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WP-Members™ is a plugin to make your WordPress® blog a membership driven site. Perfect for newsletters, private blogs, premium content sites, and more! The plugin restricts selected WordPress® content to be viewable by registered site members. Unlike other registration plugins and WordPress® itself, WP-Members™ puts the registration process inline with your content (and thus your branded theme) instead of the native WP login page. WP-Members™ works "out-of-the-box" with no modifications to your theme, but it is scalable for users that want to customize the look and feel, or want to restrict only some content. It is a great tool for sites offering premium content to subscribers, and is adaptable to a variety of applications.

Features:

• Can block posts, pages, both, or none by default
• Can override the default block setting at the individual post/page level
• Login/Registration inline with content rather than the WP login page
• User registration and member information management integrated into your theme
• Sidebar login widget
• Create custom registration fields
• Can set which fields display and which are required
• Notify admin of new user registrations
• Hold new registrations for admin approval
• Turn registration off completely (for admins that want to control registration in some other way)
• Show excerpt on pages/posts for better SEO
• Optional CAPTCHA for registration

By default, WordPress® allows all content to be "open" and viewable by anyone and allows the site owner to restrict specific content if desired by setting a password for the post. WP-Members™ operates with the reverse assumption. It restricts all content by default but allows the site owner to "unblock" content as desired. WP-Members™ also offers the ability to change the default plugin settings. For those that simply want to utilize the member management features and possibly restrict some content, the default setting can easily be toggled to block or unblock pages and/or posts by default. No matter what the default setting, individual posts or pages can be set to be blocked or unblocked at the article level, overriding the default setting.

The plugin installs with additional custom fields to the registration process including name, address, phone, and email. Using the WP-Members™ admin panel, you can create additional fields and delete existing ones as well as drag-and-drop the order of fields. All of the registration process is inline with your theme and content rather than using the WordPress® login page. This offers you a premium content site with a professional and branded look and feel. It also provides an opportunity for the user to register without leaving the page to do so - less clicks = more conversions.

There are also some special pages available. There is a Members Area where registered members can edit their information and change/reset their password. Although a registration form is included in place of blocked content, there is a registration page available for those that need a specific URL for registrations (such as email marketing or banner ads). You can now also establish a specific login page as well.

Author: cbutlerjr