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Paid Memberships Pro – BuddyPress Add On

By Paid Memberships Pro

Description

Manage access to your BuddyPress Community using Paid Memberships Pro.

Restrict access to specific features of your BuddyPress community by membership level, allowing you to build a custom, private, and flexible members-only community.

The plugin requires BuddyPress and Paid Memberships Pro to be installed and activated.

Official Paid Memberships Pro Add On

This is an official Add On for Paid Memberships Pro, the most complete member management and membership subscriptions plugin for WordPress.

General features of this Integration include:

  1. Restrict BuddyPress Features by Membership Level
  2. Assign or Invite Members to BuddyPress Groups by Membership Level
  3. Assign BuddyPress Member Types by Membership Level
  4. Show the Member’s Level Name on BuddyPress Profile
  5. Use the BuddyPress Registration Process in place of Paid Memberships Pro

Specific areas of BuddyPress that can be restricted by Membership Level include:

  1. Group Creation: Can members of this level create BuddyPress Groups?
  2. Single Group Viewing: Can members of this level view individual BuddyPress Groups?
  3. Groups Page Viewing: Can members of this level view the BuddyPress Groups page?
  4. Joining Groups: Can members of this level join BuddyPress Groups?
  5. Public Messaging: Can members of this level send public messages to other members?
  6. Private Messaging: Can members of this level send private messages to other members?
  7. Send Friend Requests: Can members of this level send friend requests to other members?
  8. Include in Member Directory: Should members of this level be included in the BuddyPress member directory?

Screenshots

  • PMPro BuddyPress Settings - Explore and manage the features of the integration plugin, including Page Settings, Membership Level Settings, and General Settings.
  • Membership Level Settings - Define how you want to restrict BuddyPress for each Membership Level under Memberships > Settings > Memberships Levels > Edit.
  • Group and Member Type Settings - Add or Invite Members to Groups and Assign Member Types by Membership Level under Memberships > Settings > Memberships Levels > Edit.

Installation

Prerequisites

  1. You must have Paid Memberships Pro and BuddyPress installed and activated on your site.

Download, Install and Activate!

  1. Download the latest version of the plugin.
  2. Unzip the downloaded file to your computer.
  3. Upload the /pmpro-buddypress/ directory to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory of your site.
  4. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.

Page Settings

This plugin redirects users to a specific page if they try to access restricted BuddyPress features. The user is redirected to the page assigned as the “Access Restricted” page under Memberships > Settings > Page Settings.

  1. Navigate to Memberships > Settings > Page Settings and choose (or generate) a page for the “Access Restricted” page.
  2. Be sure to include the [pmpro_buddypress_restricted] shortcode in the page content.
  3. Save Settings

Membership Level Settings

  1. Navigate to Memberships > Settings > Membership Levels and choose a level to edit.
  2. Under the “BuddyPress Restrictions” section, change “Unlock BuddyPress?” to your desired option.
  3. You can choose to give members of that level access to all of BuddyPress (and thus lock all users without that level from accessing BuddyPress features) or choose specific features that require that membership level.
  4. If you are planning to restrict BuddyPress for more than one level, the plugin will check if the user has ANY level giving them access to those features.

Managing Members and Groups in BuddyPress

  1. Navigate to Memberships > Settings > Membership Levels.
  2. Select a level to edit or create a new level.
  3. Under “BuddyPress Group Membership”, select the groups you would like to add or invite members to.
  4. Users will be automatically added to any group checked in the “Add to these Groups” option.
  5. Users will be invited (can manually choose to join) any group checked in the “Invite to these Groups” option.
  6. Save Settings.

Creating and Assigning Member Types by Membership Level

  1. Navigate to Memberships > Settings > Membership Levels.
  2. Select a level to edit or create a new level.
  3. Under “BuddyPress Member Types”, select the member types you would like to assign for members of this level.
  4. Save Settings.

Note that BuddyPress Member Types must be created through custom code. This post explains how to add Member Types to BuddyPress.

Non-member User Settings

Some of your WordPress users may not have a membership level in Paid Memberships Pro. This plugin allows you to set how BuddyPress should be locked down for these users without a membership level.

  1. Navigate to Memberships > Settings > PMPro BuddyPress in the WP Dashboard.
  2. Under the “Non-member User Settings” section, change “Unlock BuddyPress?” to your desired option.
  3. You can choose to lock access to all of BuddyPress, give non-member users access to all of BuddyPress or choose specific features that they can access.

Use BuddyPress Registration Process

This plugin also allows you to use the BuddyPress user registration process (in place of the standard Paid Memberships Pro membership checkout process).

  1. Navigate to Memberships -> PMPro BuddyPress in the WP Dashboard.
  2. Change the “Registration Page” setting to “Use BuddyPress Registration Page”.
  3. Save Settings.

Show the Member’s Level Name on BuddyPress Profile

  1. Navigate to Memberships -> PMPro BuddyPress in the WP Dashboard.
  2. Select “Yes” under “Show Membership Level on BuddyPress Profile?”
  3. Save Settings.

