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Setup guide for force subscription app.

Force Subscriptions is a Shopify app that lets store owners sell products on a recurring basis (daily, weekly, monthly, yearly) so customers get automatically billed and shipped on a schedule instead of buying once. It also gives store owners tools to set up, manage, and track these subscriptions from one dashboard.

In this guide, we'll walk through everything the Dashboard shows and what each part means.

Step 1: Open the Dashboard

In the left-hand menu, click Dashboard under Force Subscriptions. This is the home page of the app and gives you a full overview of your subscriptions at a glance.

Step 2: Complete the Setup Guide

At the top of the Dashboard, there's a Setup Guide with 5 steps to get your subscriptions working. A progress bar shows how many steps you've finished.

Step 3: Create Your First Recurring Plan

A recurring plan lets customers get a product automatically delivered and billed on a set schedule daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly instead of buying once.

This adds a subscription button to your product pages, so customers can choose to subscribe instead of just buying once. Click Enable widget to turn it on, or Mark as done if you've already set it up elsewhere.

Step 4:

Enable Force Subscriptions List Page.
Enable Force Manage Subscriptions Button .
Enable Force Subscription Detail Page.

Revenue Growth Chart

Total Subscription: Shows the overall number of subscriptions created in your store — currently 21.
Active Subscription: Shows how many subscriptions are currently running — currently 18.
Paused Subscription: Shows how many subscriptions are temporarily on hold — currently 2.
Cancelled Subscription: Shows how many subscriptions have been cancelled — currently 1.
Revenue Growth Chart: Displays date-wise subscription order revenue, with a "Last 7 days" filter to change the time range.

Plan Distribution, Latest Subscriptions & Top Subscription Products

Plan Distribution: Shows the percentage and count of subscribers on each billing frequency — Daily 0% (0), Weekly 10% (2), Monthly 90% (19), Yearly 0% (0).
Latest Subscriptions: Lists the most recent subscribers by name with their current status, such as Active or Cancelled, and a "View all" link to see the full list.
Top Subscription Products: Ranks the best-performing subscription products, showing the product name, the plan it's linked to, and the number of orders it has generated.

Updated on: 11/08/2026

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