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Is there a WP plugin that would require a visitor to register

by Frank Tocco
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I was wondering if someone could help me find the right wordpress plugin for what I need.

I have a site that shows 47 videos teaching everything you need to know to build a wordpress site. I want to give it away for free as long as the visitor registers on the site they would have access.

I could make all the pages with the videos on them noindex so the search engines would not index them and have my home/squeezepage indexed so people could find it and optin to view the site.

But I think it would be better for SEO proposes to index all the pages so all the search engines could find them.

Is there a WP plugin that would require a visitor to register before they could view a page on my site, even though the page is indexed in the search engines?

Thanks in advance to everyone for their help.
#plugin #register #require #visitor
  • Profile picture of the author dgridley
    Hide and Catch Email and Exclusive Content Password Protect are two plugins you might lookup on Google.. the first might be exactly what you want.
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    • Profile picture of the author Frank Tocco
      Originally Posted by dgridley View Post

      Hide and Catch Email and Exclusive Content Password Protect are two plugins you might lookup on Google.. the first might be exactly what you want.
      Thanks for the suggestions. But do you know if I used these plugins, would someone finding my site on Google be able to see the site's content and would the content be search-able on Google?

      Or would all the pages of the site have an optin form on them?
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      • Profile picture of the author dgridley
        Hide and Catch Email specifically allows you to hide content (not the whole site) until someone subscribes.. after which they can see the content.. it is used to hide portions of posts or pages. I don't think Google would index the hidden content because then that would defeat it's purpose.

        Originally Posted by Frank Tocco View Post

        Thanks for the suggestions. But do you know if I used these plugins, would someone finding my site on Google be able to see the site's content and would the content be search-able on Google?

        Or would all the pages of the site have an optin form on them?
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  • Profile picture of the author xtrapunch
    You can use this free plugin: WordPress › s2Member ( Membership w/ PayPal® ) « WordPress Plugins

    Or just make some minor tweaks in your theme to show content only to registered users and make registration mandatory.
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    • Profile picture of the author Frank Tocco
      Originally Posted by xtrapunch View Post

      You can use this free plugin: WordPress › s2Member ( Membership w/ PayPal® ) « WordPress Plugins

      Or just make some minor tweaks in your theme to show content only to registered users and make registration mandatory.
      Thanks for the tip about s2Member.
      If I used this plugin, would my sites still be indexed by Google?
      What I'm looking for is to index the entire site, but if a visitor found a page and tried to watch the video on it, something would pop up making them register for the first time they see the site, but not on subsequent visits.

      s2Member sounds like it hides pages from the search engines, I'm looking for something that I could index all the pages, but when the visitor arrived on the page, they would have to register before they could see it.

      Does something like that exist?
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    • Profile picture of the author Alex wade
      Originally Posted by xtrapunch View Post

      You can use this free plugin:

      Or just make some minor tweaks in your theme to show content only to registered users and make registration mandatory.
      I heard about this plugin before, Thanks xtrapunch for sharing. i checked it out it really works so well.
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  • Profile picture of the author opiz2012
    Yes, the release of themes, the important content is set to be registered to view.
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  • Profile picture of the author haymanpl
    Why don't you consider a membership site?
    THis way you can offer both free content and paid membership
    All visitors can be asked to subscribe first and you can create several levels of memebership
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    • Profile picture of the author Frank Tocco
      Originally Posted by haymanpl View Post

      Why don't you consider a membership site?
      THis way you can offer both free content and paid membership
      All visitors can be asked to subscribe first and you can create several levels of memebership
      Thanks for this suggestion. I did decide to use OptimizePress which is working very well. It indexes the content if I want it to and still requires a visitor to subscribe to see the content, or allows portions of the content to be visible if you want it to. It can also redirect any unsubscribed visitors to a squeezepage if they click on any links and after they subscribe, redirect them back to the page they were originally trying to access.

      Thanks everyone for the great tips.
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