Members
A membership plugin that uses WordPress’ roles and capabilities system. It gives you the flexibility to run any type of membership site, making WordPress a more powerful CMS.
FAQs · Add-Ons · Integrations
Powerful Role Manager
The heart of the Members plugin is its role manager, which allows you to create, edit, or delete roles and their capabilities. It works with the core WordPress and any plugin’s roles/caps.
And, it does it all in a nice and uniform interface that blends right into the WordPress admin.
Multiple Roles Per User
Out of the box, the WordPress admin only allows you to set one role per user. Members allows you to easily manage multiple roles per user.
This level of detail saves you from creating dozens of additional roles in more complex setups, such as creating a forum moderator who can publish products in your online shop while having another user with the same access but also post-publishing permission.
Add-ons
Select from a number of add-on plugins to enhance your membership site. All add-ons are available with the purchase of the Members Pro package.
Admin Access
Allows site administrators to control which users have access to the WordPress admin via role.
Block Permissions
Show or hide blocks based on user logged-in status, user role, or capability.
Privacy Caps
Creates additional capabilities for control over WordPress’ privacy and personal data features (GDPR).
Category & Tag Caps
Creates a suite of custom capabilities for allowing manage, edit, delete, and assign permission to categories and tags.
Core Create Caps
Adds the create_posts and create_pages caps to posts/pages to separate them from their edit_* counterparts.
Role Hierarchy
Add-on plugin for Members, which creates a hierarchical roles system.
Role Levels
Exposes the old user levels system, which fixes the WordPress author drop-down bug when users don’t have a role with one of the assigned levels.
Integrations
Integrations with popular third-party plugins that provide a nicer UI for managing roles and capabilities. bbPress and more integrations are in the works.
ACF Integration
Integrates with the Advanced Custom Fields plugin by creating custom capabilities and a role group.
EDD Integration
Integrates with the Easy Digital Downloads plugin by creating both a custom role and capability group to provide a nicer UI.
GiveWP Integration
Integrates with the GiveWP plugin by creating both a custom role and capability group to provide a nicer UI.
WooCommerce Integration
Provides a unified interface for managing all of your roles and capabilities for your WooCommerce-powered shop.
Take Your Membership Site To The Next Level
With the Members Pro membership, you get everything you need to make your Web site a success and access to a great community.
MEMBERS PRO
$59.99/ year
Take your membership to the next level with the Members add-ons bundle.
- Access To All Members Apps (add-ons)
- Access To All Members Integrations (add-ons)
- 1 Year of Support Forum Access
- 1 Year of Priority Support Via Slack
ALL-ACCESS BUNDLE
$89.99/ year
Get access to Members Pro plus all premium products for one price.
- Access All Members Pro Add-Ons
- Access To the Exhale Theme and All Skins
- 1 Year of Support Forum Access
- 1 Year of Priority Support Via Slack
Frequently-Asked Questions
Got questions? If your question is not answered below, feel free to shoot me an email via the contact page.
What’s included with Purchase?
The Members Pro package includes access to all premium Members add-on plugins and support for 1 year. If you go with the All-Access Package option, you’ll also get access to the Exhale theme and all its skins.
How many sites per license?
Members and its add-ons are licensed under the GNU GPL, version 2+. This means you can use them and get support on as many sites as you want. I do encourage developers working with clients to purchase a membership for the client.
What’s Your Support Policy?
Officially, my available hours are Mon-Fri from 8-4 p.m. (Central time zone). However, I’m often available outside of that schedule, including weekends. I personally review and/or answer all support questions within 24 hours. Support includes live chat via our Slack group, so you’ll often have help within minutes during official hours.
Does Your Plugin Support Gutenberg?
Yes. Members and all its add-ons work fine with the WordPress block editor (Gutenberg) as well as the classic editor.
I’m also working on a new add-on plugin specifically for block-specific permissions.
Help Fund Members 3.0
Aside from a handful of support memberships and the occasional donation, the Members plugin makes little money. Yet, it is easily the largest and most complex project that I maintain. It currently has 100,000+ active installs and 1.5+ million downloads.
Major updates take months of development. Even minor updates can take days or weeks, depending what’s being updated.
I’d love to get version 3.0 released before the end of 2019. However, that means stepping away from client work, which I cannot do unless I have enough financial wiggle room to not worry about taking on outside work for a few months. The reality is that I have to put food on the table and pay my utility bills first.
How To Donate
The easiest way to donate is to simply purchase Members Pro ($59.99/year) or the All-Access Package ($89.99/year).
You can also directly donate via PayPal if you prefer to not have a membership.
Interested in sponsoring the Members plugin on a longer-term basis? Shoot me an email.