Whatever you sell, map it to ArraySubs
Browse 9 practical workflows built from the current 67-module ArraySubs manual map.
- 9 use cases
- 67 feature modules
- One free-forever core
Built for every subscription business
Pick the model closest to yours. Each guide maps the exact ArraySubs root modules behind the workflow.
SaaS & Digital Products
Sell tiered software licenses and usage-based plans — feature-gated entitlements, automatic Stripe/PayPal/Paddle billing, and churn-saving retention.
Membership Sites
Run gated communities and premium libraries — tiered access, content dripping, role mapping, and self-service member management.
Subscription Boxes
Recurring physical-product deliveries — flexible cycles, skip & pause, synced batch shipping, and churn-saving retention offers.
Online Courses
Sell courses with subscription access — drip modules, tiered lesson access, student portals, and recurring billing without a heavy LMS.
Content Publishers
Paywall articles and media by tier — hard or metered paywalls, URL-pattern gating, scheduled exclusives, and conversion analytics.
Service Businesses
Bill retainers, maintenance, and support plans — tiered plans, sign-up fees, pause & skip, automatic billing, and retention.
B2B & Wholesale Memberships
Run trade accounts and wholesale tiers with member pricing, gated catalogs, role mapping, login cleanup, and account-sharing controls.
Subscription Support Operations
Give support teams the dashboards, notes, impersonation, refunds, audits, and gateway context needed to solve subscription tickets.
Store Credit & Loyalty
Use Pro Store Credit for refund retention, loyalty balances, prepaid wallets with bonus top-ups, and credit lifecycle emails.
Whatever you can imagine,
ArraySubs covers you.
Pricing that bends, retention that fights, promos that convert — explore 127 real-world setups built from live ArraySubs settings. However unconventional your subscription idea, the plumbing is already here.
Subscription & recurring-billing recipes
Every pricing shape you can build with the Subscription Products and Billing & Renewals modules — signup fees, trials, intro pricing, prepaid runs, recurring shipping, and automatic dunning.
Signup fee + flat monthly fee
Charge a one-time onboarding fee at checkout, then a flat recurring price every month — e.g. $50 signup + $100/mo.
No-card trial, then monthly
Let customers start a free trial without entering a card — e.g. 15 days free, then $100/month once the trial converts.
Card-required trial, then monthly
Capture a card during a $0 trial with Stripe, then charge automatically when the trial converts — e.g. 14 days, then $49/mo.
Trial + signup fee
Charge a small upfront fee to start a trial, then bill monthly when it converts — e.g. $5 to start a 7-day trial, then $29/mo.
Intro pricing that steps up
Offer a low introductory rate for the first few cycles, then step up to the standard price — e.g. $19/mo for 3 months, then $29/mo.
$1 first period, then full price
Use a cheap or $1 first billing period as a loss-leader, then jump to the standard rate — e.g. $1 first month, then $49/mo.
Annual prepaid plan
Bill once a year for a full year of access at a discount — the simplest way to boost cash flow and cut churn.
Monthly + annual on one product
Offer both a monthly and a discounted annual option under a single product using subscription variations.
Quarterly billing
Bill every three months — a middle ground between monthly and annual that lifts average commitment.
Weekly & biweekly billing
Charge every week or every two weeks for high-frequency products like meal kits or rentals.
Prepaid run that auto-ends
Sell a fixed number of billing cycles that ends automatically — e.g. a 6-payment plan that stops after the 6th charge.
Lifetime deal (one-time)
Sell permanent access for a single payment with no renewals — the classic ‘lifetime deal’ offer.
Free tier + paid upgrade
Offer a $0 ‘free forever’ tier alongside a paid tier on one product — the freemium model.
Founding-member locked price
Lock early subscribers into a low price forever, even after you raise prices for everyone else.
Bronze / Silver / Gold tiers
Offer three good-better-best tiers on one product, each with its own price and what’s-included list.
Daily billing
Charge every day or every few days for very high-frequency access or rentals.
High setup fee, low monthly
Front-load an onboarding or installation fee, then keep the recurring price low — e.g. $99 setup + $29/mo.
Lenient failed-payment recovery
Give customers a long, forgiving grace period after a failed payment before anything is cancelled.
Strict failed-payment cleanup
Cancel non-paying subscriptions quickly with a short grace period to keep your active base clean.
Trial → auto-downgrade to free
When a trial ends without payment, automatically move the customer to a free plan instead of cancelling.
Failed payment → auto-downgrade
Instead of cancelling after a failed renewal, automatically move the customer to a cheaper plan.
Automatic Stripe billing (SCA)
Collect every renewal automatically and off-session with Stripe, fully SCA / 3D Secure compliant.
