How To Make A Lightweight Automated Membership Website For Free Using WordPress

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How To Make A Lightweight Automated Membership Website For Free Using WordPress

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WPCrafter.com WordPress For Non-Techies

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In this WordPress tutorial, I will show you how to make a lightweight automated membership website for free. That's right, zero cost because most of what you need you already have. You just need to connect them together.
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Table Of Contents
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:36 What a Membership Plugin Does
00:02:22 Choose Hosting
00:03:13 Install Theme
00:05:32 Setup Membership Levels
00:09:59 Setup Content Protections
00:24:25 Setup Registration Form
00:28:29 Automate Everything
00:36:23 Final thoughts
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@thrivingchildcare 3 жыл бұрын

I just wanted to THANK YOU SO MUCH for this! I'm setting up a membership now and just didn't want to commit to a platform for hundreds of dollars before I know what the membership will look like. This was perfect and on-time!

@Shufflesculpt 3 жыл бұрын

Did you start up yet? If so, how is it going for you so far?

@andrasmadar9648 3 жыл бұрын

This has been one of the most helpful videos for me in a long time! Thank you so much for all the information! Instant subscription

@circlesdigital 3 жыл бұрын

pls after set up, how do i now use on my web pages?

@gordondesign9752 3 жыл бұрын

Adam, Thanks so much for this, I was paying a premium price for a membership plugin that required programming skills beyond the average front-end developer. I like the way you've utilised WordPress core resources and given us an education in basic automation at the same time - well done!

@purrpaws7863 3 жыл бұрын

Been learning from Adam for a long while now. Every now and then, I would see comments bashing him for talking "too much". Don't ever change Adam! You talk just the right amount! There are those of us who want to understand why this or that step is needed. Unlike those who just follow along blindly, not understanding (and therefore not retaining the knowledge) what they're doing. Thank you for all your work, Adam! Love, from the Philippines :)

@WPCrafter 3 жыл бұрын

Yea everyone is a critic on the internet, especially KZfaq. I'll tell ya, I have learned to not let any of that negativity in or have it affect me or steal any of my joy. Thanks for the support and I think its actually a bonus my talk speed and style because people always have to option to increase the playback speed :-)

@DaniiMarie333 Жыл бұрын

He gets right to the point, they are mad he is giving away their little secrets, every 1 gate keeps the good stuff it seems thank u for helping the little guys!!

@ThePracticalIntuitive 4 жыл бұрын

How awesome is this. I was just thinking of how I wanted to add a membership but needed to learn the best way of doing it. Thanks Adam. You are amazing! 🙂

@WPCrafter 4 жыл бұрын

Super lightweight using what you already have.

@Shufflesculpt 3 жыл бұрын

This is THE most valuable tutorial I have yet to come across. Thank you so much! I cant wait to get my membership site up and running 🙌

@tzvibendaniel2045 3 жыл бұрын

Adam you're a freaking genius! And I love how you present it all so nonchalantly. Thank you SO much!

@sondraturnbull 2 жыл бұрын

This is a brilliant solution for what I've been seeking for a couple of years now. Thank you for sharing your knowledge so generously.

@allisonkessler17 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant! I love how you do your tutorials from start to finish every time. I always learn something new.

@WPCrafter 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, really working on it. This one was great because I was able to show how to create user roles and control access based on them.

@TrentKennelly 4 жыл бұрын

This is great! Memberships are an amazing engagement strategy.

@WPCrafter 4 жыл бұрын

Yep, especially when you have a free tier, it's a great way to give value and capture information.

@DrMei 4 жыл бұрын

Wow! I didn’t expect to have access to your courses after purchasing the Automator. That’s very helpful! Thank you!

@nitinnarvekar8936 4 жыл бұрын

How to get that

@DrMei 4 жыл бұрын

Nitin Narvekar I purchased the Automator plugin through the link Adam provided, and then I got an email from him. Automatically enrolled me in his class.

@michaelgrunewalder9879 4 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial. I was not really interested in building a membership site and only watched the video to see how one would do it. The tools you use however seem very versatile and I certainly learned something useful today. Thanks :-)

@amstrongtv2647 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing content! Love the presentation and the video timing. Lots of good quality materials

@gerhardsmith8814 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Adam!!! I just want to say THANK YOu for all these videos... I have been upskilling during Covid Lockdown here in South Africa and been working on our nonprofits (Wheelchair Basketball South Africa) websites... your videos have taught me so much already, so I just want to give you kudos!

