Paid Memberships Pro
Gate Jetonomy spaces by Paid Memberships Pro subscription level - with automatic access granted on activation and revoked on cancellation or expiry.
Available in Jetonomy free. The Paid Memberships Pro adapter ships in the free plugin - Jetonomy Pro is not required to gate spaces by PMPro levels.
What You Will Learn
- How Jetonomy detects Paid Memberships Pro (PMPro)
- How to set up an Access Rule tied to a PMPro level
- What triggers the auto-join and auto-leave behavior
- The hook names you can use for custom logic
How Detection Works
Jetonomy detects PMPro automatically when the plugin is active. The PMPro adapter registers with Jetonomy's Adapter Registry and unlocks the Access Rules tab in space settings. No manual connection step is required.
Note: If you activate PMPro after Jetonomy is already running, go to Jetonomy → Settings and save the page once to trigger adapter re-registration.
Setting Up an Access Rule
- Go to Jetonomy → Spaces and open the space you want to gate.
- Open the Access Rules tab in the space settings panel.
- Set Rule Type to your Paid Memberships Pro level (PMPro levels appear in the dropdown once PMPro is active).
- Pick the PMPro level in the Value field.
- Set the Access level to Participate - the default, and the right answer for a standard gated space.
- Click Add Rule. The rule appears in the table below the form.
Members who hold the selected PMPro level gain access to the space immediately. You can stack multiple rules - access is granted if the member matches any rule.
Tip: For a full explanation of the Access level (Read / Participate / Full) choices, see Access level in the MemberPress guide - they work the same for every integration.
Access Follows the Subscription
Access is worked out when someone opens the space, by reading your Access Rules against the levels they hold right now. There is nothing to synchronise.
On activation - the member can open the space on their next page load. The hook jetonomy_membership_activated fires with $adapter = 'pmpro'.
On cancellation or expiry - they lose access just as immediately. The hook jetonomy_membership_deactivated fires with $adapter = 'pmpro'. Their posts and replies stay exactly as they are.
The adapter hooks into PMPro's pmpro_after_change_membership_level action to detect both events.
The roster is separate. A member let in by a rule does not appear in the space's Members list or member count until you press Sync Members, and those rows are not removed again when a level lapses. Access is always correct either way - see Access Follows the Subscription for the full explanation.
A visitor without the level is shown which plan opens the space, with a button to PMPro checkout with that level already selected.
Visibility Behavior
| Space Visibility | Non-member sees... |
|---|---|
| Public | Space listed, content readable, posting locked |
| Private | Space listed with lock icon, content hidden |
| Hidden | Space not listed at all |
Developer Hook
// Fires when a PMPro membership deactivates.
add_action( 'jetonomy_membership_deactivated', function( int $user_id, string $level_id, string $adapter ) {
if ( 'pmpro' === $adapter ) {
// Remove user from any related external system.
my_crm_remove_access( $user_id, $level_id );
}
}, 10, 3 );
Troubleshooting
Level dropdown is empty in Access Rules - Confirm PMPro is active and that you have at least one membership level created in Memberships → Membership Levels.
Member not removed on cancellation - PMPro has several cancellation states (expired, admin-cancelled, non-renewing). Jetonomy listens to all of them via pmpro_after_change_membership_level where the new level is 0.
Multiple levels, unexpected access - If a user holds more than one PMPro level, Jetonomy evaluates all rules. Access persists as long as any single rule still matches an active level.
What's Next?
Gate spaces using a WooCommerce product purchase or subscription - available in Jetonomy Pro.