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Here’s why:

• WordPress core roles (Customer, Subscriber, Contributor, Author, Shop Manager) are not meant to represent your membership tiers (Monthly, Yearly, etc.). They control what a user can do on the backend (write posts, manage shop, etc.) — not what content/features they can access.
• Subscriber is the most restricted, safest role — it just lets someone log in and manage their own profile. That’s exactly what you want as the baseline before their membership/payment status is applied.
• Your membership plugin (e.g., WooCommerce Memberships, MemberPress, Paid Memberships Pro, Restrict Content Pro, etc.) is what actually manages the yearly/monthly plan logic — access levels, content restriction, billing cycles, expiration — on top of that basic Subscriber role. The plugin usually tags the user with a “membership level” or “product” behind the scenes, separate from the WordPress role dropdown.

So to be clear:

• ❌ Don’t pick Customer unless you’re also selling physical/simple WooCommerce products separately from memberships.
• ❌ Don’t pick Author/Contributor/Shop Manager — unrelated to membership access.
• ✅ Pick Subscriber as the default WP role, and configure your actual plan tiers (Monthly/Yearly) inside your membership plugin’s settings, not here.

If you let me know which membership plugin you’re using (WooCommerce Memberships, MemberPress, etc.), I can point you to exactly where to set up the Monthly/Yearly plans.