Access to content for non subscribed users

  • Resolved ZeitGeist_14

    (@zeitgeist_14)


    6 years, 4 months ago

    Hi, I am creating a site where all the general news and updates can be read by anyone without needing to login.
    But special content need a subscription and then are separated by roles.

    Right now, I can define the subscription access limitation to be tied to post categories:
    Categories available for whole site: Cat1, Cat2, Cat3, Cat4, Cat5
    Subscription plan 1 -> Access to Cat1, Cat2
    Subscription plan 2 -> Access to Cat1, Cat2, Cat3, Cat4, Cat5
    Non registered/subscribed -> *Should have access to all free content, but right now the free content exist in posts inside categories 1 through 4.

    But when I tie the content to each subscription plan by category, the non registered/subscribed users can’t see the free content (ie, the whole site gets shut down for them). Also, if I have a Cat6 that I try to reserve only for the Free Content, and don’t associate Cat6 to any other plan, the nonregistered users can see Cat6 but plans 1 and 2 that should also see this category can’t. If I go the other way around, then plans 1 and 2 can access the Cat6 but not the non registered users.

    So in summary what I was looking for was to have all website categories and posts available for free, non registered users (just like a site like CNN would do). But specific categories or posts inside “free” categories are reserved to specific plans.

    How can I better do this?

    Thanks

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  • Plugin Author Andrew Lima

    (@andrewza)

    Hi there,

    Thank you for using Paid Memberships Pro.

    If you do not select the categories inside your membership settings, all users including members will be able to see content linked to this category. Categories selected inside the membership levels restricts this category to members (you can have a combination of categories across a combination of levels).

    In your example, category 6 will be open to everyone including members.

    To solve this issue, simply uncheck these categories in the membership levels if you want to open it to everyone and only select categories that you want to restrict.

    I hope this clears things up.

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