ArraySubs is a free WooCommerce subscription manager and membership plugin that gives you everything you need to sell subscriptions, manage recurring billing, restrict member-only content, and reduce churn — without paying for multiple plugins or stitching together separate tools.

Whether you run a SaaS business, membership site, subscription box, content platform, online course, digital download store, or recurring service — ArraySubs replaces your entire WooCommerce subscription stack with one plugin.

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What makes ArraySubs different?

Most WooCommerce subscription plugins lock essential features like membership access control, retention flows, member discounts, and customer self-service behind expensive paywalls. ArraySubs includes all of these in the free version. You get a complete subscription management system — not a crippled demo that forces an upgrade before you can actually run your business.

All Free Features at a Glance

Subscription products — simple and variable with per-variation billing configuration
Flexible billing — daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, custom days, or lifetime subscriptions
Free trials — configurable trial days with one-trial-per-customer enforcement
Signup fees — one-time charges at checkout alongside any billing cycle
Different renewal pricing — change the recurring amount after a set number of cycles
Renewal sync — align all renewals to a shared calendar date (monthly, weekly, or yearly)
Automated recurring billing — renewal invoices, trial conversion, and grace period enforcement
Two-phase grace periods — configurable active grace and on-hold grace before cancellation
Skip next renewal — let customers skip upcoming cycles with max skip and cutoff rules
Pause / vacation mode — temporary subscription freeze with auto-resume and cooldown
Plan switching — upgrades, downgrades, and crossgrades with 3 proration methods
Retention flow builder — cancellation reasons, 4 retention offer types, and save-rate analytics
Customer subscription portal — full self-service inside WooCommerce My Account
Member access control — 6 rule types, 9 condition types, 12 operators, nested AND/OR logic
Role mapping — assign WordPress roles based on subscription status
Member-only discounts — percentage or fixed discounts by product, category, or cart
Members-only commerce — hide products, block purchases, or restrict visibility for non-members
Content restriction — restrict posts, pages, custom post types with content dripping
URL restriction — block URLs by exact match, prefix, contains, or regex pattern
Download restriction — secure downloadable files with signed URLs and access tracking
16 email notifications — 13 customer + 3 admin emails with 50+ placeholders
Refund management — prorated refunds, full refunds, and configurable cancellation refund policy
Subscription management admin — list, search, create, edit, filter, and export subscriptions
Subscription notes — 4 author types and 21 automated note events
Retention analytics — 8 KPI cards, churn reasons chart, save rate tracking
Reports hub — central dashboard with 40+ report links across 12 categories
Easy setup wizard — 9-step guided configuration with 7 business type profiles
Settings export and import — JSON backup with section-level import control
Custom profile fields — 6 field types on My Account and admin user profiles
Avatar upload — custom profile photo that replaces Gravatar site-wide
My Account editor — reorder, rename, hide menu items, add custom endpoint pages
Content restriction shortcodes — [arraysubs_restrict] with 15 attributes for content gating
Visibility shortcodes — [arraysubs_visibility] for login-state-based content control
Account shortcodes — [arraysubs_login], [arraysubs_logout], [arraysubs_user]
Hide admin bar — clean frontend for non-admin users
Restrict wp-admin access — block customer roles from the WordPress dashboard
Login page redirect — redirect /wp-login.php to WooCommerce My Account
Login as User — admin impersonation from 6 locations with nested session support
One-click checkout — skip the cart and send customers straight to checkout
Block checkout and classic checkout — full support for both WooCommerce checkout types
CSV and JSON export — export subscription data with 15 fields
Price locking — product price changes never affect existing subscribers
WooCommerce HPOS compatible — works with High-Performance Order Storage

Subscription Products

Turn any WooCommerce simple or variable product into a subscription product. Configure billing periods (daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, or custom day intervals), billing intervals from 1 to 12, subscription length for automatic expiration, free trial days, one-time signup fees, and a different renewal price that kicks in after a configurable number of billing cycles. Variable products support independent subscription configuration per variation — create tiered plans like Basic at $9/month and Premium at $29/month with different trial periods, signup fees, and billing schedules.

Subscription pricing is displayed clearly across the product page, cart, mini-cart, checkout, and order confirmation — so customers always understand what they are paying and when.

Product prices are locked at the time of purchase. If you change the price later, existing subscriptions continue at the original price.

