Use the membership to allow access to forum - How-to and Troubleshooting https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/use-the-membership-to-allow-access-to-forum/ Discussion Board en-US Sat, 14 Mar 2026 13:39:59 +0000 wpForo 60 RE: Use the membership to allow access to forum https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/use-the-membership-to-allow-access-to-forum/paged/3/#post-22276 Sun, 30 Dec 2018 09:10:25 +0000 Hi,

and thanks for the information. At this point we are trying several membership-plugins, at least one seems to store the users a second time in another database. Luckily, we are not live yet. As far as I like wpforo much more than other solutions, it seems to be a hard fight.

Danke und viele Grüße, Bernd

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting BerndG https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/use-the-membership-to-allow-access-to-forum/paged/3/#post-22276 RE: Use the membership to allow access to forum https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/use-the-membership-to-allow-access-to-forum/paged/3/#post-22272 Sun, 30 Dec 2018 00:05:56 +0000 Hi @BerndG !

I am sorry, the plugins wpforo and DigiMember in combination with DigiStore24 do not work together properly.

Usually the new members who bought my membership via DigiStore24 are added to my WP-System as "Subscribers" with a respective member account and login-data automatically. But as soon as wpforo is activated, after the sale the new members are not added to the WP-System anymore at all. 

So I had to build my forum with wpforo on a different WP-platform than my membership. All members have to register separately for the forum and I have to control the registration process manually.

I don't know where the problem is: Is it the connection between DigiStore24 (reseller) and wpforo or the connection between DigiMember and wpforo? No support team could help me to find the answer. 

So, if there is someone who can help - any help still is very welcome ;-)

Best regards,

Maria

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting Maria.Frankfurt https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/use-the-membership-to-allow-access-to-forum/paged/3/#post-22272 RE: Use the membership to allow access to forum https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/use-the-membership-to-allow-access-to-forum/paged/3/#post-22251 Sat, 29 Dec 2018 11:51:46 +0000 Hi Maria,

I'm at the same point you have been - did it work out with wpforo and digimember? Saw digimember in your post first time and it looks trustworthy ...

Thanks for a reply, Bernd

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting BerndG https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/use-the-membership-to-allow-access-to-forum/paged/3/#post-22251 RE: Use the membership to allow access to forum https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/use-the-membership-to-allow-access-to-forum/paged/3/#post-17350 Sun, 08 Jul 2018 08:34:43 +0000 Hi Robert,

thank you very much! So I will give wpforo a try. 

Probably you will see me here again, while testing the plugin... ;-)

Kind regards,

Maria

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting Maria.Frankfurt https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/use-the-membership-to-allow-access-to-forum/paged/3/#post-17350 RE: Use the membership to allow access to forum https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/use-the-membership-to-allow-access-to-forum/paged/3/#post-17345 Sat, 07 Jul 2018 16:08:12 +0000 Yes, sure. It's already configured like that. You should edit all forums and set "No Access" to Guest usergroup.

https://wpforo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/wpForo-dont-allow-guests-to-see-forums-1.png

Then navigate to Dashboard > Forums > Dashboard admin page and click on button.

Thus, only registered users (all registered users get Subscriber user role and Registered usergroup) will be able to access to your forums. And all users of the Registered Usergroup have Subscriber user Role.

 

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting Robert https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/use-the-membership-to-allow-access-to-forum/paged/3/#post-17345 RE: Use the membership to allow access to forum https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/use-the-membership-to-allow-access-to-forum/paged/3/#post-17344 Sat, 07 Jul 2018 14:03:14 +0000 Hi Robert,

thank you for your quick reply!

The membership plugin doesn't change the WP user role. I can make "membership-products" by telling the plugin which pages and posts the standard user "Subscriber" can access. So, I could let them be users of the forum simply by allowing access to the forum pages and posts.

It would totally be alright, if all WP users who are "Subscribers" could automatically join the forum. I don't need any different user levels. All members can use the forum.

Can I do this with wpforo?

Kind regards,

Maria

 

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting Maria.Frankfurt https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/use-the-membership-to-allow-access-to-forum/paged/3/#post-17344 RE: Use the membership to allow access to forum https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/use-the-membership-to-allow-access-to-forum/paged/2/#post-17343 Sat, 07 Jul 2018 13:46:27 +0000 wpForo has no any feature which requires second registration.

Please let me know what happens when user paid for membership? Does the membership plugin changes the user role of this user? This is the main point which allows other plugins work with the membership plugin. If this membership plugin doesn't make any change in paid user role then this plugin has no any chance to work with any other plugins, including wpForo.

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting Robert https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/use-the-membership-to-allow-access-to-forum/paged/2/#post-17343 RE: Use the membership to allow access to forum https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/use-the-membership-to-allow-access-to-forum/paged/2/#post-17341 Sat, 07 Jul 2018 13:33:07 +0000 Hi Robert,

I am also looking for a Forum software which allows the following:

I am using the German membership plugin DigiMember for my paid membership site. Now I want to add a forum, which only can be used by paid members and - ideally - with the same user account they already have within their existing membership (which uses the WP user role "Subscriber").  I don't want them to register a second time having a second account for the forum in addition to their membership account.

Do you think you will be able to add such a feature to wpforo and when will that be the case?

Thank you very much for your reply!

Best regards,

Maria

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting Maria.Frankfurt https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/use-the-membership-to-allow-access-to-forum/paged/2/#post-17341 RE: Use the membership to allow access to forum https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/use-the-membership-to-allow-access-to-forum/paged/2/#post-15867 Sun, 29 Apr 2018 05:02:42 +0000 Hi Dennis,

wpForo 1.4.8 will be released in a few days. The synchronization of wpForo usergroups with custom WP roles is planned in 1.5.0 version, we're not planned 1.4.9 version (unless we have to release an urgent bugfix version), so the next version after 1.4.8 will be the 1.5.0 (next month, probably in a 2-3 weeks).

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting Robert https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/use-the-membership-to-allow-access-to-forum/paged/2/#post-15867 RE: Use the membership to allow access to forum https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/use-the-membership-to-allow-access-to-forum/paged/2/#post-15858 Fri, 27 Apr 2018 12:44:50 +0000 @robert

On my install when I click any link to posts I am taken to the Forum Statistics on the post page but not to the post itself. It must be a bug? 

 Any news on updates? Been 2 months from the latest update! 

I do understand and see on this forum what users are asking but, we can't add members manually forever. 5 min minimum per each user and 6 pages to go through!

Please let me know if this is not something to be added in near future so we can have a look at other more robust solution.

 

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting Dennis https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/use-the-membership-to-allow-access-to-forum/paged/2/#post-15858