Membership system

Membership tiers

Tier	Slug	Access
Free	free	Public content + free resources
Pro	pro	All free content + premium articles, downloads
Business	business	All Pro content + API access, team seats

Tiers are defined in MemberPress under Memberships. Do not rename slugs — they are referenced in code.

Content gating

Access rules are managed in MemberPress under Rules. The general approach:

• Free content: no rule (publicly accessible)
• Gated content: rule set to require pro or business membership
• Partial gating (teaser + paywall): handled by the ws2-paywall custom plugin

Avoid gating entire categories — gate at the post level or use a dedicated gated category to keep rules manageable.

Integrations

Mailchimp — membership status changes (new, upgraded, cancelled) trigger Mailchimp tag updates via the MemberPress Mailchimp add-on. Tag naming convention: mp-{tier-slug} (e.g. mp-pro).

Stripe — subscription billing is handled by the MemberPress Stripe gateway. Recurring payments, dunning, and cancellations are managed there — do not intervene directly in Stripe.

Debugging access issues

If a member reports they can’t access content they should have:

# Check their active memberships
wp eval 'print_r(MeprUser::get_active_memberships(get_user_by("email","user@example.com")->ID));'

# Force a capability refresh
wp eval 'MeprUser::refresh_capabilities();'