Granting credits with Paid Memberships Pro
You can give employers job-posting credits when they join a Paid Memberships Pro level, and again on each renewal. This suits plans like “Gold: 100 credits a month, Silver: 25 a month”.
Use this guide when:
- You already use Paid Memberships Pro on your site.
- You want credits granted automatically when a member gets a level.
Before you start
Section titled “Before you start”- Paid Memberships Pro is installed and active, and you have at least one level.
- To charge for posting, set a credit cost on a board. See Credit packages and costs.
Step 1: Map a level to a credit amount
Section titled “Step 1: Map a level to a credit amount”- Go to Career Board -> Settings -> Credits and find the Credit mappings card.
- In Product / Plan, pick the level. PMPro levels sit under the “Paid Memberships Pro” heading. If PMPro shows as not installed in the Detected providers card, its levels are not offered here.
- Enter the credits granted, for example
100. - Click + Add Mapping.
Repeat for each level.
Step 2: How the grant works
Section titled “Step 2: How the grant works”- When a member gets the level (checkout or a level change), the mapped credits are added once. Getting the same level again on the same day does not add them twice.
- On each renewal payment of a recurring level, the same credits are added again.
- On cancellation or expiry, nothing is removed. The member keeps their balance. To take credits back, use a manual adjustment.
Employers can also see the level on the Credits tab under Buy through the store. Buy opens that level’s PMPro checkout.
Step 3: Test the flow
Section titled “Step 3: Test the flow”- Check out for the mapped level with a test member.
- Open the Credits tab of that member’s employer dashboard. The balance shows the mapped amount.
- Transaction History shows a top-up for it.
Credits add up
Section titled “Credits add up”Credits accumulate. If Gold gives 100 a month and the employer posts nothing, they have 300 after three months. Balances do not reset on renewal. To reset one, use a manual adjustment to deduct the leftover or top up to the target.
Common patterns
Section titled “Common patterns”A free trial, then a paid plan. Create a free level and map it to 5 credits. Create a paid level and map it to 100. A member who upgrades ends up with 5 + 100 = 105 credits. To leave them with only 100, deduct the 5 with a manual adjustment.
Annual plans. Each renewal payment adds the mapped credits, whatever the billing cycle.
Troubleshooting
Section titled “Troubleshooting”A member joined but got no credits. Check that the level has a mapping row and that PMPro shows as active in Detected providers. A cancellation (no level) never adds credits.
A renewal added no credits. Renewal credits follow PMPro’s recurring payment record. Check the payment in PMPro first.