jkleinithemes

In truth, this IS indeed how Restrict Content works. There are plenty of use cases where customers or the website owner actually want customer to be able to upgrade or downgrade at any point in time. When they downgrade, unless otherwise overridden, the customer’s account is prorated.

I agree that it’s a lot “cleaner” for changes in plan to happen at renewal time.

You have to use a kind of work around. This is one case that page builders or other systems that can generate shortcodes is helpful. You can nest a widget shortcode in an RC restrict shortcode. For example, I made an Elementor template that includes the WordPress widget to get an Elementor shortcode. Next I posted the shortcode on a test page. Next I wrapped the shortcode in an RC restrict shortcode to hide it.

Below is an example bit of code:
[restrict subscription=2][elementor-template id=”2574″][/restrict]

The elementor-template is a WordPress menu widget. I wrapped it in a restrict shortcode that only allows Members with the Gold pan that has an ID code of “2” to be able to see the widget.

This post, down near the bottom shows various options for use of the restrict shortcode: https://restrictcontentpro.com/knowledgebase/restricting-post-and-page-content/

Hi. What version of RC are you using? One good thing to check is your RC System File found at Restrict > Tools. Take a look at that file and verify that all the tables needed for your installation are in place. There is a section in that file labeled –Database. If you have a column missing, your installation will not work as planned.

Can I assume your workflow for adding Member Levels is not to go into the RC admin area and add them manually? Are you interested or trying to use RCP WP CLI – it may help you to spin something up quickly.

See here for more information about that:
https://help.ithemes.com/hc/en-us/sections/360009607533-Developer-Docs-WP-CLI

In general, the way RC works is that people register and get assigned to a Member Level and then content is restricted based on that Member Level. When they login they can see the content restricted to their Member Level. The way the system knows to restrict the content is the user needs to login to the system for RC to work.

By the way, there is a shortcode [not_logged_in] that shows content to viewers that are not logged in

Hi. It sounds like your database is corrupted, and likely missing columns needed by RC to function. Sometimes this happens when you upgrade from a very old copy of the software to a very new version. Sometimes it occurs when you go back and forth between non consecutive installs of the software. If you can export your Members, keep a record of your Member Levels and totally uninstall RC (there is a setting Restrict > Settings > Misc > Remove Data on Uninstall that need to be enabled), you can start from scratch.

Hopefully I am following what you are asking here correctly. With Restrict Content (RC) you can create separate Member Levels that restrict specific content via category, tag, custom taxonomy, individual posts/pages or by wrapping specific content in RC shortcodes.

Customers with Member Level Gold can specifically see content restricted to Member Level Gold, but customers with member Level Bronze cannot see that content. However, if you enable Multiple Memberships in your RC Settings area, then if a customer registers for both Gold AND Bronze, that customer would be able to see content restricted for each of those Member Levels.

Note that you can try out Restrict Content Pro and if it does not suit your needs you can get a refund within 30 days of purchase.

Hi. In the Legacy Restrict Content, the settings are limited to restriction of pages and posts. If you upgrade to the current version of Restrict Content (see here for how to go about upgrading) besides adding a whole lot of extra functionality, the system should automatically generate new pages with shortcodes in them – including a Welcome page.

You should be OK. The main pages you should exclude from caching are the registration, edit profile, member account, login, update card pages.