On this page is a list of terms as we define them in MemberPress. Some terms are linked to take you to additional documentation as many terms are explained on other pages. For example, if you are looking to understand a term related to a Group in MemberPress, use the Group(s) term's link below.
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MemberPress Terms
| Term | Definition |
| License Key | The activated License Key is required for the MemberPress plugin to function on your website. It also provides access to updates, customer support, and admin functions. The license key is connected to your subscription on MemberPress.com, and the key will remain active until the subscription expires. Learn more about what happens if your license key expires. |
| User | A WordPress User account is created for every person registered on your website (manually, through import or registration). This includes any user registered on your website, including administrators. Users must have their WordPress User account to log in to your website. |
| Member | Members are users who are currently or were registered for any membership in MemberPress. |
| Guest | A person visiting your website without being logged in. Most often, these are persons who are still not registered as users. |
| Membership | The membership package that users can subscribe to. Each membership has a unique price, duration, renewal rules, permissions, and registration page. Users' access to protected content will often be based on memberships. |
| Permissions | Membership Option that controls who can purchase your membership. Here, you can set conditions for users to subscribe to that specific membership. |
| Membership Terms | Membership price and renewal rules are defined here. The pricing terms will be used to create subscriptions and charge users when they subscribe to the membership. |
| Subscription
| Financial portion of the membership which houses and manages the billing, cost, and interval of a membership. Can be understood as an umbrella or case for transactions. One user can have multiple subscriptions to either the same membership or different memberships. A single payment may be referred to as a non-recurring or one-time payment subscription. |
| Subscription Status | Can be Active or Inactive. A subscription is Active when there is a completed, non-refunded, non-expired transaction. A subscription is Inactive when that is not present. |
| Cancel | All future billings are stopped. The user must register again to renew their subscription. Only automatically recurring subscriptions can be cancelled. |
| Pause/Resume | When a subscription is paused, all future billings are stopped until the user resumes again. Only automatically recurring subscriptions can be paused/resumed. |
| Transaction | The bill or invoice that users pay during registration or as part of their continued subscription to get access to your site. Can be connected to a subscription or be a single one-time payment. |
| Group(s) | A group of Memberships that are connected either for upgrade/downgrade purposes, or for the creation of a group pricing page. |
| Rule(s) | Access conditions that grant access to the content they are set to protect based on the active status of a user's Membership OR based on the user who is viewing the content. |
| PayWall | Specifies the number of free page views of content an unauthorized guest or user will have before being shown your unauthorized message(s) and required to login or register. A free page view is anytime the user visits a page protected by a rule and can see it without being logged in or having an active Subscription. Configured in the General Tab of the Settings of MemberPress. |
| Coupon(s) | A special code that can be used upon registration to grant a predetermined discount. Cannot be used in the middle of a recurring subscription. |
| Registration | The process that a user follows to sign up for a Membership and purchase a Subscription or make a single payment. |
| (User Information) Fields | Basic or custom fields that users are given the option to, or required to fill out during the registration process. Can be shown or hidden on both the registration page and the account page and set to be optional or required. |
| Account Page | Lists all of the information connected to the MemberPress Member who is logged in to view the page. |
| Payment Method(s) | Also called Payment Gateway, this is the payment processor used to process your users's payments. Examples include Stripe, PayPal, and Authorize.net. |
| Reminder(s) | An email that is triggered before or after a specific event occurs with the option of sending it at the time the trigger occurs as well. |
| Email(s) | A set of emails you can send to users that are immediately triggered when a specific event occurs. |
| Addons | A smaller plugin designed by MemberPress to create additional functionality. A full list of our supported addons can be found here. |
| Third Party Addon | Same as above, only these are developed by someone outside of MemberPress and we do not provide customer or developmental support for. A full list of known third party plugins can be found here. |
| Email Marketing Addons | An addon designed by MemberPress to connect your membership site to your favorite email marketing system. A full list of our email marketing addons can be found here. |
