The Payment Gateways section of Kadence RCP (Restrict Content Pro) acts as the technical engine that drives your site’s monetization strategy by integrating secure, high-performance payment processors. By establishing a reliable connection between your WordPress site and merchant accounts such as Stripe, PayPal, Braintree, or 2Checkout, you can transform exclusive content into a sustainable recurring revenue stream. This setup ensures that every transaction is handled with industry-standard security while providing a seamless checkout experience for your members, which is essential for reducing cart abandonment and building trust.

For site administrators, the platform offers a centralized settings panel where you can define global currencies, establish tax rates, and manage how the system responds to failed payments or expired subscriptions. The inclusion of a dedicated test mode allows you to verify the entire user journey and billing logic without processing real financial transactions. Developers can further extend these capabilities using specialized functions and webhooks to manage complex events like pro-rated upgrades and automated renewal notifications, ensuring the billing process remains both transparent for the user and fully automated for the business.

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This collection provides step-by-step instructions for integrating popular payment processors and troubleshooting transaction-related issues in Restrict Content Pro.

[login_form]
This short code will display the login form. This will allow users to login into their account. Upon successful login, the user will be redirected back to the current page. To show the login form on a post or page, simply use the short code like this: [login_form] Setting up redirects If you would like…
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[rcp_profile_editor]
This short code will display a profile editor form to allow your users to update their account info. [rcp_profile_editor] Have more questions? Submit a request Was this article helpful? Yes No Thank you for your input. Thank you for your feedback.
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[register_form]
This shortcode will display the registration form. The form will include all necessary registration fields, such as name, username, email, password, etc, and will also display all of the available membership levels. To show the registration form on a post or page, simply use the short code like this: [register_form] Upon successful registration, the user…
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[subscription_details]
This short code will display the details of the currently logged-in user’s subscription, including a history of their subscription payments. [subscription_details] Have more questions? Submit a request Was this article helpful? Yes No Thank you for your input. Thank you for your feedback.
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Active vs Inactive Membership Levels
When creating a membership level you have the option of setting the status to “Active” or “Inactive”. Active membership levels are automatically displayed on the registration page created by the [register_form] shortcode. Inactive membership levels are not displayed on the [register_form] shortcode page. What behavior changes when a membership level is set to “inactive”? What stays the…
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Auto-Renewal Settings
The setting for auto-renewal is located Restrict > Settings > General. It looks like this: There are three choices: Always auto-renew – Auto-renew will automatically be enabled for all customers. Never auto-renew – Auto-renew will NOT be enabled. All users will need to renew manually when their accounts expire. This is done by going through the registration form again. Let…
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Can I import members from a CSV file?
Yes, you can! Import Tool Version 3.1 added a CSV importer tool directly to Restrict Content Pro. Navigate to Restrict > Tools > Import to get started. You’ll be asked to import your CSV file and will be given a few other optional settings. Note: If you are on a multisite installation you need to add “CSV” to…
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Can I manually approve member accounts?
Yes, you can! You can use WP Approve User in conjunction with Restrict Content Pro. Install WP Approve User and user accounts will need to be manually approved before members are able to log in and access the restricted content. When WP Approve User is active, pending accounts will display an Approve link in the Restrict > Members page. Hover over…
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