Below is a list of the main features of the WP eMember Plugin:

Content Protection

• Ability to selectively protect the posts, pages, categories and comments
• Selectively protect full or section of a post or page.
• Ability to set protection settings for posts and pages in bulk from eMember’s dashboard or set the protection of a particular WordPress post or page while editing/creating it in the editor
• Ability to protect a section of a post or page for a specific member or for a membership level
• Teaser content – Ability to use “more” tag protection to create teaser content
• Secure RSS feeds – Secure RSS feeds allow your members to view their membership material in their RSS reader
• Login restriction by IP Address – If the number of login attempts from different IP addresses exceed the specified limit then the member’s account will be locked
• Ability to disable simultaneous member login using the same member account details (two users cannot log-in to the same account at the same time). Helpful when you want to prevent member login sharing
• Domain Level/Sitewide Lockdown – ability to restrict anonymous visitor access to your site at a domain level (the site won’t even load unless the visitor logs in as a member). The only page the visitor will be able to access on the site when not logged in is the “Join Us” page.
• Ability to use download folder protection option (users will need to provider their login credentials to download any file from the protected folder)
• Google First Click Free (GFCF) – eMember lets you use Google First Click Free feature so your protected content can be indexed by Google search if you want (view full details).
• You can make it to where only your members can comment on the site but everyone else can see the comments.

Membership Options

• Unlimited membership levels – Your membership site can have as many “levels” as you need
• Unlimited members. You can have an unlimited number of members with the eMember plugin
• Multi-level access option – Give your members access to multiple levels within your membership site.
• Flexible membership options- eMember gives you the flexibility to create different types of membership levels. Example, free, trial, and paid memberships
• A member can buy multiple membership levels. In this scenerio the member will be able to access content from all the different membership levels that he/she purchased.
• Subscription length control. You can control the length of each member’s access to your membership site.  A membership will automatically expire when the set time has been reached (e.g. 7 days, 1 month, 1 year etc)
• One time payment membership option – if you do not want to offer a subscription based membership then you can use the one time payment option (example, a once off payment of $49.95 for a full year membership)
• Ability to configure membership level expiry using a few different options. For example, expire after XX number of days or expire on a fixed date or expire when subscription is cancelled etc.
• Auto Upgrade – You can setup scheduled upgrade of member’s membership level (e.g a member of silver membership will be automatically upgraded to gold membership after 1 month). This model can be used to drip content or deliver course materials to students in a timely fashion
• Ability to manually approve members after they register. Members will not be able to log in until you manually approve their account
• There is also an option to send members an email when you approved their accounts.
• Ability to schedule automatic renewal email notice to the members before their membership account gets expired
• Ability to bulk send emails to your members

Setup and Design

• Simple installation with new and existing WordPress blog – Turn your existing or new WordPress blog into a membership site by simply installing the WP eMember and configuring a few basic settings.
• Fully automated membership system.
• Source code is non-encrypted – If you are a developer and would like to make customizations for your install then you are welcome to do so.
• Ability to customize what fields show up on the registration and edit profile forms
• Easy member management. You can easily view your members, their registration status, membership level etc.
• Bookmarking feature – your members can bookmark their favourite posts and pages then view their bookmarks later.
• Login redirection – Control the first page your members view when they login. You can specify a different redirection page for each membership level. This is very useful for adding welcome messages, information for that membership level, updates, news and events etc.
• Membership login can be placed in a post, page, or sidebar.
• Ability to show your member profiles to other users of the site.
• Ability to display various details of the logged in member using shortcodes.
• You can save hidden admin notes for each member that is only visible to admin of the site.
• Ability to configure auto “account expiry” reminder notification email.
• It can automatically send emails to your members whose accounts are about to expire.
• It can automatically send emails to your members whose accounts have expired.
• Compatible with the current version of WordPress.
• Lightweight – WP eMember is a lightweight and easy to use membership plugin.
• WP eMember is compatible with all properly coded (valid xHTML code) themes.
• Ability to display a list of all the membership level(s) that belong to a user (very handy if you use the multiple membership levels per user feature).
• Shortcodes to display your members list to other users.

Admin Dashboard

• You can set which user roles can access the admin dashboard side of eMember. The user with “admin” permission can access the admin dashboard by default.
• The members menu shows you all the members who have signed up.
• You can quickly view a list of all members or just your active members.
• You can view a list of soon to expire member accounts of your site.
• Ability to export all your members profile data to a CSV file.
• You can filter the list by membership level and search member records from this interface.
• Ability to edit any member’s information by clicking the “edit” link.
• Ability to manually add member data via the “Add Member” interface.
• You can generate a comma separated email list of your members (for email marketing purpose)
• The members interface also lets you manage user blacklisting.
• The membership level interface lets you configure membership levels and allows you to apply content protection for each levels you have.
• There is an Admin Functions interface that has various little utility type functionality. These functionalities can be handy when running a big membership site.
• The settings interface lets you enabled/disable various features of the plugin.

Member Login Related

Integration Option

• Pre-integrated with the WP eStore plugin. This allows you to accept membership payment via any payment gateway supported by eStore. You can also display a member’s purchase history when they make purchases using eStore.
• Simple PayPal button integration. You can use the eMember with a simple PayPal button for one time payments and recurring payments
• Braintree payment gateway integration to accept membership payment via Braintree.
• ClickBank Integration.
• Integrates easily with BBPress 2.0+ forum plugin. View details here.
• Can be integrated with AWeber, MailChimp, GetResponse to automatically sign up the members to your Autoresponder list when they register for a member account
• Can be integrated with the MailPoet Newsletter plugin to signup your members to that plugin’s list.
• Can be integrated with WooCommerce so you can sell membership access via WooCommerce products.
• Can be integrated with any plugin that uses WordPress user role/capability feature. View detail here.

Miscellaneous

• Free technical support – please see our support options here
• Free lifetime plugin updates

Check the following video for a feature tour of WP eMember:

Visit the WP eMember (WordPress Membership) plugin page.