A New & Better WordPress Membership Plugin

Introducing Paid Membership Subscriptions

The Paid Membership Subscriptions plugin is a new WordPress membership plugin that makes adding membership features to a website more affordable.

There is a free version, but the Pro version has the features needed for most websites.

Available features include:

• Group Memberships
• Content Dripping
• Multiple Subscriptions Per User
• Paid & Free Subscriptions
• Installment Subscriptions
• Restrict Content
• Email Reminders
• Email Customization
• Navigation Menu Filtering
• Discount Codes
• Pay What You Want
• Recurring Payments
• Pro-Rate Payments
• Fixed Period Membership
• PayPal
• Stripe
• Tax & EU VAT
• Multiple Currencies
• Invoices

Available integrations include:

• bbPress
• LearnDash
• WooCommerce

Who Needs Membership Features?

Membership features do 3 things on a website:

1. Organize users into groups.
2. Restrict access to content by member groups.
3. Monetize member groups.

Organizations have “members.” Membership features may make sense for an organization website.

Small businesses and Solopreneurs have different customer segments. Membership features on a business website are a way to grow niche segments and deliver better value in those segments.

A Case Study

My client The Judicial Friends Association (JFA) asked me to move their annual membership registration process online on the new website I’m developing for them.

JFA has a somewhat unique membership requirement. They do a calendar year membership term. This means membership each year expires on December 31st. So if you pay and become a member on November 1st 2025, you have to pay again for next years membership on January 1st 2026.

I used the Fixed Period Membership feature to meet this requirement.

Here’s an overview of how I set this up:

First, I organized the user experience into two segments:

1. Logged Out Visitors
2. Logged In Visitors

I created contextual Login and Logout buttons that appear in the site main navigation. The Login button appears to visitors who are not logged in. And, the Logout button appears to visitors who are logged in.

Next, I added contextual menu links to the Main Menu.

1. Logged in member visitors see a My Account menu with these membership account links (notice the contextual Logout button appears in the main nav):

• Account – View member Subscriptions. Renew and Cancel links also appear on this members page.

• Edit Profile – View and edits member profile information.

• Payments & Invoices – View membership payments and download invoices.

2. Logged out visitors see a Membership menu with a Become A Member link. Clicking the Become A Member link takes the visitor to the Membership Registration page (notice the contextual Login button appears in the main nav).

Member Emails

There are 8 default emails that the Paid Membership Subscriptions plugin provides.

1. Register Email
2. Activate Membership Email
3. Cancel and Abandon Membership Email
4. Expired Membership Email
5. Pending Manual Payment Email
6. Failed Payment Email
7. Renew Subscription Email
8. Reset Password Email

I created a 8 Free Membership Website Email Templates PDF file. Click here to get the templates.

Membership features can add real value and benefits to a website. The Paid Memberships Subscriptions plugin is a well-made membership tool.

One thing… the name is too close to the Paid Memberships Pro plugin in my opinion.

Cheers!