Title: Lee's Membership Hierarchy
Author: Lee Thomas
Published: <strong>June 21, 2025</strong>
Last modified: June 21, 2025

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# Lee's Membership Hierarchy

 By [Lee Thomas](https://profiles.wordpress.org/radiodj787/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/lees-membership-hierarchy.1.0.0.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/lees-membership-hierarchy/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/lees-membership-hierarchy/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/lees-membership-hierarchy/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/lees-membership-hierarchy/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/lees-membership-hierarchy/)

## Description

This plugin enables site administrators to manage users in a structured hierarchy
with additional metadata and logic.

Key Features:
 – Assign users to organisations – Set membership types (e.g., Member,
Admin, Delegate) – Define expiry dates (organisation-wide or user-specific) – Status
control (Active, Inactive, or custom) – Optional inheritance of expiry/status from
organisations – Admin interface for managing organisations and members – Highlighted
user lists for active/inactive members

Ideal for associations, federated networks, or multi-tiered membership models.

### Usage

Navigate to **Users > Membership List** to view and manage all assigned members.

Use **Settings > Membership Hierarchy** to customise the labels and options.

### Shortcode

No front-end shortcodes are included in version 1.0.0.

### License

This plugin is released under the GPLv2 or later.
 See https://www.gnu.org/licenses/
gpl-2.0.html for details.

## Installation

 1. Upload the plugin folder to `/wp-content/plugins/`
 2. Activate the plugin via the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 3. Go to **Settings > Membership Hierarchy** to configure labels, types, and statuses
 4. Use **Users > Membership List** to manage assigned users
 5. Edit individual user profiles to assign them to organisations and set membership
    options

## FAQ

### Can I define custom statuses or membership types?

Yes! You can customise both under **Settings > Membership Hierarchy**.

### Can expiry dates be inherited from organisations?

Yes. You can choose whether expiry is user-specific or inherited.

### Does this plugin affect WordPress roles?

No. It works alongside roles — using metadata for additional membership structure.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Lee's Membership Hierarchy” is open source software. The following people have 
contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Lee Thomas ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/radiodj787/)

[Translate “Lee's Membership Hierarchy” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/lees-membership-hierarchy)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/lees-membership-hierarchy/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/lees-membership-hierarchy/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/lees-membership-hierarchy/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/lees-membership-hierarchy/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0.0

 * Initial public release.
 * Organisation management, user profile enhancements, expiry/status logic, and 
   admin pages.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.0**
 *  Last updated **1 year ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.8.6**
 *  PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
 * Tags
 * [expiry](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/expiry/)[membership](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/membership/)
   [organisation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/organisation/)[status](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/status/)
   [user management](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/user-management/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/lees-membership-hierarchy/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Lee Thomas ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/radiodj787/)

## Support

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