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September 5, 2025 at 3:59 am #1488964
I’m trying to help an organization that is making a website in WP. They have chosen Paid Membership Pro (PMP) as their membership plugin(s). I know how to use Enfold and WP. The person creating their site does not know anything about WP and was trying to use the PMP companion theme Member Lite (made by same developer as PMP) as their theme. Member LIte is clunky and restrictive compared the Enfold.
I”m hoping to get PMP working with Enfold because I think it will be a better option for them in the long run. However, PMP uses its own WP blocks to create forms and pages.
I’ve created the start of a page design that is close to what they have now in Membership List. I can easily open the pages already generated by PMP and they look fine in the Enfold theme in a browser, but in editing those pages already made, I have to either stay in the block code editor and have only clunky design options, or if I switch to the Enfold editor … I’m not sure how that would work to build a new page.
I’ve recreated a semblance of the home page by opening it to edit, switching the enfold editor, then just putting the short code that was already in the original page into enfold short code blocks and reworking the rest of the page design in enfold.
What I haven’t figured out is, if I start a new page, or want to add some PMP block to the page, how to I do that? I was able to keep the PMP blocks visiible in a left column while having the page in enfold editor by temporarily switching to Default Editor, scrolling to the PMP blocks, then reverting to Advance Layout Editor. But dragging a block into enfold does nothing.
So if I generate short codes I can copy and paste them into enfold short code elements. But I’m not sure about some other PMP things.
I’ll put in the private content links to a sort of sandbox site they’ve set up for me to mess around in and put a screenshot of what I see in the editing window with both Enfold and PMP blocks.BTW, for now I am using an Enfold install that I paid for for another site because I’m not sure this is going to work. If it does work, and this org wants to use it, I’ll definitely have them buy their own Enfold install and get their own token.
I’ll give you login and pw to this site. PMP website says it works with “all” wordpress themes, which is impossible. Then it says, well, there might have to be some CSS adjustments with some themes.
The person in this org doing all the PMP stuff can submit questions to PMP support if I have any specific questions. I want to determine whether to pursue this option or just work with the clunky theme they have. They are not going for anything fancy. I just can’t stand to work in default blocks!
September 5, 2025 at 4:05 am #1488965From within WP, you can view all the pages they’ve already created with PMP without having to log in as a member. Just View any pages with “memberhip” in the page name. The ones I’ve tried open fine in the Enfold theme. Whether they actually WORK from within enfold, I don’t know.
September 5, 2025 at 7:18 am #1488970Hi,
Thank you for the inquiry.
The Advanced Layout Builder that comes with the theme is completely different from the default Block Editor, so they are not compatible with each other. If the plugin provides shortcodes to create forms, you can insert them in a Text or Code Block element in the builder. Otherwise, you’ll need to continue using the Block Editor. We recommend reaching out to the plugin developers for further assistance.
Best regards,
IsmaelSeptember 5, 2025 at 6:18 pm #1489002Thanks. That’s what I suspected and needed to know before I spend any more time looking for a solution. I suspected as much but hoped I was wrong. Like the Mel Brooks song, “Hope for the best, expect the worst.”
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