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WC Membership Product

PHPWooCommerceWordPress CronCustom Product TypeMySQL
woo membership.

01 The Challenge

The goal was to enable e-commerce stores to sell membership access with time-limited content restriction, without relying on heavy third-party SaaS plugins. This required deep integration into WooCommerce's product architecture, checkout flow, and order lifecycle while maintaining clean data storage patterns.

02 The Solution

Engineered a complete custom product type extending WooCommerce's WC_Product class with duration-based access control and automatic expiration handling. The solution utilises conditional checkout fields, a content restriction system via shortcode and meta box, and a full admin management interface — providing total control over the membership lifecycle.

03 Impact & Results

Enables content creators and e-commerce stores to gate premium content behind membership purchases, creating recurring revenue opportunities. Complete membership lifecycle from purchase to expiration is handled automatically — zero manual intervention required for access grants or revocations. Cron-based expiration sends notification emails automatically.

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Membership restricted content lock.
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Membership restricted content lock.

Duration and tier for the membership.
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Duration and tier for the membership.

Admin List table.
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Admin List table.