Customer skip & pause
Let subscribers skip the next renewal or pause for a while instead of cancelling — ideal for boxes and seasonal use.
Charge shipping on every renewal
For physical boxes and refills — bill shipping again on each renewal, with an optional flat renewal rate.
Ship once, then free renewals
Charge shipping only on the signup order — ideal for a welcome kit or starter pack with a digital membership.
Custom checkout fields
Collect anything at checkout — dietary prefs, delivery notes, file uploads, sizes — and carry it onto the subscription and renewals.
Multi-step checkout
Split a long checkout into friendly steps with a progress indicator to cut form fatigue and lift conversions.
Conditional checkout fields
Show or hide checkout fields based on earlier answers — e.g. reveal ‘Company name’ only when ‘Business’ is chosen.
Manage-subscriptions & admin recipes
Run subscriptions from the back office — purchase-limit combinations, admin create/edit, lifecycle actions, exports and notes, the site-access toolkit (login-as-user, wp-admin lockdown, login routing), refunds, and store-credit management.
Multiple subscriptions per customer
Let one customer hold many subscriptions at once and buy several in a single cart — the default, open model.
One subscription per customer
Limit each customer to a single live subscription — block a second purchase while one is active, trial, on-hold, or pending.
Auto-replace on new purchase
When a one-sub customer buys a new plan, automatically replace their existing subscription via plan-switch proration.
One of each plan per cart
Cap each subscription product to quantity one in the cart, while still allowing different plans together.
Subscriptions-only checkout
Keep subscriptions and one-time products in separate orders by disabling mixed checkout.
Create a subscription from admin
Build a brand-new subscription by hand in the admin — pick the customer, product, schedule, trial, and addresses.
Edit a subscription from admin
Update a subscription’s invoice email, billing/shipping addresses, and status from the admin edit screen.
Cancel, hold, resume & expire
Drive a subscription through its lifecycle from admin — cancel (now or end-of-period), undo, put on hold, reactivate.
Export subscriptions (CSV/JSON)
Export your subscriptions to CSV (filtered by status) or JSON for reporting, migration, or your CRM.
Notes & payment timeline
Keep a per-subscription record — system events, private admin notes, and customer-visible notes on one timeline.
Log in as a customer
Open a customer’s frontend session from the admin to see exactly what they see — no password needed.
Hide the admin bar for customers
Remove the WordPress toolbar on the frontend for non-admins so customers see a clean, branded site.
Lock customers out of wp-admin
Redirect non-staff away from /wp-admin to My Account (or a 404), while admins and chosen roles keep access.
Route login through My Account
Send wp-login.php visits to WooCommerce My Account so customers log in and register on your branded page.
Redirect the product page
Send a subscription product’s public URL to a custom sales page (301) or a 404, while checkout keeps working.
Limit concurrent logins
Stop account sharing by capping concurrent sessions per user — the oldest session is logged out on excess.
Issue a prorated refund
Refund only the unused days of the current billing cycle, calculated automatically — optionally cancelling after.
Refund-on-cancellation policy
Decide what a full refund does to the subscription — cancel now, cancel at period end, or leave it untouched.
Adjust a customer’s store credit
Add or deduct a customer’s store-credit balance by hand from the admin, with a reason for the audit trail.
Audit store-credit history
Review every credit transaction across all customers — filter by source and type to audit balances.
Retention-flow & coupon recipes
Win-back offers, cancellation funnels, and promotional discounts built from the Retention Flow and Coupons modules — discounts, pauses, downgrades, and recurring promo codes.
‘Too expensive’ → discount
Catch price-sensitive cancellers with an automatic discount on their next few renewals — e.g. 20% off for 3 cycles.
‘Need a break’ → pause offer
Offer a temporary pause instead of cancellation when a customer just needs time off — auto-resumes after the set duration.
Offer a cheaper plan
Instead of losing a customer, offer a downgrade to a cheaper plan during cancellation — keeps revenue on the table.
‘Technical issues’ → support
Route customers citing problems to your support team before they cancel, with a direct link to your help hub.
Free month to win back
Offer a single free renewal (100% off one cycle) as a high-impact save for customers about to leave.
Long seasonal pause
Offer a long pause (up to 90 days) for seasonal businesses so customers park their subscription over the off-season.
End-of-period cancel + undo
Let cancellations take effect at period end (not instantly), keeping access paid-through and offering an undo button.
Full targeted save funnel
Require a cancellation reason, then route each reason to the offer most likely to save it — the complete retention funnel.
Show every offer for ‘Other’
For the catch-all ‘Other’ reason, present all eligible offers at once and let the customer pick what fits.