@successbydesign3483 2 жыл бұрын

I'm South African too and I love Adam

@michaelkloran5354 2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, it appears the option to change the user role has been removed from the free version of Uncanny Automator making this impossible.

@antonioantonio8300 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing I am exactly the same way always looking for the free option, bu this tim eyou just saved a ton of time in research and try and error, cant thank you enough mate.

@oluwafemi84 3 жыл бұрын

thanks, I built my website, *growthpowertips* from scratch simply following your tutorials

@ABunchOfWhimsy 6 ай бұрын

This is great. I enjoyed every bit of the video. I just need the next step that only shows certain products (subscriptions in our case) to on those members. Cheers!

@KathrynEngland 4 ай бұрын

Brilliant presentation; thank you for your tremendous generosity. Lightweight membership is exactly what is needed here.

@fullmusicsam 2 жыл бұрын

Forminator changed the icon after this video haha! Amazing video BTW

@nineteen5899 2 жыл бұрын

One of the most elegant videos I've ever watched... You're amazing sir... Thank you sooooooo much.... You saved me a million hours...

@Istenostor 3 жыл бұрын

Woocommerce Membership plugin knows it all in one!

@susangemayel-tapper3794 4 жыл бұрын

Adam, thank you so much for all the time you take to keep us updated with so much cool stuff!!

@worldofaeterra 3 жыл бұрын

Such a great video! Thank you for sharing all your advices on KZfaq! Great job as always.

@windyest 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, i have just started watching and you said what i wanted to hear from the start. Nice Video Flow. Rely well done!

@discjunkiesDGT 2 жыл бұрын

Never fail to provide awesome posts and ideas for all customer needs!!

@milicatest9206 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for taking the time to make such useful video you're a life saver🙏

@narrativasperegrinas 2 жыл бұрын

Man, you are completely AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I would love to be able to like this video at least 100 times!! You really deserve it! Thank you so much!!!!!!

@bluefuzecom 4 жыл бұрын

Man, this is amazing. Nicely done!

@EnergizeHealthHolistic 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! I just stumbled upon your channel through this video. I love how you speak. You are so kind and encouraging and easy to follow. Thank you for this! Subscribed ☺️

@FernandoArbex 4 жыл бұрын

Wow! Absolutely brilliant. Thanks a lot for this awesome tutorial. I'll definitely going to implement this one.

@markjonell6415 3 жыл бұрын

the best free solution so far!

@kmmarch60 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant tutorial! This has saved me a few hundred dollars on a new project. 👌

@WPCrafter 4 жыл бұрын

Yep and with the stuff you already have. I know most people already have a forms plugin.

@willmastro 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic! Thanks Adam. In regards to setting up recurring membership payments with this, is that something that can only be achieved by configuring within your Stripe account or is there another solution you can recommend free or premium? Thanks

@garetheynon1249 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Adam, quite interesting Automator has added the change the role trigger, to a pro feature. love fluent forms.

@RelaxingAudiosOfficial 2 жыл бұрын

Man your tutorials are incredible Adam! Thank you so much! 🙏🏻🙌🏻👏🏻

@taufikyusof3713 3 жыл бұрын

The hitman behind you interrupted me over the times😁

@letusmakeitbig 3 жыл бұрын

times are bad, Agent 47 takes to the digital life.

@pradhanbalter3796 2 жыл бұрын

Super excellent video/tutorial. I love your patient, full explanation of your videos.

@bradleymaravalli2851 3 жыл бұрын

This was awesome! Especially the Content Control plugin. Thank you.

@CatXSeason 3 жыл бұрын

Could you please make a video on how to handle recurring payments, expirations, cancellations and stuff like this? I love this clean and simple way for putting a membership site up but how can I automate this other stuff?

@MikeSimpson1 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely there is a need for those things. For instance how do you allow a user to change their plan whether downgrade or upgrade? Part 2 will hopefully handle this.

@DaniLong 3 жыл бұрын

Kadence (Pro?) has Page Protection options at the page level - Choices are: * Inherit from parent *Anyone at any time * Any logged in user * [all the levels use set in the User area] The options also include, among other things: * Only/Not these Tags * When forbidden, redirect to:" THIS IS SO TIGHT!!!!

