Simplified Membership Management in Academy LMS with SureMembers

This guide explores integrating SureMembers, a membership plugin, with Academy LMS to manage course access through memberships on your WordPress e-learning platform.

SureMembers integration is a pro feature of Academy LMS. Let’s start with how to use Academy LMS with SureMembers.

Important Note: None of your courses that are created as Public courses, SureMembers, will not be applicable for those courses, only your created free and paid courses can be used for SureMembers.

Requirement For Using SureMembers With Academy LMS #

You will need the below plugin installed and activated for using Academy LMS with SureMembers:

Key take ways for this content:

Setting Up Access Groups in SureMembers #

After installing and activating these mentioned plugins follow the below steps for using SureMembers with the Academy LMS.

Step 1: Enable SureMemebers Addon.

Academy LMS with SureMembers: enable SureMembers addons form Academy LMS

Go to the Academy LMS > Add-ons menu. Here, you’ll find all the available add-ons. Look for the SureMembers Addon and enable it using the toggle.

Step 2: Now go to the SureMembers dashboard. Create an Access Groups by clicking on Add New.

Add a name for the Access Group, select Academy LMS Courses as Protected Content, choose action from unauthorized access option as redirect or message then set Redirect URL as your check out page.

Lastly, if you don’t exclude courses that aren’t under SureMembers group access, they will automatically fall under SureMembers. To prevent this, make sure to search for and exclude those courses in the ‘Exclude Pages/Posts/Taxonomies’ option within the ‘Protected Content’ section..

Don’t forget to Save Access Group.

Integrating SureCart with SureMembers #

Step 3: Navigate to “SureCart“, within the SureCart admin panel, find the “Products” section. Click the “Add New” button associated with “Products.” This action will launch a new interface specifically designed for creating a new product in SureCart.

Clicking Add New will launch a new interface specifically designed for creating a new product in SureCart. From there select the Add A Price section, and set the product price.

SureCart offers flexibility in creating product pricing. Here’s how to set each price:

Name your pricing option: Assign a descriptive name like “Monthly,” “Yearly,” or “Lifetime” for easy identification.
Choose the payment type: Select the appropriate payment type: “One Time,” “Installment,” or “Subscription.”
Set the price: Enter the specific amount for this pricing option.
Compare At Price (Optional): If you want to showcase a discount, enter a higher price to be compared against your actual selling price. This creates a strikethrough effect for the higher price and highlights your current offer. Leave this blank if not applicable.
Add the price: Click the “Create Price” button to finalize and add this pricing option to your product.

Once you’ve configured the product details, pricing options, and any other relevant settings, click the “Save & Publish” button.

After saving and publishing, click “Add New Integration” which will appear after scrolling down a bit.

Clicking on Add New Integration, this pop up will appear where you have set integration as SureMembers and select an Access Group that you have created earlier. After selecting those, click on the Add Integration button and save the product.

add integration as suremembers and select access group

Creating Custom Checkout Flows with SureCart #

Step 4: Go to All Pages from your WordPress admin dashboard pages section. Hover over the checkout page title and click Edit to begin editing the content and layout.