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About Clever Members

About Clever Members

One WordPress plugin for your website, your members and your money. It replaces the stack of plugins and monthly subscriptions most organizations pay for, and it comes with Raya, an AI designer that builds pages for you.

  • Non-profits
  • Churches
  • Fraternal organizations
  • Businesses
  • Side hustles
  • Website designers
Website
Drag-and-drop pages, posts, forms, popups and reusable widgets
Members
Portal, directory, messages, ID cards and a phone app
Money
Dues, events, a shop, invoices and subscriptions
Growth
SEO checks, email marketing and Raya AI

See what’s inside

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Installing Clever Members is Easy

If you can upload a photo, you can install Clever Members. It installs like any other WordPress plugin: in your WordPress dashboard, go to Plugins, choose Add New, click Upload Plugin, pick the Clever Members file and click Install Now, then Activate. There’s nothing to configure on your server, no code to edit and no extra hosting to buy, and it takes about a minute. Once it’s active, Clever Members walks you through the rest, and future updates install from inside the plugin with one click. Watch the video below to see the whole thing from start to finish.

Pick how much help you want

Every package includes the full Clever Members plugin.

Clever Members

This package comes with:

Raya AI Trial
30 days of support
One Year of FREE updates!

From $49.99 / year

Clever Members Plus

This package comes with:

Raya AI Trial
30 days of support
One Year of FREE updates
We configure this plugin for you
We configure your domain name and hosting server (sold separately)

Clever Members Pro

This package comes with:

Raya AI Trial
30 days of support
One Year of FREE updates
We configure this plugin for you
We configure your domain, email, and hosting server (sold separately)
We design your website

Clever Member Expansion

This package allows us to design custom functionality for your Clever Member plugin. This package comes with:

60 days of support
One Year of FREE updates
Raya AI (Optional)

Have a question we didn’t answer?

Tell us what your organization does and what you use today. We’ll tell you what Clever Members replaces and what it would cost.

Easy Web Design

A visual page builder that edits your website the way visitors see it, on desktop and phone.

Build pages

Page builder
Drag and drop elements into pages and posts with Live View, Undo and Redo, and a Layers list of every row, column and element.
Desktop and phone
Edit in Desktop or Phone mode. Phone settings change only what phones see.
Elements
Banners, text, images, buttons, icons, Cards, Count Down timers, Code Snippets, accordions, videos, maps, forms, shop elements and more, with Google Fonts and icons.
Right-click menu
Edit, duplicate, copy, paste or delete any row, column or element. Copy on one page and paste on another.
Widgets
Save a row, column or element as a widget and place it anywhere. Edit the widget once and every page that uses it updates.
Scroll Animator
Animate pictures and text as visitors scroll.
Full-screen view
Hides the WordPress theme; editors get a thin bar for Live, Preview and Edit.

Templates and themes

Templates
As many Header, Footer, Page and Post Templates as you need, each placed on the pages, categories, posts or Login page you choose.
Themes
Create and import whole themes, and keep Theme Layouts and Content Templates to start new pages from.
Menus
Build a menu once and show it in any header, footer or page. Changing it updates it everywhere.
Head Tag and Footer
Add tracking codes and scripts to every page or only the ones you choose.

Forms, media and publishing

Form Builder
Conditional logic, payments by PayPal, Square, Stripe or check, captcha, saved entries, and email and bell notifications.
Popup Builder
Popups that open from a button or link, or by themselves after a delay, on scroll or when a visitor is about to leave.
Media library
Images, audio, video, documents and other files in one place.
Post categories
Organize posts and show them with the Display Post List element.
Page types
Regular, Home Page, Restricted Notification, Posts Archive, Privacy Policy and Protected pages.
Protected Pages
Pages only the roles or people you choose can open, and where they land when they log in.
Publishing
Published, Drafts and Trash with Undelete, and change history.
Conversions
Copy your existing WordPress pages and posts into the page builder.
Sponsorships
Up to 6 packages, paid online or with a printable mail-in form.
Terms of Service
Your own terms, added to forms, invoices, the shopping cart and sponsorships.

Need more?

Companion plugins add features such as analytics, live chat, booking and video. Custom Plugins are built by Cleverly Genius for what your organization needs.

SEO & Marketing

Help people find you, then stay in touch with them.

Site Identity
Your site name, description and type (organization, local business or person), plus how your pages look when shared on social media.
SEO Analysis
Checks each page and post against the keyword phrase you want it found for, using targets you set in SEO Configuration.
Sitemaps and AI search
An automatic sitemap.xml, feed.xml and llms.txt, so search engines and AI tools can find your pages. Turn indexing off for any page.
Send Email Settings
SMTP settings so the emails your website sends reach inboxes instead of spam folders.
Email address list
Every email address on your site in one list, grouped by where it came from: members, invoice clients, form entries and more.
Email Marketing
Send designed HTML emails to the groups you choose.

Solutions

The tools that run an organization, built in rather than bought separately.

Shopping Cart

Store
Products, cart and checkout with PayPal, Square or Stripe.
Orders
Sales and orders to process, in one place.
Digital downloads
Sell files with private download links that only buyers can use.

