How do you keep a community active past the first month?

We ran into the same situation last quarter. What worked for us was starting small and only adding complexity when a real need showed up.

Appreciate the clear steps. The dry-run tip in particular saved me from a mistake I would not have caught otherwise.

This is the answer I wish I had found six months ago. Would have saved me a weekend of trial and error.

For what it is worth, the same approach works with the PMPro adapter — the membership side is identical from here.

Strong agree. Good defaults beat a wall of toggles every single time.

Adding a small note: the same idea applies on mobile, just with a bit more attention to tap targets.