How To Have a Paid Memberships Pro Level with Access to Everything

Set a hidden “super level” with access to everything. This is a useful method for site administrators to be able to easily browse their entire membership site regardless of level.

A little background…

Something that confuses some people about Paid Memberships Pro is the fact that admins DON’T have access to everything on the site. Their access is based on their membership level, just like all others users.

If you want to have a “super level” with access to everything, you can use the code below. Set up the “Membership Level” that has access to everything, set it to “hidden”, then assign it to one or more administrator/site owner accounts directly via the Users > Edit User admin.

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The Code Recipe

Adding the recipe to your website

You can add this recipe to your site by creating a custom plugin or using the Code Snippets plugin available for free in the WordPress repository. Read this companion article for step-by-step directions on either method.

You can then modify the level ID on line 7 to your all access level’s ID.