Deep 50%-off save
Throw a deep, longer discount at high-value cancellers — e.g. 50% off for 6 cycles — to protect lifetime value.
Welcome 15%-off coupon
A one-time welcome coupon that discounts only the first payment — renewals stay full price.
50% off first 3 months
A recurring coupon that discounts the first few renewals — e.g. 50% off for 3 months counting the initial order.
Lifetime 10%-off coupon
A recurring coupon with unlimited cycles that discounts every renewal for the life of the subscription.
Fixed $-off first order
A flat cash discount on the first order — e.g. $10 off the initial payment, with renewals at full price.
Free first month coupon
A 100%-off coupon on the first payment so customers start free, then renew at full price.
Creator code: 20% for 12 renewals
A recurring partner/influencer code that discounts a year of renewals — e.g. 20% off for 12 cycles.
Plan-switching, feature & store-credit recipes
Upgrades, downgrades, and crossgrades with automatic proration; per-tier entitlements and usage limits from Feature Manager; and Store Credit wallets, refund-to-credit, and prepaid top-ups.
Upgrade paths between tiers
Let customers move up to a higher plan with the price difference prorated automatically — Basic → Pro → Enterprise.
Downgrade with prorated credit
Let customers drop to a cheaper plan and bank the unused balance as store credit instead of losing them.
Crossgrade between similar plans
Let customers switch sideways between similarly-priced plans — e.g. swap a Coffee box for a Tea box — with no proration.
Defer switches to next renewal
Schedule plan changes to apply at the next renewal instead of immediately — no mid-cycle proration charge.
Charge a fee to switch plans
Add a flat fee on top of proration for upgrades, downgrades, or crossgrades to discourage plan-hopping.
Let customers switch in the portal
Turn on self-service plan switching so customers upgrade, downgrade, or crossgrade themselves — no support ticket.
‘What’s included’ on the product page
Show a clear entitlements list on the product page with Feature Manager — toggles, numeric limits, and text perks.
Compare features across tiers
Define per-variation entitlements so each tier’s features are clear, and customers see exactly what their plan grants.
Usage limits & metering
Set numeric entitlement limits per plan (e.g. 1,000 API calls) and show used-vs-limit progress to customers.
Fixed end-date membership
End every membership on a shared calendar date (e.g. each Aug 31) instead of a rolling cycle — with an enrollment window.
Refund to store credit
Issue refunds as spendable store credit instead of cash back through the gateway — keep the revenue in-store.
Auto-apply credit to renewals
Let accumulated store credit silently pay down every renewal — subscription credit first, then customer balance.
Sell prepaid credit with a bonus
Sell store-credit top-ups (optionally with a bonus %) customers prepay and spend on renewals and new orders.
Expiring promotional credit
Grant promo credit that expires after a set period to create urgency — with automatic expiry-warning emails.
Member restrictions & gated content recipes
Lock content to the right members — page, post, category, URL and product gating with AND/OR conditions, scheduled content dripping, gated downloads, member pricing, role mapping, shortcodes, and per-tier session limits.
Restrict pages & posts by plan
Gate any page, post, or custom post type to subscribers — show a custom message to everyone else.
Paywall a whole category
Gate every post in a category or tag at once — perfect for a ‘Premium’ section that grows automatically.
Gate specific pages
Hand-pick individual pages or posts to lock — ideal for a few premium resources without gating a whole type.
Teasers with a lock in listings
Show restricted posts in archives with a lock icon and teaser, gating the full content only on click.
Lock a URL path (with exclusions)
Gate everything under a path like /members/ with a URL rule — and exempt a few public pages.
Gate URLs with regex
Match dynamic URL patterns — like /forum/board-12/ or /courses/level-3 — with a regular-expression URL rule.
Members-only product catalog
Hide or block-purchase products for non-members — a wholesale or members-only store behind a subscription.
Hide products from non-members
Make restricted products return 404 and vanish from catalogs, search, and sitemaps for non-qualifying visitors.
Member pricing & discounts
Give subscribers automatic member pricing across the store — a percentage off, shown alongside the regular price.
Per-cart member discount
Give high-value members a flat amount off the whole cart — shown as a negative fee at checkout.
Subscription-gated downloads
Provision downloadable files to members through My Account — a library that appears only for active plans.
Download limits & metering
Cap how many times members can download per day, week, month, year, or lifetime — with a progress bar.
Map WordPress roles to plans
Auto-assign and remove WordPress roles as subscriptions start, pause, and end — so other plugins honor your tiers.
Tiered roles (Starter/Pro/Enterprise)
Map each plan tier to its own role and strip lower-tier roles on upgrade — clean role hierarchy across tiers.
