WordPress Membership plugins: selection criteria and comparison
Compare features, licenses and deployment needs.
Source description: “The best WordPress membership and user role editor plugin. User Roles & Capabilities editor helps you restrict content…” Deployment: WordPress 6.0 / PHP 7.4. Listed version 3.2.26. 300,000 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: “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: “Build membership sites with tiered plans, content restriction, drag-&-drop custom registration & login form builder, and built-in payment…” Deployment: WordPress 5.5 / PHP 7.4. Listed version 5.3.1. 50,000 active installations reported by WordPress.org.
Source description: “The original WordPress membership plugin with content restriction, user login, custom registration fields, user profiles, and more.” Deployment: WordPress 5.9 / PHP not specified. Listed version 3.5.7. 50,000 active installations reported by WordPress.org.
Source description: “Build your email subscriber lists, send email marketing newsletters, create landing pages, build custom subscription forms with the…” Deployment: WordPress 5.6 / PHP 7.1. Listed version 3.4.7. 40,000 active installations reported by WordPress.org.
Source description: “Simple membership plugin adds membership functionality to your site. Protect members only content using content protection easily.” Deployment: WordPress 6.0 / PHP 7.4. Listed version 4.8.5. 40,000 active installations reported by WordPress.org.
Source description: “Create an AI-powered frontend post form, user registration form, user profile page, membership site, user directory, and content…” Deployment: WordPress 5.0 / PHP 7.4. Listed version 4.3.13. 20,000 active installations reported by WordPress.org.
Source description: “Feature-packed membership plugin for creating subscription plans, adding recurring payments & content restriction on your membership site.” Deployment: WordPress 3.1 / PHP 7.4. Listed version 3.1.2. 10,000 active installations reported by WordPress.org.
Source description: “Create Access Levels and restrict any post, page, category, etc. Supports bbPress, BuddyPress, WooCommerce, WPML, and more.” Deployment: WordPress 5.8 / PHP 7.2. Listed version 2.8.2. 10,000 active installations reported by WordPress.org.
Source description: “Turn your site into a powerful membership solution. Manage members, teams and access to content easily.” Deployment: WordPress 6.7 / PHP 7.4. Listed version 4.8.0. 10,000 active installations reported by WordPress.org.
Source description: “A simple woocommerce memberships plugin for offering free and premium subscription for your multi-vendor marketplace - WCFM Marketplace,…” Deployment: WordPress 5.5 / PHP 5.6. Listed version 2.12.0. 10,000 active installations reported by WordPress.org.