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Paid Member Subscriptions Shortcodes

Shortcodes List

Paid Member Subscriptions comes with a list of shortcodes that you can use right away:

Shortcodes work only on pages that are created by the Admin. This is to prevent users, who can post but are not Admins, from using them.

Member Registration Form

In order to generate the registration form follow the steps below:

All the subscription plans created in Paid Member Subscriptions → Subscription Plans will be displayed inside the registration form.

Paid Member Subscriptions - Shortcodes - Registration Form

Front End Registration Form

Parameters

[pms-register subscription_plans="" plans_position="" selected=""]

Example of parameters used inside the [pms-register] shortcode

[pms-register subscription_plans="17,18,19" plans_position="top" selected="18"]

The above shortcode, will create a Registration Form that will list the Gold, Silver, and Free Subscription Plans and position them above the rest of the fields. By default the Silver Subscription Plan (with the ID 18) is selected.

Allow Users to Register without becoming Members

You can allow users to register on your domain without subscribing to a Subscription Plan by using the “none” value inside the subscription_plans parameter like so: [pms-register subscription_plans="none"].

All users that will use this Registration Form will register as a normal user.

Allow logged-in users to become Members

If you already have users on your website and you want them to purchase a subscription plan, all they have to do is login to their account and then visit the page with the [pms-register] shortcode.

The page acts as the main way for users to purchase Subscriptions, while also allowing them to register for an account on your website if they don’t already have one.

Registration form viewed as a Logged in User

Choose which subscription plans to show

This can be done through the `subscription_plans` parameter. This parameter takes a comma separated list of Subscription Plan IDs to list only certain plans.

Example:

[pms-register subscription_plans="1,2"]

Will show only plans with ID 1 and 2, the others will be hidden from the form.

Exclude subscription plans from showing

You can also use a parameter to exclude subscription plans from showing, so the plugin will display every available plan except the one(s) you’ve added in this parameter.

Example:

[pms-register exclude="3,4"]

This will show all plans in the form except the ones with ID 3 and 4.

The `exclude` shortcode parameter is available starting with version 2.1.9 of Paid Member Subscriptions.

Pre-select a subscription plan through an URL parameter

You might want to create a better presentation for your subscription plans and what they offer through a Membership Pricing Table and when the user selects a plan, he should be sent to the subscription form with the plan pre-selected.
This can be achieved by adding the subscription_plan parameter to the URL of your subscription page.

In case you’re looking to link to a subscribe form containing just this specific plan (and excluding the others) you can use a second URL parameter: single_plan=yes.

Example:
The URL of your page is: https://website.com/subscribe and the id of the plan you wish to be pre-selected is 15.

The link to pre-select this plan would be: https://website.com/subscribe?subscription_plan=15

The link to pre-select this plan and exclude others would be: https://website.com/subscribe?subscription_plan=15&single_plan=yes

These URL parameters are available starting with version 1.8.4 of Paid Member Subscriptions.

Login Form

In order to generate the Login Form follow the steps below:

The Login Form allows your users to login from the Front End of WordPress, instead of the default WordPress Login Form.

Paid Member Subscriptions - Shortcodes - Login Form

Front End Login Form

Parameters

[pms-login redirect_url="" logout_redirect_url="" register_url="" lostpassword_url=""]

Redirect User after Login

Paid Member Subscriptions makes it really easy to redirect users after login to any URL by using the redirect_url parameter.

Example:

[pms-login redirect_url="https://www.yourdomain.com/account"]
The redirect will NOT work if it’s pointing to an outside URL, it needs to point to a page on your site.

Add Register and Lost Password? links below the Login form

You can add a “Register” and a “Lost your password?” link below the Login form using the register_url and lostpassword_url parameters.

Example:

[pms-login register_url="https://www.yourdomain.com/register/" lostpassword_url="https://www.yourdomain.com/recover-password"]

Front End Login Form

Member Account form

In order to generate the Account Form follow the steps below:

The Account Form will allow your members to View, Upgrade, Renew, Cancel or Abandon their Subscription Plan, and also to modify their information like Email, First Name, Last Name and Password on the site.
In case their initial payment when creating an account failed, they will also be able to Retry the payment.

Paid Member Subscriptions - Shortcodes - Account Form

Front End Account Form Logged In Member

Please take note that the Renew link only appears if there are 15 days or less until the users subscription expires. If you’re interested in how to modify this click here.

