Best paid or free Wordpress membership plugin?

by ckbank

Posted: 13 years ago 15 replies

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I want to build a blog where only members will be able to access content, but the membership will be free. What's the best route to take to make sure people can only view blog content once they become a free member? If there is a good plugin that you know of, can you incorporate Aweber into it? To summarize, I want to build a blog with Thesis blog theme and incorporate a "gatekeeper" functionality into it to force people to sign up to view content.

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Noah Fleming 13 years ago

Wishlist guys are great folks.
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- Tony Wells 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Noah Fleming
  
  Wishlist guys are great folks.
  
  +1 for Wishlist because it's really intuitive. I set up a membership site in less than an hour.
  
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  ckbank 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Tony Wells
  
  +1 for Wishlist because it's really intuitive. I set up a membership site in less than an hour.
  
  So, again. With Wishlist, can that be incorporated into a blog after a blog has gained authority and traffic or is it a plugin that needs to be used while INITIALLY building the site? Thank you.
  
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alextheseo 13 years ago

Try s2 Member. It works great! It even allows you to set the level of members as well. Gives you room to work with in the future if you plan on going the paid route. :-0)
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JulianKane 13 years ago

S2 Member will do the job for you and yes- it's free.
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Jeff Falzone 13 years ago

I have been using wishlist as a wordpress plugin and it's cool! It has a nice-looking settage and a friedly interface who lets you set everything you need. let me say that it's a MUST to have in order to make a membership!
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- ckbank 13 years ago
  
  Wow. Thanks everyone. Quick and very helpful answers. All of you are great. I'll check those out.
  
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masterz

13 years ago

in addition to the above
here are some paid ones;
jimmy d. brown's subscription mate. price; $27
jason fladlien's wp member champ $97 and
robert plank's own wso price; $7

certainly hope this helps

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ckbank

13 years ago

Originally Posted by masterz

in addition to the above
here are some paid ones;
jimmy d. brown's subscription mate. price; $27
jason fladlien's wp member champ $97 and
robert plank's own wso price; $7

certainly hope this helps

Thank you. Quick question. Can you activate most of these after your site has gained traffic or do they have to be incorporated into the site frame when it's being built?

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masterz

13 years ago

Originally Posted by ckbank

Thank you. Quick question. Can you activate most of these after your site has gained traffic or do they have to be incorporated into the site frame when it's being built?

Can you activate most of these after your site has gained traffic?
not necessarily
Do they have to be incorporated into the site frame when it's being built?
essentially yes

my 2 cents;
before you purchase any one you decide to buy. use their support section to answer all your bugging questions

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Hani D 13 years ago

I would say WishList Member plugin, it works great and you can set more than one level of your membership.
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Paul Gram 13 years ago

I've successfully been using Wishlist Member for years and absolutely love it.
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Des Lau 13 years ago

S2member if you want free (excellent)

Wishlist for paid. Also Amember.
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betterwtveter 13 years ago

I have used s2 member before and it works out pretty well
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paul nicholls 13 years ago

I am talking from experience here when i say

fastmember - the security script

optimize press - for the membership platform

a few things which i will say though is

outsource the build and set up if you`re not a techy person like me otherwise you will have no hair left after a week because you would of pulled it all out

it`s very technical to set up but once it`s set up it works great

i have used both of these for my membership and they work great

Paul
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