WordPress Membership plugins: selection criteria and comparison
Compare features, licenses and deployment needs.
Source description: “Change wp-login.php to anything you want.” Deployment: WordPress 4.1 / PHP 7.0. Listed version 1.9.19. 2,000,000 active installations reported by WordPress.org.
Source description: “WordPress login security with brute force protection, Two-factor authentication (2FA/MFA), firewall, IP/country blocking, and login monitoring”. Deployment: WordPress 5.0 / PHP not specified. Listed version 3.3.10. 1,000,000 active installations reported by WordPress.org.
Source description: “Adds WordPress login and admin protections, including CAPTCHA, login lock, login alerts, renamed login URLs, and SiteGuard WAF…” Deployment: WordPress 6.0 / PHP not specified. Listed version 1.8.9. 500,000 active installations reported by WordPress.org.
Source description: “Limit rate of login attempts, including by way of cookies, for each IP. Fully customizable.” Deployment: WordPress 2.8 / PHP not specified. Listed version 1.7.2. 300,000 active installations reported by WordPress.org.
Source description: “Captcha protection against spam comments & brute force login attacks using Google reCAPTCHA.” Deployment: WordPress 4.9 / PHP 5.2. Listed version 5.42. 200,000 active installations reported by WordPress.org.
Source description: “LoginPress is a Custom Login Page Customizer plugin allows you to easily customize the layout of login, admin…” Deployment: WordPress 4.0 / PHP not specified. Listed version 6.2.5. 200,000 active installations reported by WordPress.org.
Source description: “One click registration & login plugin for Facebook, Google, X (formerly Twitter) and more. Quick setup and easy…” Deployment: WordPress 4.9 / PHP 7.4. Listed version 3.1.26. 200,000 active installations reported by WordPress.org.
Source description: “Membership & community plugin with user profiles, registration & login, member directories, content restriction, user roles and much…” Deployment: WordPress 6.2 / PHP 7.0. Listed version 2.14.0. 200,000 active installations reported by WordPress.org.
Source description: “WPS Limit login limit connection attempts by IP address”. Deployment: WordPress 4.2 / PHP not specified. Listed version 1.5.9.4. 100,000 active installations reported by WordPress.org.
Source description: “Add modules: share buttons, header/footer scripts, disable comments, reading progress, custom fonts, custom login & more in one…” Deployment: WordPress 5.3 / PHP 7.4. Listed version 3.0.10. 100,000 active installations reported by WordPress.org.
Source description: “Setup paid membership, accept payment, sell subscription & digital product, paywall, create login & registration form, user profile…” Deployment: WordPress 6.0 / PHP 7.4. Listed version 4.17.7. 100,000 active installations reported by WordPress.org.
Source description: “Protect, lockdown & secure login form by limiting login attempts from the same IP & banning IPs.” Deployment: WordPress 4.0 / PHP 5.2. Listed version 2.19. 100,000 active installations reported by WordPress.org.