Recurring Billing and Renewal Engine

ArraySubs automates your entire billing workflow with three background jobs that run continuously:

Generate Upcoming Renewals — creates renewal invoices 6 hours before the due date
Check Overdue Renewals — enforces the two-phase grace period on unpaid invoices
Process Trial Conversions — converts expired trials to active paid subscriptions daily at 2 AM

Renewal invoices are standard WooCommerce orders linked to the subscription. Customers receive an email with a Pay Now link. When they pay, the subscription is automatically extended.

Renewal sync aligns all subscription renewals to a shared calendar date — perfect for subscription boxes, weekly delivery programs, cohort-based memberships, and annual billing cycles. Choose monthly (specific day 1-28), weekly (specific day), or yearly (specific day + month) sync with two first-payment options: prorate the first payment or extend the first billing period.

Different renewal pricing lets you override the recurring amount after a set number of cycles — ideal for introductory pricing, graduated pricing, or loyalty discounts.

Two-Phase Grace Period

When a renewal goes unpaid, ArraySubs does not cancel the subscription immediately. Instead, it moves through a configurable two-phase timeline:

Active grace (default 3 days) — subscription stays fully active, customer retains full access
On-hold grace (default 7 days) — subscription moves to on-hold with restricted access
Cancellation — subscription is cancelled after both grace phases expire

Payment at any point during the grace period — active or on-hold — restores the subscription to active status.

Skip and Pause

Give subscribers flexibility without forcing cancellation:

Skip next renewal — customers can skip 1-3 upcoming cycles (configurable), with a cutoff that prevents skipping too close to the renewal date. Customers can undo a skip or change the skip count at any time.
Pause / vacation mode — freeze a subscription for up to 30 days (configurable) with a maximum of 2 pauses per subscription and a 30-day cooldown between pauses. Subscriptions auto-resume after the pause duration.

Plan Switching

Let customers upgrade, downgrade, or crossgrade between subscription products without cancelling and resubscribing. Configure upgrade/downgrade/crossgrade targets per product, choose from 3 proration methods (Prorate Immediately, Apply at Renewal, or No Proration), and set optional switch fees per direction.

Plan direction is determined automatically using a normalized daily rate comparison with 5% tolerance. Customers see a proration preview in the portal before confirming.

Free Trials

Offer free trial periods per product or per variation. Trials convert to active paid subscriptions automatically via a daily batch job. Add a signup fee during trial to offset risk. Enforce one trial per customer to prevent trial abuse. Configure whether a payment method is required for $0 trial orders.

Retention Flow Builder

When a customer clicks Cancel, they enter a guided 3-step flow designed to save the subscription:

Select reason — 7 default reasons (too expensive, not using, found alternative, missing features, technical issues, temporary break, other) plus unlimited custom reasons
Retention offers — targeted offers matched to the selected reason
Confirm cancellation — final confirmation if no offer is accepted

4 retention offer types:

Discount — percentage off for a configurable number of cycles (one per subscription)
Pause — temporary pause with automatic resume
Downgrade — redirects to the plan switching flow
Contact Support — links to a configurable support page

Each offer can be triggered by specific cancellation reasons, so “Too expensive” shows the discount offer while “Technical issues” shows the contact support offer. Eligibility conditions check subscription value, customer lifetime spend, and remaining days before showing offers.

Supports end-of-period cancellation with a “Keep My Subscription” button that lets customers undo a scheduled cancellation.

Retention Analytics

Track the effectiveness of your retention flows with a dedicated analytics dashboard:

8 KPI cards — total cancellations, retention offers shown, offers accepted, save rate, discounts given, pauses given, downgrades given, support redirects
Churn reasons pie chart — see why customers cancel
Retention offer distribution — see which offers are most accepted
Trend line chart — cancellations vs saves over time
Activity logs — per-entry details with customer, subscription, reason, offer, and outcome
Product filter — break down retention data by product

Customer Subscription Portal

Customers get a full-featured subscription management portal inside WooCommerce My Account:

Subscription list — status badges, product name, recurring amount (with discount/coupon display), next payment date, start date, and View Details button with pagination
Subscription detail page — 9-row overview table with status, product, recurring amount (showing original + discount), billing cycle, start date, end date, next payment date, trial end date, and last updated
Related orders — all linked WooCommerce orders with Pay Now links for pending invoices
Refund history — date and amount for each refund
Notes timeline — chronological subscription events with Customer, Admin, System, and Gateway author badges

Member Access Control

A powerful rules engine with 6 rule types, 9 condition types, 12 comparison operators, nested AND/OR condition groups, and scheduled content dripping — all in the free version.

