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I would like to use S2Member plugin on my WordPress site without the PayPal part. I have a site that we will be setting up the members and selecting the areas that they can visit. The site isn't a pay site but I would like to use 2SMember for the membership side of the site. Is this possible?

Thank you,
Jim

Sure. You'll need to enable open registration WP Admin -> s2Member -> General Options -> Open Registration / Free Subscribers.

Then you can manage the access using Level 0 (free members).

Hi,

Thank you for the quick response. But if I enable open registration doesn't that just allow anyone to have access to the pages, post that I have set for members only? I want to be able to control who is allowed to see the members pages or post.

Thank you,
Jim

You're welcome, Jim. Let me see if I can explain it better.

If you enable open registration, all free members will be set at Level 0 by s2Member. Then you protect your memebers-only content with a minimum Level 0 requirement, which will prevent anyone not logged in (e.g. guest visitors) from viewing that content. If you wanted to have paid members, then they'd be assigned a level 1+ or custom capabilities, and so would be the requirement to access their exclusive content.

Does that answer your question or am I not understanding correctly what you want to achieve?