WordPress WooCommerce Membership

Want to generate recurring revenue from your content or sell exclusive digital products? Creating a WordPress WooCommerce membership site is one of the most effective ways to build a sustainable online business. While it might sound complex, the right tools can make the process incredibly simple.

In this guide, we’ll walk you through the exact steps to launch your own membership site using the power of WooCommerce and the simplicity of the ThinkMembers Pro plugin.

Why Use WooCommerce for Your Membership Site?

Before diving in, let’s cover why WooCommerce is the perfect foundation. Millions of online stores already trust WooCommerce for its security, flexibility, and massive ecosystem. By building your WordPress membership site on this platform, you get:

• Secure Payment Processing: Leverage dozens of payment gateways you already know and trust.
• Familiar Interface: No need to learn a completely new system. You’ll manage your membership “products” just like any other product.
• Scalability: From 10 members to 10,000, WooCommerce can handle the growth of your business.

What You’ll Need to Get Started

Building your site is easier than you think. Here are the only three things you need:

1. A self-hosted WordPress website.
2. The free WooCommerce plugin installed and activated.
3. The ThinkMembers Pro plugin.

That’s it. Let’s build your site.

Step-by-Step: Building Your WooCommerce Membership Site

Here is the simple, 4-step process to get your new membership site running.

Step 1: Install and Activate ThinkMembers Pro

Once you purchase ThinkMembers Pro, download the .zip file from your account. In your WordPress dashboard, go to Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin, select the file, and activate it. After activation, enter your license key to enable all features.

Step 2: Create a WooCommerce “Access” Product

Your membership is a product. Go to WooCommerce > Products > Add New. Create a Virtual product (for example, “Gold Plan Access” or “Monthly VIP Pass”) and set a price. This is what your customers will purchase to gain access.

Step 3: Create Your First Membership Plan

Navigate to ThinkMembers > Add New in your WordPress dashboard.

• Give your plan a name (e.g., “Gold Plan”).
• Select the “Trigger Product” – choose the WooCommerce product you created in the previous step.
• Set the duration – choose between “Lifetime” or a “Timed” duration (days, weeks, months, or years).

Step 4: Restrict Content for Your Members

This is where the magic happens. Based on your plan type, you can now protect your content.

• For Content Restriction: In the plan settings, simply search for and select the pages and posts you want to make exclusive to this plan’s members.
• For a Digital Membership: Select the product categories that members of this plan will get access to. Any downloadable product in that category will become available to them.

Save your plan, and you’re officially ready to sell!

Start Your Membership Business Today

As you can see, creating a powerful WooCommerce membership site doesn’t have to be complicated. By leveraging the tools you already know, you can protect your valuable content, sell digital products, and build a recurring revenue stream in just a few simple steps.

Ready to launch the WordPress membership site you’ve always dreamed of?

Get ThinkMembers Pro today and start building your community!