Reviews

Broken

December 9, 2019
Upto few weeks back the pluggin did what it says on the box but now does not. The best in my opinion was to assign groups on reg. Not working now and the question in support have until now not been addressed. Because of this the major function malfunction 1star

Useless

September 7, 2019
I wanted to restrict users ability to communicate unless they are paying. However, it does nothing to restrict them from communicating on the activity feed. That leaves a huge gaping hole in my paywall.

Level Restrictions Have a Loophole

July 10, 2019
The level restrictions don't work as expected. I set Level One to only allow viewing the groups page. Clicking on the group title brings up ‘Access Restricted’ which is good. The problem is that there is also a button to ‘Join Group’ which will let the level One user join and access the group, bypassing the restriction! The same problem is encountered with a private group, except the button lets Level One users ‘Request Membership’. The settings requires a Level Two Membership to be able to join groups. The plugin contact page says, "Unless we are expecting your email, we may not be able to reply in a timely manner. If you have a “support-related” question, please use our Member Support Area." The Member Support Area requires at least $300/ year upgrade to get support. Also, the add-ons can't be purchased separately, you can only get them in a bundle with the 'Upgrade'.

Buggy

June 26, 2018
This plug in breaks the membership pages and keeps redirecting them to the homepage url

Nice addition to PMPro Kit

March 29, 2018
BuddyPress addon was really a missing piece in the membership ecosystem created by PMPro. Thanks for this gift and congratulations for approaching towards perfection! One feature suggestion: Please add capability into the addon to add pages - selected or all - created by PMPro as the BuddyPress menu. This will make this integration more intimate.
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Contributors & Developers

“Paid Memberships Pro – BuddyPress Add On” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

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Changelog

1.2.6 – 2020-10-14

  • BUG FIX: Fixed issue where the create group and join group buttons were not being disabled for users who shouldn’t have had permission to create or join groups.

1.2.5 – 2020-04-06

  • BUG FIX: Fixed issue where users were redirected away from the profile page if all of BuddyPress was locked down.
  • BUG FIX: Fixed issues with adding users to groups.
  • BUG FIX: Fixed issues with removing users from invited groups if their level changed.
  • BUG FIX/ENHANCEMENT: Stopping redirect loops on the levels page in some cases.

1.2.4 – 2019-06-28

  • BUG FIX: Fixed issue where the WP profile was still being restricted from users without access to BP.
  • BUG FIX: Fixed issue where the ‘restrict all of BuddyPress’ setting wasn’t being applied correctly when levels were set to use non-member settings.

1.2.3

  • BUG FIX: Only getting members in directory if levels exist.
  • BUG FIX: Now locking down all of BuddyPress when a level’s settings are set to use non-member settings and BuddyPress is locked down for non-members.
  • BUG FIX: Fixed issue with admin menu link sometimes pointing to the wrong address.
  • BUG FIX: Hiding friend request and messaging buttons if user doesn’t have access.
  • BUG FIX: Fixed issue where all users were sometimes displayed as admins in Edit Groups screen.
  • BUG FIX: Non-members were being restricted incorrectly from BuddyPress modules.
  • ENHANCEMENT: Now using constants in place of numbers to make some of the settings in the code more readable.

1.2.2

  • BUG FIX: When locking down “all of BuddyPress”, no longer redirecting away from the BuddyPress registration page.

1.2.1

  • BUG FIX: Added check that BuddyPress is active before trying to update member types when levels change.
  • BUG FIX: Removed echo statement that was causing errors when syncing profile fields.
  • BUG FIX: Fixed warnings related to default options on level settings.
  • BUG FIX: Fixed issue where you couldn’t choose “use non-member settings” on the level settings.
  • BUG FIX: Now including members of hidden levels in the BuddyPress directory.
  • BUG FIX: Fixed issue where the Friends Requests page would show a list of all members instead of just friend requests.

1.2

  • ENHANCEMENT: Further integration with PMPro Approvals. If you have PMPro Approvals v1.1 or higher installed, users will have their groups and member types adjusted when they are approved, denied, or reset from the approvals table.

1.1.1

  • BUG FIX: Fixed issue where all users were hidden from the member directory even if you weren’t trying to lock down your directory.
  • BUG FIX: Fixed issues with BuddyPress Profile Search and related plugins.
  • BUG FIX: Changed how we are testing for PMPro and BuddyPress activation.

1.1

  • BUG FIX: Fixed fatal errors when PMPro or BuddyPress isn’t activated.
  • BUG FIX: Fixed bug where membership level changes were creatinig fatal errors if Groups was not active.
  • BUG FIX: Fixed bug where the members directory was not being filtered correctly.
  • BUG FIX: Fixed bug where logged in users were being redirected to the BuddyPress registration page even though logged in users can’t register.
  • ENHANCEMENT: Doublechecking pmpro_hasMembershipLevel so plugins like PMPro Approvals can still filter which levels are included when calculating restrictions.

1.0

  • Initial WP.org release.

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