Paid Memberships Pro - Roles Add On

A membership site often has several tiers, and each tier may need different permissions. Handling that by hand means editing user roles one account at a time. This add-on solves that by tying roles to membership levels. When someone joins a level, they receive the role you mapped to it, and that role controls what they can see and do on the site.

You set up the mapping in a settings interface, with no coding. Roles change as members upgrade, downgrade or cancel, so permissions stay in step with their current level. The add-on works alongside the Paid Memberships Pro core plugin and keeps your existing membership structure in place. Other plugins that support WordPress roles can also make use of the roles it assigns.

Features

• Automatic role assignment: Custom WordPress roles are given to members based on their membership level, so access control is applied without anyone having to change accounts by hand.
• Role switching on changes: When a member upgrades, downgrades or cancels, their role updates to match, which keeps permissions in sync with the level they currently hold.
• Customizable role mapping: Define and manage which role belongs to each membership level from a settings interface that needs no coding.
• Backend and frontend control: Use WordPress role management to shape what members can do in the backend and what content or site functions they reach on the frontend.
• Works with Paid Memberships Pro: The add-on runs alongside the Paid Memberships Pro core plugin and preserves your existing membership structure while adding role capabilities.
• Targeted member experience: Linking levels to distinct roles lets you offer different content, features and interactions to each membership tier.
• Third-party plugin compatibility: Other plugins that support WordPress roles can use the roles this add-on assigns, which extends what your site can do for each tier.
• Safe handling of level names: Level names containing apostrophes produce clean role names, without a stray backslash in the result.

Best for

• Paid Memberships Pro sites with several membership tiers
• Site owners who need role-based permissions per level
• Admins who want roles updated automatically as members change levels