latest stable versions: v130513 (changelog)

PCI Compliance (Simplified)

What does it mean to become PCI Compliant? The short version (simplified) It means you’ve paid a security scanning company (such as McAfee® Secure or TrustGuard®) to scan your server routinely; and that you address any security vulnerabilities that your security scans reveal. It also means that you are filing PCI Compliance Reports (normally with assistance provided by these companies) …

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s2Member® Server Scanner

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s2Member-Only Mode (What Is That?)

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s2Member® Roles/Capabilities

A Quick Overview — What are Roles/Capabilities? When you install s2Member®, it integrates seamlessly with an existing WordPress® concept that facilitates varying degrees of permission across different portions of a site or service (including the back-end of WordPress® itself). So Roles/Capabilities are NOT something new that s2Member® introduces, it simply works with and customizes an existing WordPress® community concept. For …

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BillMeLater® (Offer Customer Financing)

s2Member® (even the free version) supports the BillMeLater® service, simply because it’s supported by PayPal during checkout at PayPal.com. If you’ve already integrated with PayPal Buttons or PayPal Pro Forms (i.e. you make PayPal a payment option on your site), then you’re already integrated with BillMeLater®. Customers can simply choose BillMeLater® during checkout at PayPal.com. * Please note that you …

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PayPal® Compatibility (Account Types)

PayPal® comes in SO many different flavors these days, I thought it would be good to clarify which type of account that you’ll need if you’re planning to integrate with s2Member® Pro Forms and PayPal®. There are actually two ways to do this. I will cover the BEST way first, and that’s with a PayPal® Pro account. Integrating With PayPal® …

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s2Member® Pro Forms

A Quick Overview (Pro Forms vs. Buttons) Among other things, s2Member® Pro comes with “Pro Forms” (these are shortcodes that generate Registration/Checkout Forms — and other kinds of forms too). In contrast, the free version of s2Member® does NOT come with Pro Forms. In the free version of s2Member® you will be working with “Payment Buttons” only. Payment Buttons will …

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Plugins/Themes (Compatibility w/ s2Member®)

On The Topic Of WordPress® Theme/Plugin Compatibility Before I begin, I would just like to point something out. s2Member® and s2Member® Pro have BOTH been designed for theme/plugin compatibility. s2Member® integrates seamlessly with WordPress®, and it uses existing framework concepts that come with your installation of WordPress®. The point I want to make is that MANY themes/plugins (around 80-90% of …

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PayPal® Pro (PayFlow Edition)

PayPal® comes in SO many different flavors these days, I thought it would be good to clarify which type of account that you’ll need if you’re planning to integrate with s2Member® Pro Forms and PayPal®. There are actually two ways to do this. I will cover the BEST way first, and that’s with a PayPal® Pro account. Integrating With PayPal® …

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Best Caching Plugin w/s2Member® Compatibility

If you’re looking for the perfect caching plugin (to boost speed on your site), we highly recommend the Quick Cache plugin, which was developed by myself, Lead Developer for s2Member®. Quick Cache and s2Member have been tested extensively together, which is why we recommend Quick Cache over other alternatives. s2Member® is also compatible W3 Total Cache, and with WP Super …

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