@DrJohnPollard 4 жыл бұрын

This guy, Adam, stole my look, he stole my ability to make complicated subjects simple and understandable, and he stole my desire to make things as free as humanly possible for any newbie who wants to learn my modality. OMG, no wonder I like him so much! (ps: he probably didn't steal these traits from me, since for rare individuals these are universal truths and he doesn't know who I am.) But I like him anyway.

@alaididnalid7660 4 жыл бұрын

What a weird pun this is.

@DrJohnPollard 4 жыл бұрын

@@alaididnalid7660 Thank you for your comment. I think the word you are looking for is paradoxical, seemingly absurd or self-contradictory. And you are right, totally.

@alaididnalid7660 4 жыл бұрын

@@DrJohnPollard I was under the impression you were kidding actually. I feel that idea cannot be stolen as it's a very old concept that applies to many complex topics. So I think that it's not about having the idea. Rather, it's about executing it correctly by presenting complex topics in an accessible, attractive & structured way. I for one would not be able to do that for instance while I find the concept quite obvious.

@DrJohnPollard 4 жыл бұрын

@@alaididnalid7660 I was "kidding" in a way. But for me I was more observing Adam's unusual talent and praising it in a backhanded manner, just because it came through that way in my brain.

@ShahanSmu 3 жыл бұрын

The Techiest non-techie I have ever seen :)

@ahmedd.masoud6809 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing bro ,. That's powerful,

@WPCrafter 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙌

@leocatz 3 жыл бұрын

Love your very direct and precise presentation. Opened new options for my very simple desire to allow clients access to specific lessons. Thanks.

@Gionisos Жыл бұрын

This is GOLDEN. Thanks so much for explaining it so so well. I managed to install a whole Automated Membership Website thanks to your detailed instructions. I'm really forever grateful for your input

@fredfabrega1664 3 жыл бұрын

Wow !! This is great !! It just saved a bit of money on plugins.

@austintochukwuasoluka1502 2 жыл бұрын

If I could subscribe twice and like a thousand times. Thanks.

@GuiaInteriorbyBrunoMiranda 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for this video, means a lot and all this video made in a simple form and respectful. Its equal to dozens of hours searching and testing... here is simple and in just 30m 👏👏

@rohan4641 4 жыл бұрын

Thats whats exactly looking for recently and you uploaded it😃 Thank you

@MrJazzPiano 4 жыл бұрын

Very, very cool! I already have lifetime membership functions so I may not use this method, but I learned a lot from your video. For being a beginner on WP as you say, you sure know a lot! ;-)

@wp-koulu 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome video - if someone is using Beaver Builder/Themer, that has great role-based visibility options also

@rosiabbott253 4 жыл бұрын

Too Awesome! As usual a quality video and delivery...

@mookiiie7889 2 жыл бұрын

Extremely helpful and well explained ! Thank you very much !!

@abamblack 3 жыл бұрын

very good and comprehensive tutorial. you got a like and a new subscriber. well done

@WarfareJournal 2 жыл бұрын

What would be a "visibility" plugin for Divi? Elementor had its own plugin extension, I wonder if Divi needs the same.

@mark-de-leeuw 3 жыл бұрын

Superb video. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

@quantum_leap 4 жыл бұрын

Great work, Adam, well done!

@firozfaizan 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Adam, Very useful informational video for the light-weight membership creation tools out there. I have gained something new on your every video. Please make a video on how to create a membership website to serve restricted content to registered paid members only by using woocommerce as main ingredient. Thanks

@anthonypetruzzi158 4 жыл бұрын

I am addicted to your channel😍

@j.singer8461 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome video! So much value. Really appreciate this.

@westchesterwebsites7168 Жыл бұрын

great video ! Where is the link to get the code?

@LiveLyv 4 жыл бұрын

This is really great ! Always a big fan of you 👌

@websquadron 3 жыл бұрын

What about a free way of setting up recurring monthly payments? Is there a way to do that? Great video!

@kerryzarb 3 жыл бұрын

Throwing in a response here, I've always used PayPal for recurring payments, hope that helps

@ScottStoll 4 жыл бұрын

Great info. This could help turn around my business.

@gracelu-stopprocrastinationexp 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the video and information. will you suggest other software beside "code snippets"? I follow the video to add code and I got lock out of my site. the page show "critical error"! the website hosting support help me get in my WP. then I plug in "code snippets" and I got lock out again. maybe I need to find other software . what will you suggest? thank you again for provide the precious information !

@skendiroglu 4 жыл бұрын

This was the best! Thank you and greetings from Istanbul!

