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01. Introduction to MemberDash

MemberDash is a powerful integration designed to bridge the gap between WooCommerce Memberships and LearnDash, providing an effortless way to manage and control access to your LearnDash courses through WooCommerce Memberships. With MemberDash, you can streamline the creation and maintenance of memberships, ensuring that your content delivery is both efficient and flexible.

Why MemberDash?​

MemberDash addresses the challenges that arise when using WooCommerce Memberships with LearnDash, including:

  • Manual Setup Hassles: Without MemberDash, managing course access for members involves extensive manual configuration. MemberDash eliminates this by automating the process of linking WooCommerce memberships to LearnDash courses.
  • Dynamic Membership Management: If your course offerings change or expand, MemberDash ensures that all relevant memberships are updated automatically, saving you time and reducing the risk of errors.
  • Unified Experience: By integrating LearnDash courses directly with WooCommerce Memberships, MemberDash creates a seamless user journey for your members, from purchase to access.

Key Features​

  • Automatic Enrollment: Members are automatically enrolled in courses linked to their membership plans without any extra steps.
  • Streamlined Management: When new courses are added to a membership, MemberDash instantly updates member access, ensuring a smooth and hassle-free experience.
  • Team Memberships: Expand your offerings with Teams for WooCommerce Memberships, enabling group enrollments for businesses, schools, and organizations.
  • Access Continuity: Maintain course access for members as long as their membership remains active, with intelligent handling of renewals and cancellations.
  • Enhanced Membership Offerings: Leverage WooCommerce Memberships to deliver exclusive content, perks, and discounts beyond course access, creating additional value for your members.

Benefits​

  • Save Time: Reduce administrative burdens by automating membership and course access management.
  • Increase Revenue: Offer memberships that combine courses, exclusive content, and other benefits to attract and retain subscribers.
  • Simplify Workflows: Maintain course and membership relationships dynamically, eliminating the need for manual updates when content changes.
  • Deliver a Better Experience: Provide members with a consistent and reliable process from purchase to learning.

Use Case Example​

Imagine you run a fitness website offering premium workout plans and nutrition guides to your members. With MemberDash, you can create distinct membership tiers like "Basic," "Premium," and "Elite," each with tailored features and pricing. Easily set up recurring payments, offer exclusive discounts, and monitor member engagement. Best of all, when you add a new course to a membership tier, MemberDash ensures all members in that tier automatically gain access—saving you from the time-consuming task of manually updating access for individual purchases, as is often required with LearnDash's default setup.

Pre-requisites​

Before installing and using the MemberDash plugin, ensure that your WordPress website meets the following system requirements:

  • WordPress Version: MemberDash requires WordPress version 4.0 or higher and has been tested up to version 5.3.2. To ensure compatibility, it’s recommended to keep your WordPress installation updated to the latest version.

  • PHP Version: Your web server must run PHP version 7.0 or higher. Using the latest stable PHP version is recommended for the best performance and security.

  • Required Plugins: MemberDash depends on the following WordPress plugins to function:

Make sure these dependencies are installed and active on your site before proceeding.

For detailed setup instructions and advanced configuration options, explore the subsequent sections of this documentation.