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 > Page Settings.

1. Navigate to Memberships -> 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 -> 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 -> 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 > 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 -> 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.