subscription email not being sent when changing subscription
Fix: issue with expiration date being broken for unlimited subscription when adding a new manual payment

2.10.0

Fix: Issue with Stripe Connect and change/upgrade subscription
Fix: Small issue with the Dashboard Payments Widget not showing the full payments amount
Fix: Correct display issue for the expiration date of canceled PayPal subscriptions
Fix: Improve behaviour for WooCommerce Product Membership Discounts when the website has a lot of products defined
Misc: Added some information about a users subscriptions on the Edit User page

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