To build a membership site with Divi, you need a Divi membership plugin: Divi designs the pages, and the membership plugin adds sign-up forms, payments and rules that lock content for paying members. The most useful options can also show…
To restrict content in WordPress by membership level, you need a WordPress restrict content plugin. WordPress on its own can only password-protect a post or make it private; a plugin lets you lock pages, posts, categories and files for paying…
Starting a membership business means selling ongoing access to content, a community or a service, usually for a recurring fee. It can give you predictable income, but it is not passive: you need a clear niche, a pricing model, a…
Subscription fatigue is the frustration people feel when they pay for too many subscriptions, lose track of them, or stop feeling they get their money’s worth, which leads them to cancel. Membership sites fight it by delivering steady value, keeping…
A trial membership gives new members free or discounted access to your membership site for a limited time, such as 7 or 14 days, before regular billing starts. It’s a good fit when your content is easy to judge after…
A successful WordPress membership site comes down to a few habits: use a solid membership plugin, deliver content members can’t get for free, make sign-up, payment and cancellation easy, protect member accounts, and keep existing members as engaged as new…
A tiered membership splits your offer into several levels, such as Basic, Pro, and VIP, each with more access or perks than the one below it. Tiered levels can raise revenue and give members room to grow, but they add…
To increase member retention, help new members get value quickly, keep giving them reasons to come back (fresh content, community, progress), make renewing and managing their account easy, and find out why people leave before more of them do. The…
Recurring charges are payments taken automatically from a member’s card or account on a set schedule, such as every month or year, for as long as their membership lasts. For a membership site, they are the simplest way to get…
The best free WordPress membership plugin options are Simple Membership, WP-Members, Restrict User Access, s2Member and Kadence Memberships (formerly Restrict Content). They cover content restriction and basic member management at no cost, but recurring payments, drip content and advanced features…