Parameters

[pms-account show_tabs="no" logout_redirect_url=""]

Front End Account Form for Logged Out Member

If a logged out user is visiting your page with this shortcode, he will be shown a login form so he can login and view his account information.

Do not display tabs in Account Form

You can display only the Subscription Plans inside the Account Form using the show_tabs parameter.

Example:

[pms-account show_tabs="no"]

Subscription Actions

Retry Payment

The Retry Payment option appears if the user didn’t successfully pay for the subscription and the status is pending.
This option can be used by the user to reinitiate the payment either by sending the user to the payment gateway or showing the credit card details form.

Change

The Change option lets users to purchase another subscription plan.

Upgrade/Downgrade

The Upgrade/Downgrade options lets user purchase a higher or a lower ordered subscriptions from the same tier.
This option will only appear if there is an upgrade/downgrade available.

You can read more about Subscription Plans here.
Renew

The Renew option gives your users the possibility to manually renew a subscription plan.
This option appears for users that have Canceled or Expired subscriptions and also for users of Active subscriptions, which have 15 days or less remaining on their subscription.

If you want to make the button show sooner for Active subscriptions, please see instructions here.
Cancel

The Cancel option gives your users the option to stop recurring subscriptions. The status of the subscription will be set to Canceled and it will expire after the Expiration Date.
These users will still have access to your restricted content until the expiration date has passed.

Abandon

The Abandon option will completely remove a subscription from a users account. Recurring payments will be canceled and any access to restricted content will be revoked.
The user will need to purchase a subscription plan again from a page with the [pms-register] shortcode.

Downgrade or Change

These actions are disabled by default. In order to enable them, go to the Paid Member Subscriptions -> Settings -> Payments page.

After enabling one of them, the Upgrade action will be named `Change` and through it, your users will be able to Upgrade, Downgrade or Change their subscription plans.

Downgrading a subscription means that the user will be able to go down a subscription level (or more) and through the Change action, users can go to a subscription from a different tier.

These options are available starting with version 2.5.2 of Paid Member Subscriptions.

Logout Link

In order to generate the Logout Link follow the steps below:

The Logout Link allows your users to logout from the Front End of WordPress.

[pms-restrict] shortcode inside using the Text Editor (not Visual)

  • Hit “Publish” and you’ll be prompted with a Premium Content page that has restricted content
  • All the content added between the [pms-restrict] [/pms-restrict]

    shortcode will be restricted for the logged out user. Logged in users will be able to view the restricted content. To restrict the content based on Subscription Plan you will need to use the subscription_plans parameter inside the shortcode.

    An user with the Administrator Privileges will override all Content Restrictions.
    Paid Member Subscriptions - Shortcodes - Restrict Content

    Front End Premium Content Logged Out User

    Paid Member Subscriptions - Shortcodes - Restrict Content Logged Out User

    Front End Premium Content Logged In User

    Paid Member Subscriptions - Shortcodes - Restrict Content Logged In User

    Parameters

    [pms-restrict subscription_plans="" display_to="" message=""] Protect this Premium Content [/pms-restrict]

    Restrict Content based on Subscription Plan

    In order to restrict the content based on Subscription Plan we will need to use the subscription_plans parameter inside the [pms-restrict] shortcode. If we don’t use the subscription_plans parameter all the restricted content will be displayed to all logged in users.

    Example:

    [pms-restrict subscription_plans="177"]
    
    <strong>Premium Content</strong>
    
    Premium Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor.
    
    [/pms-restrict]
    

    Based on the example above, the content will be restricted for all the members that didn’t subscribe to the Subscription Plan with the ID 177, and in our case it is the Gold Subscription Plan.

    Display Content only to Logged Out Users

    In order to display content only to Logged Out Users we will need to add the “not_logged_in” value inside the display_to parameter.

    Example:

    [pms-restrict display_to="not_logged_in" message=" "]
    
    <strong>Content for Visitors</strong>
    
    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor. 
    
    [/pms-restrict]

    We use the message parameter to not display the message to the Logged In User.

    Modify the Message displayed to the User

    In order to modify the message displayed to the user that doesn’t have the appropriate Subscription Plan to view the restricted content, we will need to use the message parameter.

