latest stable versions: v120514 (changelog)

Troubleshooting Email Delivery Problems

If it appears that s2Member is not sending emails, you can try the following to help diagnose where the issue may reside. Is s2Member actually sending the emails? To check if s2Member is actually sending the emails that you’re expecting, please install the EMail Log plugin. This plugin will maintain a log of every email that WordPress/s2Member sends out. Once …

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Protecting Non-WordPress Content with s2Member

If you want to use s2Member to protect content that is being loaded outside of WordPress, you can do so by including from the WordPress core files: If the file you’re protecting exists outside your directory, be sure to update the line with the correct path (e.g., if your non-WordPress file exists in and the core WordPress files exist in …

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Offering Paid Member Registration for Free, Using Pro-Forms

When you want to offer paid level access, for free, there is a procedure to do this. You will need the Pro version of s2Member, in order to have access to the pro-forms. Go to , there, copy the shortcode that appears, and paste in the page where you want the registration. Now the shortcode should be something like this: …

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s2Member® Pro-Forms

s2Member’s Pro-Forms allow you to have the form, on any page/post you want. As with the PayPal buttons, it comes with a shortcode, and an HTML version. It is recommended to use the shortcode for security reasons. The great thing about pro-forms is that they allow you to control the whole checkout process, you are sure that they will see …

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Debugging the AWeber integration

Here are a few things you can do: SMTP mail plugins may cause problems with s2Member’s AWeber integration. A problem can occur when/if you configure an outside SMTP server that MUST have emails sent a specific address, one which is directly associated with your SMTP account. In cases such as this, s2Member may be unable to get mail through to …

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Logged in but am considered logged out

I login and am taken to the Login Welcome Page, but as soon as I surf around the site and come back to the Login Welcome Page, I get sent to the Membership Options Page as a visitor. The problem may be that you’re mixing with . When a user logs in, they’re logging in under , but once they’re …

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Pages missing from Specific Post/Page button generator

You’re trying to use s2Member’s Specific Post/Page Access Restrictions, and although you’ve protected several Posts/Pages this way, they’re not showing up in the Specific Post/Page Button Generator? I would suspect that you’ve created a conflict by mistake. s2Member will not allow you to generate a Payment Button that facilitates Specific Post/Page Access, with any Post/Page which is already protected with …

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Importing existing subscriptions

Importing existing Members with s2Member allows you to include the Subscription IDs associated with any existing Members, so that s2Member can receive future communication about these Members from PayPal’s IPN service. So, if you include the Paid Subscr. ID value when you do the import, and your PayPal IPN URL is reporting properly to your installation of s2Member (i.e. yoursite.com/?s2member_paypal_notify=1), …

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s2Member® Brute Force IP/Login Restrictions

s2Member comes with Brute Force IP/Login Restrictions, which means that s2Member will block a certain IP if it tries to access an account by guessing the password, or if the user can’t remember the password/username and tries to guess it. It can be found under . By default, this option is set to “”. You might want to adjust this …

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Custom Image in PayPal Button

Have you ever wanted to use your own image for the PayPal button? Instead of the default? With s2Member, you can use the PayPal button generated with s2Member’s shortcode and change the image to the one you prefer using the image attribute. For more information refer to . Simply put the URL of the photo you want to use between …

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