@williamrking3 3 жыл бұрын

This is awesome! Thanks Adam! 👏🏻

@OoOBubblesOooO 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, thank you very much!

@kolitv231 4 жыл бұрын

Great Job we need a part of this tutorials for registered members to be able to communicate with each other or Tutorials on how to build a social media website like facebook and so on for few members

@brucebaker810 3 жыл бұрын

I. Frickin. Love. This. I have an old license to a premium membership plugin. Somewhere. Still downloadable? I dunno. Needed a working method. Soon. This will do juuust fine. Thanks bigly.

@hasiibali2513 3 жыл бұрын

i am just humbly thankful to you for this tutorial. thanks.

@mikisharkovski4591 2 жыл бұрын

Extremely helpful, thanks for all the info 🙏

@adityabhimesha6642 3 жыл бұрын

You are a legend for this video, very very under rated!!!!

@DaveStevens192 4 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I have been looking for. thank you!

@giosolomon 3 жыл бұрын

Hello Adam absolutely love your tutorials! What template in Elementor you'd recommend to create a page that contains this membership style functions? thanks!

@andrei.s7171 3 жыл бұрын

The membership theme from Kadence is now available and it is useless because we need LearnDash. So it isn't FREE. Keep going with the great work Adam.

@psalm7315 3 жыл бұрын

How is my wordpress menu on the left white and missing all the functions you seem to have? i just purchased Wordpress business and kadence pro

@sibonelogoba3233 3 жыл бұрын

You have earned a comment.

@artyenglish8414 3 жыл бұрын

Amazingly awesome and totally actionable- Many thanks for this.

@Luandra3939 3 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love the tutorial videos you are the best!!!

@nihsumi 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Adam, Great video but I think you left out several things for this to work that probably would have taken another 5-10 minutes to see it through. I am a new WP user and so perhaps you assumed this audience of non-techies would know these things. Here are some gotchas that I am encountering. 1) how to link the sign-in form to a menu item 2) I am confused on how to verify the person signing in is a valid user. It seems just anything entered in (spam) the form would be approved by automator and they have access to the site?

@SkipMichael 4 жыл бұрын

Adam. How do you protect your member list data base?

@quickgoalenhance 3 жыл бұрын

Very informative.. superb

@Rasheidaadrianus 3 жыл бұрын

This video was perfect!! Sooo helpful! Thanks!

@IvytreeStudio Ай бұрын

Hi there, I am looking for the snippet code for the Membership levels. The blog post you linked doesn't have it or I just don't see it. Could you help, please. Ansu

@netneedingsystems2318 3 жыл бұрын

Great video, thank you.

@mohsinworld 2 жыл бұрын

Where can I copy the code? Please share the code snippets. Thanks

@simonarichards 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Adam - another very helpful video - can you comment a bit more on purchasing options which you skipped over quite quickly - I tried Fluent Forms (which I love) but they don't currently support Subscriptions - Woocommerce Subscriptions I consider to be an expensive option - do you know of any other plugins/methods that allow the creation of Subscriptions for my low-cost Membership stack ??? Many thanks

@ImMeInDim 3 жыл бұрын

Super cool! Thanks a lot. I have learned a lot.

@printcalllimited9438 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant Video, Adam, please advice me. could I use fluentform plus fluentcrm as a configurator on my membership website to operate a pay per leads agency for lawyers and distribute leads for various lawyers depending on their serivces ie. Defence lawyer or Divorce lawyer. Leads distribution system. Thanks

@JoeGator23 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your on-point videos... cheers to you!

@WPCrafter 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I am sure you have seen the pace and delivery improve over the last 12 months.

@JoeGator23 4 жыл бұрын

@@WPCrafter It works both ways,; it's getting hard to keep up with all of the new information coming out, as well. Everything is going faster and more efficient. Thanks again... have a nice weekend!

@dariusjwright 2 жыл бұрын

The Automator plug-in is not working aka not changing user roles. Any reason why this would be happening?

@OscarGonzalezTheRealOne 4 жыл бұрын

Good stuff. The only thing that I didn't see (and it may be outside of the "free" scope) but a way to make the payments recurring, for a monthly or quarterly or yearly membership. Any suggestions on that?

@WPCrafter 4 жыл бұрын

Hey buddy, yea that one is too hard if keeping it all free. Now most people have something paid they can throw into the mix to accomplish that. Maybe a paid form plugin where they would have more flexibility. The least expensive way would be to use Woo then buy a subscription plugin on CodeCanyon for $50.