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27 Membership Site Software & WordPress Plugins

27 Software Options and WordPress Plugins for Launching a Membership Site I recently did some research to find a good membership plugin for the Traffic and Influence Summit, which is my online virtual summit. There are a lot of tools that you can use to launch your own membership site.

However, not all membership site software programs are created equal. Some are WordPress plugins that you can use on your own site and there are even sites that make it really easy for you to create a membership site, even if you have no technical skills.

In this article, I’ll share some of the plugins and sites that I’ve found that you can use to launch your own membership program.

WordPress Plugin by Elokenz – Most Popular Articles on the Web

I found a neat plugin today, thanks to Ann Smarty for mentioning this on Google Plus. This plugin by Elokenz allows you to place a widget in WordPress that will show your most socially shared posts on the web.

It works by visiting your Google Plus profile and finding all articles tagged with your authorship. Then it will display the top articles by social shares (Twitter + Facebook + Google Plus) on the sidebar.

Here is a screenshot of what it looks like on Ann’s site:

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Before using this plugin, you will need to be sure that you have Google authorship set up.

1. Log into Google Plus, click on your About page and scroll down to Links. Click “Edit” and add all sites that you have guest posted on, as well as your own sites.

2. Install an SEO plugin, like Yoast SEO and then click on the “Users” tab. Enter your Google Plus URL under your User ID.

Once authorship is set up, simply download and activate the Elokenz widget.

3. Click on “Appearance – Widgets” and find the Elokenz widget.

4. If your WordPress theme is widgetized, then you can drag the Elokenz widget onto the sidebar.

5. Enter your Google+ ID and fill out the other options as desired. Then click “Save” on the widget.

The plugin can be found here or by searching for “elokenz” in Plugins after logging into your own WordPress site:

http://wordpress.org/plugins/elokenz-most-shared-articles-for-authors

And here’s a more detailed write up on the plugin features:

http://blog.elokenz.com/features/wordpress_widget

How to Import Large Database Files Using Big Dump

Sometimes moving big database files can cause PhpMyAdmin to time out. Here’s a nice tutorial on how to move large MySQL database files for WordPress or any other site:
http://wesbos.com/import-large-mysql-database-bigdump-php/

Code Vulnerability for W3 Total Cache and WP Supercache – 4-25-13

Sucuri has revealed an important security flaw for older versions of WP Super Cache and W3 Total cache – two of the most commonly used caching plugins for WordPress. It is recommended that if you are using these plugins to update them to the latest version immediately:

http://blog.sucuri.net/2013/04/update-wp-super-cache-and-w3tc-immediately-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-disclosed.html

How to Fix NextGen Gallery Upload Conflict with Contact Form 7

Recently, NextGen Gallery stopped working on sites that also had Contact Form 7 installed due a recent update in Contact Form 7. These are two very popular free plugins that are used on many websites.

I recently came across this post that explains a simple way to fix this error and it worked on this site, as well as other people’s sites:
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/contact-form-7-breaks-nextgen-gallery-flash-upload

Basically, here is the step by step breakdown of how to fix this issue:

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