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If you want to use WooCommerce on your site, you can let WooCommerce handle user creation and payments the way you want, and our plugin will simply run in the background. It will receive a notification from WooCommerce after the user account is created. In that scenario, the user-registration process will primarily be handled by WooCommerce.

That said, I’m sharing some information below to help you understand the standard registration process of the Simple Membership plugin (without using any other plugin such as WooCommerce).

It’s important to understand a key concept regarding how our main plugin’s registration process works, as it may differ from other membership plugins you may have used.

How Membership Selection Works (Choosing Membership Level)

Unlike some other plugins, the Simple Membership plugin does not include a membership level selection directly within the registration form. Instead, users select their desired membership level on a landing page, typically a “Join Us” page, using payment buttons or links.

Each payment button is associated with a specific membership level. When a user selects a button (i.e., a payment tier), it determines the membership level they are signing up for. The chosen membership level and corresponding payment then define the registration flow that the user will follow.

For more details on setting up and using a membership “Join Us” landing page, please refer to the following documentation:

https://simple-membership-plugin.com/membership-join-us-page/

Options for Handling Paid Memberships

You can set up your site to manage paid memberships in one of the following two ways:

Option 1: Pay First, Then Register

• Users visit the “Join Us” page and choose a membership level.
• After completing the payment, they receive a unique registration link for that level.
  Learn more: Membership Registration Process Overview
  

Option 2: Register First, Then Upgrade

• Users first sign up for a free membership to create a basic account.
• They can later visit a payment page to select a paid level and complete the upgrade.
  Learn more: Allowing Members to Create Account Prior to Completing Membership Payment

Options for Handling Free Memberships

If you want to create registration forms for free memberships (free registration) then the following pages will be helpful:

https://simple-membership-plugin.com/offer-customers-free-membership/

https://simple-membership-plugin.com/offering-multiple-free-memberships-site/

The following page explains how you can create a registration form for a particular membership level (if that’s what you want to do to offer direct free registration into a membership level):

https://simple-membership-plugin.com/simple-membership-registration-form-shortcode-generator/

WooCommerce will create the customer account. Then our plugin will receive a notification from WooCommerce and then that will make our plugin create a member account inside the Simple Membership plugin also (this happens in the background; the user doesn’t have to fill in the Simple Membership plugin’s registration form).

The following section of the documentation outlines the scenario with WooCommerce:

https://simple-membership-plugin.com/woocommerce-simple-membership-plugin-integration/#option-1-allow-woocommerce-to-create-the-user-account