Accounting System

Records
Clients, services, projects (queue, queued and archives) and expenses with categories.
Invoices
Digital, PDF or both. Email them with a security code or the client’s own link, and add payment fees automatically.
Subscriptions
Monthly billing by PayPal, Square or Stripe. Every payment makes a paid invoice and receipt, and clients can cancel on their own.
Manual subscriptions
Monthly PDF invoices emailed automatically to clients who mail checks.
Retainer intake forms
Service request forms on your website that collect a retainer fee.
Reports
Payments Received, Skipped Payments and Expenses.

Payment Center

One processor
Choose PayPal, Square or Stripe once for the whole plugin, with its fees.
Checks
Your payable-to name and mailing address, shown wherever checks are accepted.

Membership System

Member records
Profiles with photos, member IDs and status: Active, Non-Active, Suspended or Deceased.
Officers
Officer positions and your own officer types.
Import and export
Move member records in and out with CSV files.
ID cards
Membership ID cards, with a scanner for check-in.
Dues and renewals
Paid online or by check, with About to Expire reminders. Unpaid members move to Waiting automatically.
Reports
Active, Non-Active, Suspended, Deceased, Current Officers and Past Officers, as PDFs.

Members Portal

Sections
Home, Minutes, Member Directory, Photo Galleries, Officers, Bylaws and a board-only section.
Profiles and feed
Member biographies and a feed for posts and replies.
Instant messages
Online status, typing and Seen indicators, sound alerts and file attachments for officers.
Notifications
A bell for new minutes, galleries, events, messages and replies.
Events and galleries
Events with prices and online payment, and photo galleries members make and view.
Documents
Financial, Minutes, Bylaws, Miscellaneous, Website and Public.
Phone app
Members install it from your website, with push notifications and no outside service.
Protected Pages
Private pages for a role or a single person, such as a staff area or board room.

Enterprise Level

For organizations with more people, more pages and more to keep track of.

Raya AI

SEO scanning
Audits your site and content against current search ranking factors.
AI search analysis
Checks how your pages show up in AI-powered search results.
Social media
Schedules posts across platforms and creates on-brand images and captions.
Page design
Create with Raya writes, lays out and makes the images for a new page or post. Edit with Raya changes one in the page builder.
Built in
Works with membership, billing and marketing.

Admin Center

One admin area
Works in WordPress and on your website, with a menu that fits phones.
Dashboard
Your numbers at a glance, with quick actions like New Member and New Event.
Quick Tools and Links
Your most-used tools and your own saved links, one click away.
Notifications
Form entries, payments, subscriptions, member messages and plugin updates.
Roles and permissions
Decide which screens each role sees, and where each role goes when they log in: the Admin Area, the Members Area or a Protected Page.
Login security
Two-factor authentication, lockout after failed logins, and log out when idle.
WordPress Users
Every account in one list, filtered by group or role.
Support
Help videos, and Report an Issue to send a ticket to Cleverly Genius.
Connected Websites
Primary and secondary sites for licenses that cover several websites.
Simpler WordPress
Hides WordPress screens Clever Members replaces, swaps in a custom login, and turns off the areas you don’t use.

Compare

How Clever Members stacks up against two popular choices.

Clever Members and Wix
FeatureClever MembersWix
Free domain for 1 yearWith BluehostYes
100 GB storageWith BluehostYes
Multi-cloud hostingWith BluehostYes
Marketing suiteAdvancedStandard
Accept paymentsYesYes
eCommerceAdvancedStandard
Scheduling and servicesYesYes
Site collaboratorsUnlimited10
Price per yearAbout $250*$468
Clever Members and Elementor
FeatureClever MembersElementor
Theme builderYesYes
Form builder with logic, payments and eventsYesNo
Full shopping cartYesNo
Full accounting systemYesNo
Member managementYesNo
User role editorYesNo
Phone editorYesNo
AI servicesYesYes
Price per year$49.99$84

* The Wix comparison includes hosting and a domain from Bluehost, which you can lower by choosing a less expensive host. Clever Members is a WordPress plugin, not a hosting or domain service, so hosting and a domain are bought separately. The plugin itself is $49.99 a year.

FAQ

What do I need to run Clever Members?

A self-hosted WordPress website on PHP 7.4 or newer, which almost every host provides. If you don’t have hosting or a domain yet, Cleverly Genius can set you up with Bluehost.

I already have a website. Will Clever Members erase my content?

No. Your pages and posts stay in WordPress, on your hosting, in your own database. The Conversions tool copies them into the page builder so you can redesign them at your own pace.

Can I collect dues, event fees and other payments?

Yes. Connect your own PayPal, Square or Stripe account and the money goes straight to you. You can accept mailed checks too. That covers dues and renewals, event tickets, sponsorships, forms, invoices, subscriptions and the shopping cart. Every payment is confirmed with the processor before it’s marked paid, and it shows up in Accounting under Payments Received.

What is Raya, and does it cost extra?

Raya is the built-in AI designer. Describe the page or post you want and Raya writes it, lays it out and creates the images. Every new install includes a free trial with credits. After that you can choose a monthly AI Package or buy one-time Credit Boosters. Raya is optional; everything else works without it.

How many websites can I use it on, and how do updates work?

Each license covers one website, and you can buy as many as you need. Reinstalling on the same website doesn’t use another license, and you manage your licenses from your account. Updates install from inside the plugin, and every package includes a year of updates.