Kadence RCP Payment Gateways
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.
Kadence RCP Payment Gateways articles
This collection provides step-by-step instructions for integrating popular payment processors and troubleshooting transaction-related issues in Restrict Content Pro.
Canceling Memberships
Read more: Canceling MembershipsMembers are given the option to cancel their membership at any time from their account page, which is a page that contains the [subscription_details] shortcode. When a member cancels their membership, their automatic renewal payments will be immediately disabled but the member will retain access to restricted content up until the expiration date on their account is reached. For example,…
Changing Membership Level Prices
Read more: Changing Membership Level PricesThe price of a membership level is set when it is created. If you need to change the price of an existing membership level, there is an important detail to consider. Does the membership level have active memberships? If there have never been any active members on a membership level, the price of the level can be safely changed at any time. If, however,…
Creating Membership Levels
Read more: Creating Membership LevelsThrough Restrict Content Pro, your website can have any number of membership levels. Each level created can have its own price, duration, access level, and user role. Content on your website can be restricted to specific membership levels, so site owners will frequently create multiple membership levels and then use the restriction settings to determine what members of each…
Creating Memberships with a Free Trial
Read more: Creating Memberships with a Free TrialFree trials allow you to take payment information during registration but delay billing for a chosen period (like one week). This allows customers to try your service for free for a specified period of time before they need to start paying. This article will walk you through how to set up a free trial for…
Creating Payment Plans
Read more: Creating Payment PlansPayment plans were introduced in version 3.0. They allow you to set up installment payments. This might be an alternative to charging a large single amount upfront. Instead of a $400 one-time payment, you can set up four monthly payments of $100 per month. Billing then stops automatically after the fourth and final payment. Payment…
Editing Existing Memberships
Read more: Editing Existing MembershipsYou can edit an existing membership by navigating to Restrict > Memberships and clicking on a record. This will bring up the “Membership Details” interface, which allows you to update details about the membership. How can I change the membership level? Click the “Edit” link next to the membership level. This will allow you to choose a…
Expiration and Renewal Reminders
Read more: Expiration and Renewal RemindersExpiration and renewal email reminders can be configured in Restrict > Settings > Emails. Expiration reminders are sent to users who do not have auto-renew enabled. The emails remind users that their subscription is expiring soon and encourage them to renew. Renewal reminders are sent to users who have auto-renew enabled. The emails remind users that they will…
Group Accounts – Member View
Read more: Group Accounts – Member ViewGroup members who do not hold the “owner” or “admin” rank do not have access to the group dashboard. If they attempt to view the dashboard page, they see this message instead: Additionally, group members who are not owners are not allowed to go through the registration form and change their memberships. This is to prevent…