05 Dec Pay to Register as Client/Member

WordPress has literally exploded onto the popular culture website scene over the past few years, and one of the true proofs of that is the number of businesses that are now choosing WordPress as their architecture of choice for their business websites. It certainly speaks to the reliability, ease of use and efficacy of the WordPress model.

So complete is this transformation, that many businesses are also looking for solutions that give their clients a private portal, membership area or membership site directly integrated with the WordPress installation, and regulated by a simple login.  Those who are properly registered can access the member’s area, and those who are not, will be restricted.

This functionality is well done with the WordPress plugin WP-Client, but other businesses are interested in restricting this member’s area to those clients or users who must pay for access, and this requires that the registration be restricted and controlled – only be accessible to those who pay via the online system. Those who use the payment gateway are then given a username and passwerd and granted access to the restricted member’s area.

WP-Client can now serve those needs as well starting with v.2.8.0 – Due to release in just a matter of days, v.2.8.0 gives the site manager the power to accomplish all of these goals and more:

• You can permit your client to register, and then after submission be sent to your chosen Payment Gateway for payment. Upon successful payment, the plugin then issues credentials, creates the appropriate pages and sets the proper permissions.
• All content created and guarded by WP-Client is protected and is inaccessible to anyone who does not have the proper login credentials.
• Each page can be configured for permissions right down to each individual user, or if you group your members/clients into Circles named “Gold Package” or “Silver Package” for example, then you can easily provide access to entire sections of your site with just one easy click.

Now WP-Client can be used as a powerful WordPress membership plugin and WordPress private client portal area, allowing you to even request payment for access to the private part of the site.