6 rule types:

Role mapping — assign or replace WordPress roles based on subscription status (7 status behaviors with Add Role or Replace Role modes)
Discount rules — percentage or fixed discounts, per-item or per-cart, with “best discount wins” logic and product/category targeting
Ecommerce restriction — allow purchasing, block purchasing, hide products, or modify pricing based on membership conditions
URL restriction — restrict any URL using exact match, prefix, contains, or regex patterns with 4 actions (redirect, 404, access denied, login form) and a priority system (1-100)
Post type / content restriction — restrict all posts of a type, specific posts, or taxonomy-based content with 3 archive behaviors (hide, show teaser, show normally), per-post overrides, and content dripping
Download restriction — control access to WooCommerce downloadable files with signed URL delivery and usage tracking

9 condition types:

Subscription status, has active subscription, subscription variation, purchased product, purchased variation, purchased from category/taxonomy, lifetime spend, user role, and nested groups for recursive AND/OR logic.

12 comparison operators:

Equals, not equals, greater than, greater than or equal, less than, less than or equal, contains, not contains, in, not in, empty, not empty.

Refund Management

3 refund-on-cancellation policies: Allow Immediate, Refund at End of Period, or No Automatic. Configure automatic gateway refund, set a minimum refund amount, and offer prorated refunds calculated using a daily rate for the unused billing period with a preview before processing.

Refund history is recorded on the subscription with date, amount, and type for full audit visibility.

Subscription Checkout

A 3-phase checkout flow (Cart Validation Payment Processing Subscription Creation) with 5 cart validation rules:

Mixed cart control — allow or disallow mixing subscription and regular products
One per customer — prevent duplicate subscriptions for the same product
One per product — limit one subscription per product in the cart
Billing cycle compatibility — ensure compatible billing cycles in multi-subscription carts
Gateway capability — verify the payment gateway supports subscriptions

One-click checkout with 3 modes (default product only, subscription products only, or all products) plus a Disable Cart Page option. Full support for both WooCommerce classic checkout and block checkout (Store API). Customer accounts are automatically created at checkout for subscription purchases.

Easy Setup Wizard

Configure your entire subscription engine in minutes with a 9-step guided wizard. Choose from 7 business type profiles (SaaS, Subscription Box, Membership, Digital Content, Professional Services, Nonprofit, or Custom) and answer questions about billing, checkout, cancellation, access control, emails, and features. Each profile preloads smart defaults that you can customize before applying.

Settings export downloads your entire configuration as JSON with automatic stripping of sensitive gateway credentials. Settings import lets you upload a JSON file and select exactly which sections to apply — subscription settings, retention flow, My Account layout, member access rules, emails, profile fields, and more.

Profile Builder

Custom profile fields — 6 field types (Text, Textarea, Select, Date, Checkbox, File Upload) that appear on WooCommerce My Account, WordPress admin user profiles, and the Add New User screen. Drag-and-drop reordering, enable/disable per field, and secure file uploads with configurable type and size limits.

Avatar upload — let customers upload a profile photo that replaces their Gravatar site-wide. Instant REST API upload with preview, configurable file size (1-20 MB), and automatic Gravatar fallback.

My Account editor — take full control of the WooCommerce My Account navigation. Reorder menu items with drag-and-drop, rename labels, show or hide built-in items, and add custom endpoint pages that link any WordPress page or post inside My Account with clean URLs. Compatible with Gutenberg, Elementor, and Bricks page builders. Optional Prevent Direct Access redirects the original page URL to the My Account endpoint.

Shortcodes

A complete shortcode library for content gating and member experiences:

[arraysubs_restrict] — gate content by subscription status, products, variations, purchased products, lifetime spending, roles, and more with 15 attributes and AND/OR condition logic
[arraysubs_visibility] — show or hide content based on login state with fallback content support
[arraysubs_login] , [arraysubs_logout],
[arraysubs_user] — display current user name or profile field with guest fallback

Toolkit Settings

Hide admin bar — remove the WordPress admin bar for all non-admin users
Restrict wp-admin access — block non-authorized roles from /wp-admin with configurable redirect (My Account or 404) and safety rules for AJAX, REST API, and WP-Cron
Login page redirect — redirect /wp-login.php to WooCommerce My Account or 404, while keeping password reset, email verification, and logout flows working
Login as User — one-click admin impersonation accessible from 6 locations (Users list, User profile, WooCommerce order detail, Subscription detail, Member dashboard, and admin screens) with nested impersonation support and a notification bar for returning to the admin session

Support

For setup help, feature guides, and troubleshooting, visit the ArraySubs User Guides.

For product information, visit ArraySubs.

ArraySubs – Effortless Memberships, Subscriptions, Content Restriction & Recurring Payments for WooCommerce