Member-publishing platform · v4.0.0 · Built for BuddyNext
Members publish. You keep the audience, the data, the dollars.
Every member gets a publishing dashboard on their own profile. Three editor choices, auto-save, custom post fields, post series, group blogs, co-authors - and a credits system that turns your membership tiers into a built-in paywall.
Members kept asking to write from the front end, so we built nine modules they can toggle per blog.
Drafts, series, co-authors, and scheduling all live right inside the community profile.
The free WB Member Blog plugin gives every member a publishing surface on their profile. Pro layers nine platform modules on top. Install both - the free plugin is the prerequisite, Pro is the upgrade.
The platform layer · 9 toggleable modules · from $49
The publishing surface · required first · WordPress.org
Pro will not activate without the free plugin installed. Install free first, then Pro layers the modules on top - your existing member posts continue to work.
Every member-published article on Medium pays the same tax. WB Member Blog Pro lets you keep what Medium takes by default.
yoursite.com/members/sarah/blog. WordPress users table, your community's activity feed, your email list, your retargeting pixel - all wired up to the same identity.
If a member's writing is good enough to publish, it's good enough to publish under your URL, in front of your readers, paid by your tiers.
Block-style for the Notion native. Classic WYSIWYG for the WordPress veteran. Medium-style for distraction-free long-form. Admins lock to one editor or allow choice - set per role, per member type.
Notion-style blocks. Each line is its own thing - text, image, embed, code, quote, list.
Familiar WordPress WYSIWYG. The editor every veteran admin already knows.
How we ship 9 modules
Members kept asking to write from the front end, so we built nine modules they can toggle per blog.
Here is what made the cut.
Title + body. Formatting on selection. Built for long-form members who came from Medium.
Members kept asking to write from the front end, without ever seeing wp-admin.
So we built nine toggleable modules.
A site that needs Post Credits + Co-Authors only gets a two-module admin. A site running all nine gets the full platform. Disabled modules drop their admin tabs, profile sub-navs, and frontend endpoints - UI weight scales to what you actually ship.
Enable only what this site needs. Disabled modules drop their admin tabs and frontend endpoints. Every Pro shortcode ships as a block too.
WC · PMPro · MemberPress · WC Memberships
Invite collaborators · shared byline
15 field types · conditional logic
Multi-part guides · prev/next nav
Per-role · per-member-type limits
BP + BuddyBoss group posting
Members schedule future posts
Email + on-site, direct post links
Views, engagement, CSV export
Post Credits + four membership engines, native. Map any tier to any monthly credit balance. Members run out, the restriction popup explains the rule and converts them to your upgrade page. No custom code, no Stripe glue - the paywall ships in the box.
| Membership level | Credits / month | Per post |
|---|---|---|
| Free $0 · open registration | 0 | - |
| Standard PMPro · $9/mo | 10 | 1 |
| Premium PMPro · $29/mo · most members | 50 | 1 |
| Pro Writer MemberPress · $99/yr | ∞ | 0 |
3 credits left this month. Upgrade to Pro Writer for unlimited posts.
Upgrade → $99/yrCo-Authors share a byline. Post Series stitch multi-part guides. Group Blogs let BP and BuddyBoss group admins publish on behalf of their group. Three modules that turn member writing into a magazine.
Why we shipped 9 toggleable modules
Sarah Chen Owner
Alex Park Co-author
Jordan Lee Pending
Behind the build
Why we chose modular architecture
Cutting 36 native dialogs to zero
Why we shipped 9 toggleable modules
Custom fields without ACF
Co-author workflows for magazines
Group admins publish for their group. The publish form surfaces a group dropdown (only groups the admin runs). Posts fire group activity actions AND site-wide activity entries. Hidden + private group privacy honored. Group blog tabs paginate. The publishing flow BuddyPress alone never had.
Member Blog and BuddyNext come from the same team. If you run a third-party community plugin instead, the stack detects it and wires itself up: no template overrides, no theme hooks, no setup tutorial.
The community engine we build and ship ourselves. Member Blog is a first-party part of the BuddyNext ecosystem, supported by the same team end to end.
Third-party integrations
A new Blog tab appears on every member profile.
Native member-type and group privacy support.
PeepSo profile tab integration.
No BuddyPress? Members still get a publishing dashboard.
/author/sarah/Every tier ships every Pro module. Annual renews at 30% off; lifetime pays once. 30-day money-back guarantee.
Personal
One community site
$ 49 /year
Developer
Up to five sites - the agency sweet spot
$ 99 /year
Agency
Unlimited sites
$ 129 /year
30-day money-back guarantee (refund policy) · annual renews at 30% off · lifetime pays once
Answered by the team building the plugin. Anything else, the contact page gets a same-day reply.
Yes. Co-authors, scheduling, series, analytics, and the publishing calendar are all available over the REST API, sharing one namespace, one error format, and one pagination contract with the free plugin.
Three reasons. (1) Audience: you own every reader on yoursite.com - Medium owns every reader on medium.com/@you. (2) Data: posts live in standard WordPress wp_posts, exportable, indexed by your SEO plugin, rendered by your theme. (3) Monetization: Post Credits + four membership engines let you charge for the writing tier without paying Medium's revenue share.
No - that's the point. Posts are created and managed from the member's own profile front-end. Subscribers and contributors publish; their wp-admin access stays at default (none). The plugin handles role-based capability checks behind the scenes.
Yes. There's a Medium-style editor option built in: distraction-free long-form, formatting on selection. Plus Editor.js (block-style, like Notion) and Classic TinyMCE (familiar WYSIWYG). Each member picks in profile settings; admins can lock to one editor or allow choice.
Each member has a credit balance. Each post deducts a configurable amount (default 1). Four membership integrations - WooCommerce, Paid Memberships Pro, MemberPress, WC Memberships - auto-detect on activation. You map each membership level to a starting credit balance + monthly refill. When a member runs out, a popup explains the cap and links to your upgrade page. The popup is the conversion mechanic.
Yes. BuddyNext is first-party: member blogs run inside BuddyNext communities over the shared REST API. Third-party plugins are auto-detected: BuddyPress and BuddyBoss get the Blog tab, activity-feed integration, and member-type and group-privacy rules; PeepSo gets the profile tab and stream integration. Standalone WordPress works with no community plugin at all.
Yes. Pro extends the free WB Member Blog plugin (handles the profile blog tab, three editor options, auto-save, role-based access). Pro layers the nine modules - Post Credits, Co-Authors, Custom Fields, Series, Restrictions, Groups, Scheduling, Notifications, Analytics - on top. Both are needed; the free plugin alone is fully functional for single-site communities.
Yes. Pro is additive. Existing posts continue to render. New posts get access to custom fields when you create a schema. Co-authors, series, and credits attach to posts going forward. No data migration required.
Yes - via Medium's export + the official Medium importer plugin for WordPress. Medium ZIP → Tools → Import → Medium. Posts land in WordPress as standard posts; reassign them to the right author from the admin posts screen. New content uses WB Member Blog Pro's frontend flow - no need to keep posting on Medium.
Yes. Activate per-site or network-wide. Each site has its own module toggles, custom field schemas, post limits, credit settings, and group configurations. Network admins can lock specific settings via wp-config constants.
Annual: 12 months of updates + email support, then renew at 30% off (or skip - the plugin keeps working without updates or support). Lifetime: every future update + support, forever, paid once. 30-day money-back on any new purchase.
Stop renting your audience.
Install Pro over the free plugin. Members get a Blog tab the next page load. Turn on the modules your community actually needs. Keep every reader and every dollar.
30-day money-back guarantee · Annual or lifetime · Used by community sites since 2018
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