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Improving Reability of Stories on a WordPress Author Subscription Site

Recently, I’ve been assessing tools to move my subscription service — where readers can read all of my stories first, plus get additional rewards — to my WordPress site. I’ve assessed several plugin options, and done a deep dive into my top 2 options: Paid Memberships Pro and ARMember. WordPress was originally created for blogging,…

Evaluating ARMember for an Author Subscription Platform on WordPress

With the increase in authors interested in starting subscriptions for their brand, many are turning to platforms such as Patreon, Substack, Laterpress, and Ream. However, website-based subscriptions do not rely on the whims of platforms, so I felt it was worth evaluating this as an option. In this post, I’ll be discussing only WordPress-based subscription…

Elemental Marble

The Magic World’s obsession with round objects was epitomized by the advent of the elemental marble. These marbles hold magic programming that, when activated, create one sustained effect, usually the effect of an “elemental” nature such as fire, wind, or snow. Elemental marbles can actually be programmed for almost any singular purpose, but are limited…

Alternate Reality

Imagine a world where one event occurred differently than in your reality, and where that difference led to another difference until the differences snowballed into a world very different than the one you know and (arguably) enjoy. Speaking of snowballing, traveling between realities can feel like you’ve been hit with a snowball, and not the…

Evaluating 6 membership plugins for an author subscription with WordPress

I’ve been interested in using my website to host my membership, so I’ve assessed several options based on the criteria that are important to me. My goal is to create a subscription membership with multiple tiers. My stories will be uploaded as posts in WordPress, organized into categories by story. Summary Table Feature Paid Memberships…