Today we’re going to show you how to create a WordPress membership site WITHOUT any expensive, specialized WordPress membership plugins.
How can you create a WordPress membership site without extra plugins? Easy!
Breakdance is a next-generation visual site builder for WordPress that includes all of the functionality you’ll need to create an awesome WordPress membership site without having to install tons of extra membership-specific plugins to charge for access to content on your WordPress site.
By using Breakdance’s powerful design tools and conditions, you’ll learn how to build a WordPress membership site quickly and easily using WooCommerce (free!) as your payment solution. Again, this tutorial requires no third-party WordPress membership plugins, so you won’t need to install WooCommerce memberships, MemberPress, or Paid Memberships Pro.
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Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction & Overview
0:40 - Preview Of Finished Site
3:00 - Installing & Configuring WooCommerce
7:08 - Advanced Custom Fields, Custom Post Type & Custom Fields Setup
12:33 - Building A Header
15:50 - Building A Footer
18:01 - Importing The Home Page Design From The Library
19:51 - Setting Up The Single Product Template & Conditions
23:47 - Setting Up The Single "Paid Content" CPT Template & Conditions
29:49 - Finished Membership Site Front-End Review
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Ready to follow along and create your very own WordPress membership site? Check out the links below for one-click WordPress installs (powered by InstaWP: instawp.com/) to get straight into the action:
Blank WordPress Link: app.instawp.io/launch?t=break...
This link will create a completely fresh WordPress + Breakdance install so you can follow along from scratch!
Follow-Along Link: app.instawp.io/launch?t=membe...
This link will create a WordPress install with all of the basic plugins required to follow the tutorial already installed and ready to go.
Complete Site Link: app.instawp.io/launch?t=membe...
Want to jump straight into customizing? This link will create your own copy of the finished site from this tutorial. You can then easily customize & migrate the site out to your own hosting to get your WordPress membership site up and running fast.
Note: Because WooCommerce Subscriptions is a premium plugin, you'll need to install your own copy if you wish to offer subscription-based memberships.
All InstaWP sites expire automatically after 24 hours.
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To use the design featured in the video, go to Breakdance → Settings → Design Library and paste this URL into the "Custom Design Sets" field:
patreontut.instawp.xyz
Once you've saved that, the design set will show up at the bottom of the design sets list when browsing the library inside of Breakdance.
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Missing the WooCommerce conditions used in the video?
If you're using Code Snippets by Code Snippets Pro, download & import this snippet: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/humw3y....
Otherwise, visit gist.github.com/Spellhammer/6..., copy the code, and paste it into a new code snippet via your code snippets plugin of choice. This will add the necessary WooCommerce conditions so that you can complete the project in this tutorial.
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Ready to get started? Watch the video now to learn how to create your own membership site using WordPress and Breakdance!