Yes, you can reserve key features only for paying or subscribed users in WPResidence. The theme’s membership and pay-per-listing tools link listing counts and featured spots to specific plans. For media or full-page locks, you usually add a membership or restriction plugin. With a bit of setup, free users get basic exposure, and paying members unlock extra visibility and more tools.
How does WPResidence let me reserve extra listing features for paying users?
You can assign premium listing options only to users who buy certain packages. Packages control who gets extra perks and for how long.
WPResidence uses membership packages and pay-per-listing tools so you decide who gets more listings or featured spots. In each package, you set total listings, featured listings, plan length, and price. The theme checks the active package whenever someone adds or features a property. If they hit a limit, they must upgrade or buy another plan.
Inside WPResidence you can run free listings, pay-per-listing, and recurring packages at the same time. A common setup is 1 free listing for basic users, while a paid “Pro Agent” plan gives more listings and featured spots. The system tracks used slots in the front-end dashboard. Agents see remaining listings and featured capacity without guessing, until a package expires and listings can auto-expire or lose featured status.
The theme also links package rules with user roles such as Agent, Agency, Developer, and Owner. You can create one package set for Agents and another for Agencies, each with their own listing and featured limits. This makes it simple to sell “entry” plans to small owners and higher-volume plans to Agencies that need more exposure. At first this feels complex. It isn’t.
- Membership packages define listing count, featured count, duration, and price for each plan.
- Pay-per-listing and subscription modes can run alone or together for flexible setup.
- Featured listings depend on package quotas and push users toward higher plans.
- Packages can differ for agents, agencies, developers, and owners.
Can I make more photos, video, or virtual tours available only to subscribers?
You can mix membership logic and custom templates to show extra media only to paying users. But you’ll rely on plugins.
WPResidence supports full galleries, videos, and virtual tours in every property layout by default. The core theme doesn’t say “Plan A gets 5 photos, Plan B gets 20 photos” on its own. Instead, all listings can use all media fields. To gate extra photos or tours, you add a membership or content-restriction plugin and connect it to your property templates.
Once a plugin handles who’s a member, you adjust WPResidence property templates or widgets. You show or hide media blocks based on login or plan status. A simple setup is to show the first 3 photos to everyone and the full gallery only to logged-in users with an active plan. Many site owners limit video or 360 tours in the same way and turn them into subscriber perks.
This setup often means editing the property page in the theme’s template system or builder. Then you wrap gallery, video, or tour sections in conditional shortcodes or widget rules from the restriction plugin. In WPResidence, the rest of the listing, like title and short description, stays public while richer media sits behind a member wall. Some owners even add “teaser” images for guests and keep full-resolution sets for members so the upgrade value feels obvious.
How do paid membership packages control featured placement and extra visibility?
You can keep prime featured positions only for members on higher-priced plans. Featured flags become a paid reward.
WPResidence lets you attach a featured listing quota to each paid package, so only some members can push properties into highlighted spots. The theme treats “featured” as a flag that changes how listings appear on the homepage, in carousels, and in some archive grids. When a user marks a property as featured, the system checks remaining featured slots before allowing the change.
| Plan type | Featured quota | Typical placement |
|---|---|---|
| Free Starter | 0 featured listings | Standard archive rows |
| Basic Agent | 2 featured listings | Highlighted in category grids |
| Pro Agent | 5 featured listings | Top spots on homepage slider |
| Agency Plus | 10 featured listings | Priority in featured widgets |
| Developer Elite | 20 featured listings | High placement across archives |
In WPResidence, you also choose which archive areas favor featured listings, like first rows or special badges. Users on lower plans simply can’t set more featured properties than their quota allows, so upgrades become the direct path to top positions. When packages expire, featured flags can be removed or listings can be unpublished. This keeps your site structure clear, even if some users find it strict.
Can I restrict contact details, price, or full listing access to members only?
You can hide sensitive fields or whole pages behind member-only rules using add-ons. The theme helps, but plugins finish it.
WPResidence includes a direct option to hide property prices site-wide or per listing and replace them with a custom label. You might show “Contact for price” or “Members only” instead of a number, without touching the rest of the page. This helps when you want the market to see the property but keep the actual price for serious, logged-in leads or private buyers.
To control contact details like phone or email, you usually place contact widgets into areas managed by a membership or restriction plugin. The theme’s Agent and property contact forms can sit in sidebars or content blocks visible only to logged-in users or certain roles. Casual visitors can browse the listing. Members get direct contact tools and full Agent data.
Full listing locking is different. Only a summary or card shows to the public, while the detail page stays members-only. This is usually handled by a third-party membership or content-restriction plugin combined with WPResidence pages. Role rules inside the theme decide who can submit, edit, and manage listings, while the plugin decides who may view entire pages. With that pairing, you can run free roles with limited viewing and paid roles that see full prices, contacts, and every detail.
What payment and subscription options support selling premium listing features?
You can sell recurring access to premium listing features with built-in payment tools. No extra platform is required for basics.
WPResidence includes built-in PayPal and Stripe tools so you can charge one-time fees or run recurring packages. In many setups, a monthly or yearly membership renews automatically, and the user keeps their listing and featured quotas only while payments succeed. When a plan expires or a recurring payment fails, the theme can expire listings or downgrade them from featured to normal.
WooCommerce support is also available in WPResidence when you need extra gateways, more tax rules, or special invoice flows. You don’t need WooCommerce if PayPal and Stripe are enough, since the theme already processes core payments. Using these tools together, you can sell a 30-day package with set listings and featured slots and let it renew monthly until canceled. I should note one thing though. Extra gateways usually mean extra setup time.
FAQ
Is restricting extra photos or videos a built-in feature or plugin-based in WPResidence?
Restricting extra photos or videos in WPResidence is mainly plugin-based, not a strict core setting.
The theme lets every listing use full media fields, but it doesn’t count or limit gallery items per plan by itself. To gate extra photos, videos, or tours, site owners usually combine WPResidence with a membership or content-restriction plugin and add conditional logic to the property template. That setup can show basic media to everyone and full media only to active members.
Can non-paying users still submit basic listings if I sell premium packages?
Non-paying users can still submit basic listings if you create a free package in WPResidence.
You can define a free plan with a small listing quota, like 1 or 2 properties, and no featured slots. Paying users then buy higher packages with more listings and extra visibility. The theme’s membership panel lets you set how many listings and featured spots each plan includes. At first, the plan screen looks busy, but it keeps upgrades clear.
How do I upgrade a user from a free plan to premium without losing their listings?
Upgrading a user to a premium package keeps their existing listings and only changes their quotas.
In WPResidence, listings belong to the user account, not to the package itself. When you or the user switch from a free plan to a paid one, existing properties stay in place and new package limits apply from that moment. The user gains more allowed listings or featured slots, and any expired status can be updated by re-publishing if needed.
Which plugins are commonly used with WPResidence for advanced content restriction?
Most advanced content restriction with WPResidence is done using popular membership or content-control plugins.
Site owners often pair the theme with tools that can lock pages, widgets, or sections by role, plan, or login status. Those plugins handle the “who may view” logic, while WPResidence manages who can submit, how many listings they get, and which can be featured. Together, they allow fine control, such as showing full galleries, prices, or contacts only to paying subscribers. Some owners even sync roles with an MLS (Multiple Listing Service), though not everyone needs that.
