When you’re looking for a membership plugin for wordpress, look no further than Wp-member. The plugin allows you to create unlimited membership levels and each level has unlimited subscriptions making it fully customisable to your needs. There are many good reviews of the plugin calling it the best membership plugin and the best wordpress membership plugin.

You can also manage the content of your site by restricting access to posts and pages depending on the membership level the user has paid for. Again this can be customized.

The best part is that the wp-member plugin is affordable too. A 1 site license is only 19.99 EUR per year, and there is the option for a 5 site license at 32.99 EUR per year, or a 10 site license at 49.99 EUR per year.

When it happens on the admin side (wp-admin), you will find that you are unable to login.

Step 1: Connect to your blog using ftp and navigate to your wp-content/plugins/ directory and download all of your plugins to a folder on your desktop.
Step 3: Still in your FTP program, delete all plugin folders and php files in the plugins directory. You do not want anything at all left in this directory.
Step 4: Try logging into your blog. It should let you log in with no problems. Visit the plugins section of your blog. This should load with a lot of errors telling you that each plugin has been deactivated due to an error. This is ok.
Step 5: Using your ftp program you should upload all your plugins. Once uploaded you should activate each plugin one by one within wordpress and then visit the wp-admin/ login address to make sure that it will pass you through to your blog once logged in.
Step 6: When you activate a plugin and start getting this error again, you will know which one is to blame. Simply delete that plugin via ftp and start looking for an alternative plugin to use.

If these steps do not fix your problem, you should backup all your wordpress files and then delete them. You should them upload clean wordpress files for the latest version and try logging in with no themes or plugins uploaded. You can upload these later once you can login.

If you continue getting error, clear your browser cache, test logging in with other browsers.

If all else fails, contact your webhost or open a thread on the wordpress support forum.

As an example, you could create a category that only registered and authorized members can view. In here you could post your church notices, meeting minutes, news, readings etc.

You can create unlimited protected posts, pages, categories and access levels. When a user signs up, you can then choose to upgrade the member to have access to your protected posts, pages and categories. This stops unwanted users from getting information you do not want to be available outside your organization.

If you have a large membership, you could create as many access levels as you want. For example, you could have one access level for the younger members. In here you could have jokes, games or any other fun activities you want. You could then have a second access level for older members who will be able to access the church notices, this weeks bible readings, news or anything else you wanted your older members to view.

Sending out a newsletter is very easy and can be done with a single click. You can send the newsletter to all access levels, or pick individual access levels.

We already have a handful of churches using wp-Member.

If you are a church or non profit organization we will give you full hands on support for free. This means that not only will we help you setup wp-member, but if you want, we will do it all for you for free. If you need hosting we can also offer seriously discounted, or free hosting via 5StarServers.com.

If you have any questions, please use the customer service link in the sidebar to the left.

The plugin “TDO Mini Forms” does exactly this. It allows you to create forms that will automatically post into a pre-determined category. It can be set to automatically post, or add the post awaiting authorization from an admin first.

How can I use this with wp-member?
The forms are used on pages within your blog. You can set these pages to only be viewable by registered users, or paying users, or a mix of membership levels.
TDO Mini Forms will output to a predetermined category. You can have this category set to be viewable by all users, or as with the above page, it can be set to be only available for a single membership level or a mix of membership levels.

TDO Mini Forms can be quite intense, but if you take each section slowly, even the most novice user should be able to use it. TDO Mini Forms has guides and support avalable

Full details here

For the past month we have been testing wp-Member with the beta releases of wordpress 2.7. Our tests showed that wp-Member is fully compatible with wordpress 2.7. We will continue to test wp-Member with future beta releases to ensure future compatibility.

Wordpress 2.7 changes the layout of your wordpress admin theme, so you may want to spend a bit of time getting used to it. The menu is similar to older versions, but is on the left hand side of the screen and has a new graphic styling.

If you encounter any problems or have any questions, you can usually find an answer in our support section. If you can not find the answer you want, you can contact our support team for assistance.

What does it mean?
wp-Member uses ionCube to protect the files within wp-Member. Most hosting plans come with ionCube pre-installed, but some hosts don’t do this and sometimes it can be due to server and php.ini settings.

How do I fix this error?
The first thing you should do is contact your webhost and ask if they have ionCube Loaders pre-installed. If they do not, you can ask them to apply it to your account. Some hosts will cut corners so much that they might refuse to assist you. 5StarServers.com can provide affordable cPanel Hosting plans packaged with everything you could need.

wp-Member comes pre-packaged with most of the ionCube loaders you should need, however we could not incude them all as it would be over 40MB!

Use your web browser to navigate to wp-content/plugins/wp-member/ioncube/ioncube-loader-helper.php
For example: http://www.YourDomain/wp-content/plugins/wp-member/ioncube/ioncube-loader-helper.php

This will load a page that will test your server for ionCube instructions. If will then advise you what you should do next.

You can read full install instructions here if you want to install ionCube on your entire server.
The loaders are ordered as per your operating system and then by your php version. Because we do not include every ionCube loader, you may find that your server is requesting a specific ionCube loader. If this happens, you can download the zipped file for your operating system, or you can download the full 40mb pack that includes all ionCube loaders. Once you find the loader that is being requested, you can upload it in binary mode to the ionCube folder in your wp-Member folder. You can find all the extra loaders you may need here.

If you have a problem, you should contact your webhost for support as they will know your hosting account better than us. If you get stuck you can open a support ticket from our main support page here.

Wordpress have changed some of the ways that errors used within wp-member operate. This can generate some errors during registration. We have worked on this issue and now have a new version due for release within the next few days.

What does it mean?
This error is telling you that the files you uploaded are corrupt.

How do I fix this error?
This error is commonly caused by uploading the wp-member plugin files in a non binary mode.

To fix this error, you should upload the wp-member folder using an ftp program in binary mode.

Using CuteFtp

1. Display the Site Manager and view the Site Properties.
   
2. Click the Type tab.
3. In the Transfer type box, Auto-detect is selected by default. Based on the file type, CuteFTP decides whether to transfer in ASCII or Binary. To change this setting for this site, click on the drop down options and select “Binary”
4. Click Connect or OK.

Using FileZilla

1. Using the menu at the top of filezilla, select edit and settings
2. Click on ASCI/Binary as shown in the image below
   
3. Click on Binary and then click on ok

Wp-member is the best wordpress membership plugin designed for use with wordpress. It is the best membership plugin available. You have unlimited membership levels, each with unlimited subscription options allowing you to customise the plugin to suit your needs. It is compatible with wordpress blogs and is an essential tool for any membership site.

The plugin has received great reviews, naming it “the best membership plugin” and the “best wordpress membership plugin”.

The plugin is reasonably priced as well with a single site license starting from 19.99 EUR per year.

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What does it mean?
This error is telling you that the hostname on your license does not match the hostname you are installing wordpress on. This can be because you may have entered “www.domain.com” into your license, but your site is running from “domain.com” without the www prefix. If you have bought a 5 or 10 site license, then it may be that our licensing server has not correctly picked up and added your new domains.

How do I fix this error?
You should check your license here and make sure that it has the correct domain name. If you need to add multiple domains you would seperate them with a comma like this “www.domain1.com,www.domain2.com”.
If your license seems to have the correct details and you are still getting the error you should navigate to the wp-member folder of your plugins directory and check to see if there is a key.php file. If there is one, you should delete it and then login to your blog. If the key.php file is not there or you continue to get errors, you should contact our support team.