# How to Get Stripe Member Mouse on WooCommerce: A Beginner’s Guide
Want to create a membership site using the power of WooCommerce and Stripe? This guide will show you how to integrate Stripe Member Mouse, a popular membership plugin, with your WooCommerce store. We’ll break it down into easy-to-follow steps, perfect for beginners.
Why Combine WooCommerce and Stripe Member Mouse?
WooCommerce is fantastic for selling products, but it lacks built-in membership features. Stripe is a reliable payment gateway, and Stripe Member Mouse provides the membership functionality. By combining them, you get:
- Easy-to-use membership management: Create different membership levels, restrict content, and manage member access effortlessly.
- Secure payments: Stripe offers secure and reliable payment processing.
- Flexibility: Customize your membership offerings to meet your specific needs.
- Scalability: Easily grow your membership site without worrying about technical limitations.
- Download the plugin: Purchase and download the Stripe Member Mouse plugin.
- Install: Go to your WordPress dashboard > Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin and upload the downloaded file.
- Activate: Activate the plugin.
- Access Settings: After activation, navigate to `MemberMouse` -> `Settings` in your WordPress dashboard.
- Stripe Integration: You’ll need to enter your Stripe secret key and publishable key. You can find these in your Stripe account dashboard under Developers -> API keys. Never share your secret key publicly!
- Membership Levels: Define your membership levels. For example:
- Free: Access to basic content.
- Premium: Access to all content, plus exclusive features.
- Content Restriction: Specify which content (pages, posts, categories) should be accessible only to specific membership levels.
- Creating WooCommerce products: Create products representing different membership levels.
- Mapping products to membership levels: Within Stripe Member Mouse settings, associate each WooCommerce product with the corresponding membership level. This lets you sell memberships directly through your WooCommerce store.
- Purchase a membership: Go through the purchase process as a customer to ensure it works correctly.
- Access restricted content: Verify that members can access only the content allowed by their membership level.
- Check payment processing: Confirm that payments are processed correctly through Stripe.
Let’s say you’re a fitness instructor. You could sell workout videos through WooCommerce and use Stripe Member Mouse to create different membership tiers (e.g., basic, premium) with access to varying content and features.
Step-by-Step Guide: Integrating Stripe Member Mouse with WooCommerce
This process assumes you already have a working WooCommerce store and a Stripe account.
1. Install and Activate Stripe Member Mouse
2. Configure Stripe Member Mouse
3. Connect with WooCommerce (Optional but Recommended)
While Stripe Member Mouse works independently, connecting it to WooCommerce allows for smoother integration with your existing products and simplifies the checkout process. The exact integration method might vary depending on the Stripe Member Mouse version, but the general principle involves mapping membership levels to WooCommerce products. Consult the plugin’s documentation for detailed instructions. This typically involves:
4. Test Your Setup
After completing the setup, thoroughly test everything:
Example PHP Snippet (Illustrative – Check Plugin Documentation for Accurate Code)
This is a simplified example and may not directly work without adapting it to your specific plugin version and setup. Always refer to the official Stripe Member Mouse documentation for the most accurate code examples.
// This is a hypothetical example and may not reflect the actual plugin functionality // It aims to illustrate how you might interact with the plugin's API, if necessary.
// Get the current user’s membership level
$membership_level = membermouse_get_membership_level();
// Check if the user has access to premium content
if ($membership_level == ‘premium’) {
// Display premium content
echo “You have access to premium content!”;
} else {
// Display a message indicating restricted access
echo “This content is restricted to premium members.”;
}
Conclusion
Integrating Stripe Member Mouse with WooCommerce unlocks powerful membership features for your online store. Follow these steps carefully, and don’t hesitate to consult the plugin’s documentation for detailed instructions and troubleshooting. Remember to test your setup rigorously to ensure everything works flawlessly before launching your membership site.
