It is not uncommon to find that WordPress is the favourite content management system used on the internet today. It is especially a favourite amongst bloggers because of the simplistic features, frequent updates and the extensive customizability features that allows you to create the perfect blog or website. In addition to all the many plus features is the easy way to create subscription WordPress sites.
A major advantage of WordPress sites is that you are not limited to RSS feed subscriptions only! There is an array of options available to suit the most discriminating webmaster’s requirements.
In order to allow for paid subscriptions on your WordPress site you can make use of WP-Member, our premium Membership Plugin. wp-member is a first-class plug-in that will change your single level subscription WordPress site into a distinguished full multilevel membership site.
The best part of WP-Member is that it is super easy to use and you do not need any prior WordPress or coding or configuration knowledge. You only need to select the membership level for posts, categories and pages and WP-Member will by design deal with access rights, payments, and subscriptions of members.
It would be wrong not to recognize RSS as the most popular option, and is commonly found on almost all blogs, websites, and especially media related websites on the internet. What is significant with subscription WordPress sites is that you are not limited to only the blogs on a website but members can subscribe to blogs or sites by using tags or even different categories.
You can make use of two easy ways. Permalinks are the easiest way to do this. It is as simple as adding “add/feed” at the end of an URL to get a feed. In the event where Permalinks are not made possible, it is just as simple. Then you only need to add “&feed=rss2” to the URL.
This is what makes creating subscription to WordPress so astonishing. You can turn almost any content into feeds! All you need to do is to affix the feed value to the applicable URL.
The following tips will assist you to create subscription WordPress sites easy and uncomplicated as well as customized to your needs and requirements.
To create subscription WordPress pages is not something you do quickly to get it up and running as soon as possible. The subscription page on your blog or site portrays in a large way the overall impression you will leave with visitors and members.
Therefore it is important to spend enough effort to create subscription WordPress pages that impress and are effective in all aspects.
Many wordpress users have wondered how they can hide categories to unregistered users wordpress without having to use too much code, or manually manage users.
Using wp-Member Plugin you can create unlimited membership levels and subscriptions. wp-Member will manage your site users and keep their payment details up to date using paypal IPN.
When creating a post, page or category you can select which membership levels you would like to have access. This puts you, the site owner in a position of full control while your entire membership site is fully automated.
Using the inbuilt newsletter system you can easily mailshot all of your free users telling them about the great benefits of your other subscription plans. Tests have shown a 500% increase in user sign ups when using wp-Member.
We have designed wp-Member with flexability in mind. You control what each membership level can access and how much you want to charge users to be able to join a membership level.
To further increase your sign ups you can hide blocks of content in posts and pages. Unregistered members will see a message instead of the hidden content. You can change this message to say whatever you want. When a user has registered, they will be able to see the post or page with the hidden content.
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WordPress is not only a great CMS (Content Management System), but it is also a great blog that has features for almost every site. The only downfall that wordpress has is it’s user system. Large, or active site owners will have found themselves limited when it came to user management and creating user groups / access levels
We have created wp-Member to fill this gap and provide you with an advanced wordpress user system that not only manages your users, but allows you to protect posts, pages and categories. You can create as many access levels / user groups as you want and charge a one off payment or recurring subscription for access.
We have designed wp-Member to be as flexible as possible and meet the needs of almost every membership site owner. From small sites looking for a way to provide selected members with access to certain pages to full membership sites with multi level access needs and large user bases.
wp-member will let you create unlimited access levels/user groups, each level can then have unlimited recurring subscriptions ranging from 1 day to unlimited years.