Paid membership

Membership, in the Business part of the sidebar, keeps posts and pages for paying members. You need the editor role or above, and a plan that includes both membership and the shop: memberships are sold as shop products.

Set it up

1. 1In your shop, create what people buy to become a member: a subscription, a one-time purchase, or both. See Setting up your shop.
2. 2Open Membership and, under What makes a member, tick those products.
3. 3Under Rules, set Days a one-time purchase lasts and Paragraphs everyone may read, then press Save.
4. 4Open a post or page and, in the Paid membership card, turn on Paying members only.

Who counts as a member

• Buying any of the ticked products makes someone a member. There are no separate tiers.
• A subscription counts for as long as it's paid. A one-time purchase counts for the number of days you set, from the day it's paid.
• A refund or a cancellation ends membership straight away.
• The list on the same screen shows every current member and the date their membership runs until.

What visitors see

Non-members see the title, the excerpt and the opening paragraphs you allow — set 0 for the title and excerpt only. The rest is never sent to their browser. Below it, Keep reading with a membership offers a button for each published membership product, and a link for members to sign in.

Videos and presentations can be limited to members too, in their own visibility settings. A podcast's members-only episodes are set up separately, under Podcast — see Hosting a podcast.