S2Member: WordPress Membership Plugin

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S2Member is an easily configurable & highly extensible, yet free WordPress Membership Plugin (The s2Member® Framework) plugin. It integrates with PayPal Website Payments Standard (also free). Through this, users can sell “Buy Now” or Membership access to their sites. They can also restrict access to WordPress Posts, Pages, Tags, Categories, URIs, BuddyPress/bbPress, and even portions of content within Posts, Pages, themes, plugins among others. The plugin offers 4 membership levels and is powered almost entirely by WordPress shortcodes, hence making complex integrations quick & easy.

Installing the s2Member Framework

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The s2Member Framework can be introduced directly from WordPress.org. From WordPress Dashboard>Plugins>Add New, type s2Member into the Search box, and then press Enter. The s2Member Framework ought to be the first plugin displayed in the grid.

When you see Successfully installed the plugin s2Member Framework, then click Activate Plugin. That is normally everything to installing the s2Member Framework. If you have any issues installing the Framework through the WordPress plugin catalog, you can install the Framework utilizing FTP all things considered.

Alternative Installation Method: Using FTP

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  • Download the s2Member Framework compress document from your record at s2member.com.
  • Concentrate the documents from the compress record. Inside the high-level organizer you’ve removed, you’ll find the s2member envelope.
  • Sign in to your web server utilizing FTP.
  • Explore the plugins folder for your installation of WordPress. This is/wp-content/modules/naturally.
  • Transfer the s2member folder to your plugins folder.

After the documents have been transferred you should see the following new folders in your plugins folder:

  • s2member
  • s2member-files
  • and, s2member-logs

Go into your WordPress Dashboard: WordPress Dashboard>Plugins. You should see s2Member Framework recorded as an inactive plugin. Then click Activate.

Installing the s2Member Pro Add-on

If you’ve effectively designed the s2Member Framework, you may be worried about loosing your settings when you install the s2Member Pro Add-on. There’s no reason to be concerned, however, s2Member features a setting to forestall losing your design while deactivating the plugin.

Go to WordPress Dashboard>s2Member>General Options>Plugin Deletion Safeguards. Ensure this is set to the default of Yes safeguard all information/choices. Then, at that point click the Save All Changes button at the lower part of the page.

  • Download the s2Member Pro Add-on compress file from your account at s2member.com.
  • Concentrate the files from the compressed document. Inside the high-level folder, you’ve separated, you’ll find the s2member-pro folder.
  • Sign in to your web server utilizing FTP.
  • Explore the plugin folder for your installation of WordPress. This is/wp-content/modules/as a matter of course.
  • Transfer the s2member-pro folder to your plugins folder.

The basic framework version of the S2Member plugin offers the following features:

  • Open Registration Option, Protect downloadable files and streaming audio/video, Store files locally, or use s2Member’s integration with Amazon, PayPal Standard Button Integration, Content Restriction Options, Alternative View Restrictions.
  • Brute-Force Login Protection, Unique IP Restrictions, Security Encryption Key, Shortcode Conditionals, File Download Restrictions, bbPress/BuddyPress Integrations, and much more.

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The Pro Version of the plugin offers has the following:

The above features bundle, PayPal Pro Integration w/ Pro-Forms, Stripe Integration w/ Pro-Forms, Net w/ Pro-Forms, ClickBank Button Integration, Powerful Pro-Form Shortcodes, One-Step Registration/ Checkout and a lot more.

Another Pro Version of the S2Member plugin is available for $189 for a multi-site license. The S2Member plugin has over 1000’s customers, an intelligent open community, comprehensive documentation, video tutorials, APIs, the s2Member Codex, KB articles, and over 50,000 forum posts; all of which make it uneatable. The Framework Version is 100% free and the above discussed Pro Version will cost you $ 89 for a single site subscription.

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