Drip course content weekly
Release gated modules on a schedule — week 1 now, week 2 after 7 days — measured from each member’s start date.
Stage downloads over time
Release downloadable modules in stages — file set 1 immediately, set 2 after 14 days, set 3 after 28.
VIP access by lifetime spend
Unlock content or perks once a customer’s total spend crosses a threshold — e.g. VIP area at $500 lifetime.
Gate by past purchase (no subscription)
Unlock content for anyone who bought a specific product — even without a subscription.
Combine conditions (AND/OR)
Build nuanced access from multiple conditions — e.g. ‘Enterprise plan OR lifetime spend ≥ $5,000’.
Gate by Feature Manager entitlement
Unlock content based on a Feature Manager value — e.g. show team-admin docs only when team seats ≥ 10.
Inline content gating (shortcode)
Wrap just part of a page with [arraysubs_restrict] — public intro, gated premium section, all on one page.
Gate an Elementor section
Lock any Elementor Container (Flexbox or Grid) to members from the builder — no shortcode to type.
Login-state personalization
Show different content to logged-in vs logged-out visitors and greet members by name with account shortcodes.
Per-tier session limits
Give each plan its own concurrent-device limit — Basic 1 screen, Standard 3, Premium 5 — streaming-style.
Membership modules recipes
The member-experience layer of your membership site — a Manage Members 360° dashboard, custom profile fields and avatars, a customizable My Account, the full self-service portal, and branded lifecycle emails.
Member 360° profile dashboard
Pull up any member’s full picture — spend, orders, subscriptions, credit, and addresses — on one Manage Members screen.
Custom member profile fields
Collect extra data from members — text, select, date, checkbox, or file fields added to My Account and the admin profile.
Member avatar uploads
Let members upload a profile photo from My Account, with size and file-type limits — falls back to Gravatar.
Customize the My Account menu
Reorder, rename, or hide WooCommerce My Account tabs — including the Subscriptions, Features, and Store Credit items.
Add custom My Account pages
Add your own tabs to My Account — link a WordPress page or post as a clean /my-account/ endpoint.
Self-service subscription portal
Give members a My Account hub to view subscriptions and self-serve — cancel, skip, pause, switch — by your rules.
Let members update their card
Members update their payment method from My Account via a secure gateway flow — Stripe, PayPal, or Paddle.
Let members update shipping
Members change their shipping address from My Account; renewals use the latest address, with a pre-renewal cutoff.
Member auto-renew toggle
Let members switch off auto-renew and pay by invoice instead — without cancelling — from My Account.
Member store-credit page
Give members a My Account page to see their credit balance, transaction history, and buy more credit.
Customize lifecycle emails
Edit the subject, heading, and content of every subscription email, with placeholders and theme template overrides.
Renewal reminder timing
Set how many days before a renewal members get a heads-up email — reducing surprise charges and disputes.
Admin notification emails
Get notified of new subscriptions, failed payments, and cancellations — with a custom recipient and toggles.
Brand your membership emails
Apply your logo, colors, and footer to every subscription email through WooCommerce’s email branding.
Analytics & growth recipes
Turn data into growth — track MRR, churn, ARPU and trial conversion, see which products, offers and coupons actually move the needle, then protect that revenue with audit trails, job monitoring, and gateway health.
Track MRR, churn & ARPU
Know the numbers that grow a subscription business — MRR, churn rate, ARPU, trial conversion, and revenue at risk on one dashboard.
Growth trend charts
See MRR, net growth, churn, renewal revenue, and trial conversion trending over time — spot momentum and inflection points.
Top products & customers
See your best products, highest-value subscribers, and worst churn — so you can double down on what grows and fix what bleeds.
Retention & churn analytics
Measure why customers leave and which save offers work — cut churn with data instead of guesswork. Free.
Optimize trial conversion
Measure trial-to-paid conversion over time so you can test trial length, card-required, and onboarding to lift it.
Coupon & promo insights
Filter orders by type and coupon to see which promos actually drive signups and renewals — not just redemptions.
Subscription-aware WooCommerce reports
Add order-type filters and renewal/upgrade/credit revenue cards to native WooCommerce Analytics for true subscription reporting.
The reports hub
One directory linking every report and data screen — find the metric you need without hunting through menus. Free.
Activity audit trail
Know who changed what — a searchable log of every subscription, settings, payment, and access change. Protect the business as you scale.
Monitor background jobs
Watch renewals, trial conversions, and reminders run — catch a failed job before it costs you revenue.
Gateway health monitor
One screen for gateway status, webhook activity, and per-gateway subscription counts — stop silent revenue leaks.
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