The Question Was Simple

I received an email last week with a straightforward query. Is it possible to use a membership site to safeguard content on an existing WordPress website without the need for a membership plugin?

Even though the question was straightforward and contained no unclear phrases, it did cause me to pause and consider it. I was attempting to determine whether this could be done, how it would function, and lastly, why anyone would be interested in this.
Why Would Anyone Want This?

I started to understand the context as I continued to read. Their intricate WordPress website was created by an individual who is no longer with us. Numerous plugins were installed, and conflicts were arising from updates, which was causing some drama already.
The owner of the facility could not afford for everything to crumble or topple over. Thus, it was too dangerous to integrate a brand-new, feature-rich membership plugin. If they didn’t have a membership plugin, could they still construct a membership site? That was the query.

The Answer Turns Out to be Simple Too

As it happens, there was a solution. I wrote about it back in April 2020, during the global lockdown. It seems like ages ago, I hardly remember it.

MemberStack is the name of the membership software as a service (SaaS) solution.

To find out if this could be done, I made a prototype. And as soon as I realised that it was, I made a brief 4-minute tour that explains everything.