Question: Paying customers can log in and view all course content, but cannot change anything on the site.

Hi everyone, I’m looking for patterns that work.

Goal: paying customers can log in and view all course content, but cannot change anything on the site.

My setup:

• WordPress with FluentCommunity, FluentForms, FluentCRM, and the Members plugin.
• New users are created by a form, added to a list and tag in FluentCRM, and enrolled in a Course and a Space.
• Role managed in Members: “Online Academy Member.”

Problem:

• With only Read granted, the user sees the course shell but it shows 0 topics and 0 lessons.
• If I grant manage_options, the lessons appear, which I do not want.

Tried so far:

• Turned off Members “Content Permissions” globally and on posts.
• Course visibility set to Enrolled users.
• Lessons are Published.
• No Deny rules in the role.

Questions for you:

• How are you modeling roles so members can view lessons without any admin rights?
• Which exact capabilities do you grant on your Course and Lesson post types?
• Do you adjust anything related to the REST API for logged in users?
• Any example role configs or checklists that work for you?