How to Create a WordPress Members Only Area (6 Steps) wpusermanager.com

A WordPress members only area is a part of your site that only logged-in members can see: resources, recordings, a forum, a directory. WordPress can’t do this on its own, because its Private setting only covers Administrators and Editors. This guide builds a complete members area with the free WP User Manager plugin: a way to sign up and log in, a member role, pages only members can open, a menu that changes when they log in, and the right page to land on.

Steps 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 are free. Step 3 has a free option for parts of a page and a paid addon for whole pages and sections.

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