Creating a WordPress membership site is very profitable nowadays. With a WordPress membership plugin you can easily protect the premium contents of your site which only the premium members will be able to access. As soon as someone subscribes to the premium membership, he/she will be able to view the premium contents. In this way you can increase your website revenue from subscriptions.
There are many membership plugins out there but WP eMember, an easy to use WordPress membership plugin could be a good choice.
Why eMember WordPress membership plugin?
a) It allows you to create as many membership as you want.
b) You can set the content (e.g page, post, category etc) protection for all your memberships easily and choose which content can be viewed by which membership level.
c) It allows you to set up the membership payment button in plain Paypal button so you don’t need to have a WordPress shopping cart plugin.
d) Members can bookmark the page or post anytime. Those bookmarks can be shown to them in a list when they log in so that they can access them easily (A member can only bookmark the page or post which he/she has access to view).
e) It allows you to protect the section of a post or page (if you don’t want to show the whole page or post to your visitor you can protect a section which can be accessed if anyone subscribes to that membership)
f) It allows you to use the Auto Upgrade Feature to Drip Content (suppose you have basic membership and premium membership on your site. Now you can specify after how many days that basic member will be upgraded to premium member).
g) You can show the purchase history of members if they purchase something from your site while logged in (Each member can see only his/her own purchase history).
eMember Video Tutorial
Please watch the following tutorials to have an understanding of how WP eMember plugin works.
1. eMember Installation
A quick video on how to install the eMember plugin on your WordPress site.
2. How to Setup a Free Membership Site
This video tutorial shows you how to set up a general content protection for anyone visiting your website and how you can give access to members (e.g members of level “free”)
3. How to Setup a Premium Membership Site
This tutorial shows you how to set up a content protection for free members and allow access to premium members. Note that the payment button has been created with WP eStore in this tutorial but you can do it with simple Paypal button as well ( Watch tutorial-4 on how to do it with Paypal button).
4. How to Use a Plain PayPal Button to Create a Premium Membership site
5. How to Manage Content Protection in eMember
Other Miscellaneous Tutorials
Some other useful tutorials to get you started with eMember
A. How to Create Membership Levels
A basic tutorial on how to create membership levels (e.g free, silver, gold).
B. Configuring the Settings Options
This tutorial shows you how to configure the settings options in eMember plugin.
C. Managing Content Protection
Integration with eStore for membership payment
If you are using WP eStore as a shopping cart plugin, this tutorial will show you how you can integrate it with eMember.
If you are interested in setting up a WordPress membership site with eMember plugin, you can get the plugin here:
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I think one of the keys to growing a membership site is having affiliates promote it for you. To gain affiliates, it is important to have an affiliate area that looks and feels professional while also providing them tools and education. I use Wordprses for my membership sites because with the Magic Members and Magic Affiliate plugins, everything can be managed from a central location.
I’m already using WP eMember. It’s great.
@Jennifer, Never heard of your magic membership or affiliate plugin and don’t know how you can manage everything with two plugins
lol. But I do use WP Affiliate Platform and WP eMember. They are simple to use and work fine. Also I receive great customer support.
WP eMember has a lot of great features many people are looking for when setting up their membership sites!
WishList Member is another membership site plugin that allows you to integrate with payment processors, manage your member and content and so much more. Check it out – http://member.wishlistproducts.com to see what plugin fits your needs the most.
Ye I heard that WishList is a good membership plugin too.
WishList too expensive WP eMember lot cheaper and offers same functionalities
Great, thanks for the info!
Great..! I’m still working on my membership site. This info sounds nice for me. Thank’s.