    Example:

    [pms-restrict message='You must be logged in to view this content. <a href="https://www.yourdomain.com/login">Login</a>']
    
    <strong>Premium Content</strong>
    
    Premium Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor. 
    
    [/pms-restrict]

    The message parameter will overwrite the default message setup in Paid Member Subscriptions -> Settings -> Content Restriction -> Messages for logged-in non-member users.

    Display Content to non-subscribers

    You can also use the shortcode to show content to users that are not subscribed to a plan or any plan.

    Example:

    [pms-restrict display_to="not_subscribed" message=" "]
        This content will be shown to any user that is not subscribed to a plan.
    [/pms-restrict]
    
    

    [pms-restrict subscription_plans=”123,251″ display_to=”not_subscribed” message=” “]
    This content will be shown to any user that is not subscribed to plan with id 123 or 251
    [/pms-restrict]

    The first example will display to any non-subscriber from your website and the second one will be shown only to users that do not have plans 123 or 251.
    The `message=” “` parameter was also added so the shortcode doesn’t display anything when the user has the right plan.

    Keep in mind that by default users can only be subscribed to 1 plan, so if you try to show a message to users that are not part of subscription x, but they are already members for subscription y, they won’t see that message. This changes if you activate the Multiple Subscriptions Per User add-on.

    Display Content to Group Subscription owners

    Custom content can also be added for Group Subscriptions owners:

    Example:

    [pms-restrict display_to="group_owner" message=" "]
        This content will be shown only to Group Owners.
    [/pms-restrict]
    

    You can also add a second parameter `group_owner_user_id` in order to use the functionality in emails where the current user is not the one the email is being sent to.

    Example:

    [pms-restrict display_to="group_owner" message=" " group_owner_user_id="{{user_id}}]
        This content will be shown only to Group Owners. 
    [/pms-restrict]
    
    This option is available starting with version 2.0.7 of Paid Member Subscriptions.

    Payment History

    In order to use the Payment History shortcode follow the steps below:

    The [pms-payment-history] shortcode, will create a Payment History Table that will list all the Payments done by the user including the ID, Amount, Date/Time and Status. If no payments were made by the user then the “No payments found” notification will be displayed.

    Paid Member Subscriptions - Shortcodes - Payment History

    Front End Payment History Table

    Paid Member Subscriptions - Shortcodes - Payment History Table in Front End

    Parameters

    [pms-payment-history number_per_page=""]

    Generate Action Link

    In order for this feature to work, you need to select the page with the [pms-account] shortcode by going to PMS -> Settings -> General.

    Subscription actions are part of the [pms-account] shortcode. They are shown on the Subscriptions tab and let the user manage his subscription. For more information click here.

    Using a shortcode, it is possible to display these actions on other pages, prompting the user to renew, retry the payment and more.

    Usage

    [pms-action]
      Your last payment has failed, {{retry}}click here{{/retry}} to try again.
    [/pms-action]
    The content that you place inside the shortcode will be displayed only if that particular action is available.

    The action is chosen based on the tags you are using to wrap your link text. In the example above, we use the {{retry}}…{{/retry}} tags in order to generate a Retry Payment link. You need to replace this with the action that you need to generate the link for. Available actions are:

    If no tags are added inside the shortcode or if the closing tag is missing, the shortcode will not return anything.

    To verify that in the scenario you’re testing a particular action is available, visit the page with the [pms-account] shortcode.

    Multiple Subscriptions per User

    If the user has more than 1 subscription, when generating the URL, you can add a shortcode parameter to specify to which subscription plan the action you are defining refers to:

    [pms-action plan_id="123"]
      To renew your subscription, {{renew}}click here{{/renew}}.
    [/pms-action]

    So we added the plan_id parameter to the shortcode, alongside the id of the plan we’re looking to target (123 in the example).

    Return only the URL

    The shortcode can be used to return only the URL for the Action instead of the HTML markup. This is useful in a scenario where the markup is generated by something else (a button generated by your page builder for example) and you only need the correct URL appended.

    Usage:

    [pms-action]{{upgrade}}{{/upgrade}}[/pms-action]

    Count Members

    In order to use the Count Members shortcode follow the steps below:

    The [pms-count-members] shortcode will display the number of active members regardless of the subscription plan. If there is no active members, the shortcode will display 0.

    Parameters

    [pms-count-members plan_id="" status=""]

    Usage:

    [pms-count-members plan_id="46" status="active, cancel"]

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