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How to Create a WordPress Alumni Site

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Are you planning to list an alumni group on your WordPress blog? In this tutorial I am going to walk you through a few simple steps to set up a WordPress alumni site in no time.

Step 1: Install a WordPress Alumni Plugin

First, you will need to install the following WordPress plugin and addon

  • WP eMember – a popular WordPress membership plugin which allows you to manage your existing alumni
  • eMember profile extended addon – an addon for the WP eMember plugin which allows you to list your alumni group.

Step 2: Create a Membership Level for Your Alumni Group

Now that you have the plugins installed you can start creating a new membership level for your alumni group. Simply navigate to “WP eMember -> Membership Level” and add a new membership level.

screenshot of how to navigate to memebership level menu of wp emember plugin

You can name the membership level to whatever you like (example: My Alumni Group).

screenshot showing how to add new alumni group using wp emember plugin

Click the “Submit” button which will create the membership level for you.

If you go back to the “Membership Level” menu you will see the newly created level with a Level ID.

screenshot showing the membership level menu of wp emember plugin

Step 3: Build Your Alumni List

Option 1) Register New Users for the Alumni List

The plugin automatically creates a “Registration Page” when you install it for the first time. So you can simply redirect a user to the Registration page where they will be able to sign up for the alumni group you created earlier. You can find the URL to the Registration page in the eMember settings (WP eMember->Settings->Pages/Forms Settings). This is how a typical registration page looks like:

screenshot showing the alumni registration page

To use the “My Alumni Group” as your default free membership level you need to enable the following option in the eMember settings:

screenshot showing how to enable free memberhship using wp emember plugin

Alternatively, you can also add a new member manually from the eMember dashboard (WP eMember->Members->Add/Edit Member tab)

Option 2) Import Alumni to WP eMember Database

There are two ways to import alumni to the eMember plugin database:

a) Import as WordPress Users

If the alumni have WordPress user accounts on your site you can directly import to the eMember database using the the Import functionality. You can either import all WP users or selectively import some users:

screenshot showing how to import wordpress users to alumni group in eMember plugin

To access this functionality you need to go to “WP eMember->Members->Import WP Users” tab.

b) Import from MySQL Database

If you are already using another plugin to manage your users you can directly import those users to eMember database. Please check this video tutorial to learn more about this.

Once your alumni have been imported into the eMember database they will be listed under the “Manage Members” menu:

screenshot showing a list of alumni group in eMember plugin

Step 4: Display Your Alumni Group on a WordPress Page

Now that you have the alumni list imported you can display it using a simple eMember shortcode.

Go to the settings menu of the eMember profile extended addon that you installed earlier.

screenshot showing the emember profile extended addon settings

Scroll down to the “User Profile Summary List Fields” section and choose the options you would like to display on the Alumni Page.

screenshot showing the options that can be displayed on the alumni page

Click the “Generate Summary Shortcode” button to generate a shortcode for your alumni page.

screenshot showing how to generate shortcode for the alumni list page

Copy the generated shortcode, create a new page and embed the shortcode in it:

screenshot showing how to embed a shortcode to dispaly alumni list on wordpress

Now if you view the page you will be able to see a list of your alumni.

screenshot showing a list of your alumni on a wordpress page

And that’s it. Now you have your own alumni site up and running on WordPress.

If you have any suggestions feel free to share with me in the comment section below.

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