Restrict Content Pro

Compatible theme: Ink

Restrict Content Pro is an awesome plugin that can transform your WordPress theme into a powerful paid content site. It allows requiring a membership (paid or free) from your readers in order to browse your content. Restrict Content Pro is a paid plugin, and as you purchase it, -if needed- you should request support from the plugin author here.

How it works

The logic is very simple. Upon installation, you define membership plans which can be paid or free. You can do this for some or all of your content, and bill your users through Paypal.

Then, under each post, you will have a panel (like the one at the below screenshot) which will allow you to select which memberships are required in order for the user to be able to access it.

Setting up key pages

There are some pages that need to be defined in the plugin’s options. The screenshots below show which pages are configured for the demo. Let’s see:

• Registration page
  This page contains the form where your readers subscribe. Use the  

  Register New Account

  Log in if you wish to renew an existing subscription.

  Username

  Email

  First Name

  Last Name

  Password

  Password Again

  Choose your subscription level

  • Standard Support - free -  unlimited

  Auto Renew

  shortcode to output the form on a page. 
• Success page
  Use a page with a custom message when a user is registered with success.
• Redirect page
  A page where un-subscribed users are redirected when they try to access a premium content. Works only if the “hide premium posts” checkbox is enabled above.
• Login page
  This is the page that has a login form. Use the 

  Username

  Password

  Remember me

  Lost your password?

  shortcode in order to show the form on a static page.

Premium Content Message

At the plugin’s settings at admin side, under the “messages” tab, you can customize the message that shows when a user tries to read a premium content. This will show everytime a user tries to enter a premium post or page until he subscribes or logs in.

At the screenshot below, you will see a custom shortcode that we built specifically for INK: [locked_options]

Using this shortcode will output the “Subscribe” and “login” buttons in a fancy styled boxed like in  this page.