Membership Plugin reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 200 Reddit reviews across 13 subreddits and 77 posts to rank the best Membership Plugin brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/Wordpress, r/WordpressPlugins, r/woocommerce, r/ProWordPress, r/divi. Top-rated brands include Paid Memberships Pro (4.1/5), MemberPress (4.6/5), ARMember (4.4/5).
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Reviews200
Subreddits13
Posts77
Brands66
Products20
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#1
Paid Memberships Pro
4.1
(35)
"You could try with: - https://wordpress.org/plugins/paid-memberships-pro/ - https://wordpress.org/plugins/paid-member-subscriptions/"
"May be worth looking at http://www.paidmembershipspro.com/ we used this plugin once before and I believe this does all that your after."
"Look into paid membership pro"
"You might want to check out Paid Memberships Pro - its free version offers member-only content, user approval, and access restriction without requiring payments."
"PaidMemberShipsPro should allow you to create what you are trying to achieve. You can even set different memberhship levels and restrict content based upon the levels."
"I've used Paid Memberships Pro, and it's a solid choice with great WPML support for multilingual sites."
"Take a look at Paid Memberships Pro and the add-on plugin for woo."
"I’ve setup multiple sites using Paid Membership Pro and have really liked it."
"You're looking for a membership site like Paid Memberships Pro or Memberpress."
"Checkout Paid Memberships Pro or Ultimate Member."
#2
MemberPress
4.6
(28)
"Another recommendation for MemberPress here. You’ll save money by doing it right the first time. It works very well with MailPoet, as I think you’ve discovered. And I’ve found it to be the best supported and actively updated membership plugin."
"I have MemberPress set up with my site. I’m using it more as a paywall for unlocking content. So far the integration and functionality of it work for my needs."
"I recommend checking out MemberPress as well."
"Memberpress jumps to mind where you can place pages behind a members-only paywall and then embed the airtable views on those pages."
"If you’re looking for the most developer friendly, MemberPress is going to be your best option."
"For that you’ll want to use MemberPress. It’s the most robust."
"Member press all the way."
"I’ll add my vote for MemberPress here. It really is the best option."
"MemberPress is the most developer friendly option out there."
"You could use MemberPress to do what you’re looking for."
#3
ARMember
4.4
(24)
"I ended up using armember plugin and honestly it is been great. It can do content locking, memberships, user profiles, all that stuff without needing a bunch of extra addons."
"You should go with ARMember."
"You should go with ARMember plugin for membership site nonprofit."
"Maybe [https://wordpress.org/plugins/armember-membership](https://wordpress.org/plugins/armember-membership) can help"
"I would recommend ARMember is worth checking out."
"Try ARMember plugin for this type of requirements."
"ARMember is the good option for managing membership website and create a LMS like functionality!"
"ARMember provides a facility to restrict the page/post or custom post types based on the user logged in and also based on the member having a membership plan."
"You can easily use ARMember WordPress membership plugin to do so. & also do email marketing with it too."
"You should go with ARMember. Read all following points it may helpful to you."
#4
Restrict Content Pro
4.2
(13)
"This is the best plugin I have used, the code quality is perfect, it’s light and it has never let me down. And the support from sandhill development is top notch"
"I would stick with Restrict Content Pro. You cant go wrong with it, a very reputable plugin developer, good code, awesome support, and its so modular you can really create anything with it."
"Restrict content pro for life"
"Restrict Content Pro is hard to beat."
"Another good option might be Restrict Content Pro. It's straightforward"
"You might also look at Restrict Content Pro."
"Restrict Content Pro can handle this well for you"
"I personally use Restrict Content Pro. Take a look."
"Restrict content pro or MemberPress are both solid."
"Restrict content pro, Memberpress, and membermouse are popular."
#5
Ultimate Member
4.1
(11)
"I’m running Ultimate Member for a mentoring and tutoring platform now."
"Ultimate Member has a free tier that creates a login and user account pages. You can edit the account page to show posts that are member exclusive."
"Checkout Paid Memberships Pro or Ultimate Member."
"If Epoch supports Woocommerce, there are several plugins you can use like Ultimate Member or Woocommerce Subscriptions."
"But to test I'm just using the free ver in the repo https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-member/"
"I second ultimate member."
"Ultimate Member should be able to get those accomplished for free."
"I would check-out Ultimate Member."
"Ultimate Member has some really nice functionality."
"Ultimate Member will do this out of the box using the free version."
#6
Ultimate Membership Pro
4.0
(8)
"You may have overlooked Ultimate Membership Pro it’s a one off buy and has worked well for all my use cases."
"Ultimate Membership Pro is also worth a look, it has similar features and might be a good fit for what you need."
"Ultimate Membership Pro is a solid choice and should meet most of your requirements."
"Ultimate Membership Pro works fine out of the box with bricks builder."
"Ultimate Membership is working fine for me - just tried it out now."
"For the moment, I only use the Ultimate Membership plugin. It helps me to create what I need for now."
"Check Ultimate Membership Pro which is the profi version of ultimate member."
"Ultimate membership pro 49$ one time fee is something to consider"
#7
Wishlist Member
3.8
(5)
"WishList is the granddaddy and I believe original membership plugin. It's like a Swiss Army Knife."
"Wishlist members is fantastic."
"I've successfully implemented WishList Member for a couple of clients."
"If you can swing the cost, Wishlist Member is a very good plugin."
"I use Wishlist Member with Thrivecart as my checkout - but be aware that integration broke recently and they don’t seem in a rush to fix it."
#8
ProfileGrid
4.0
(3)
"I think you should try ProfileGrid it really easy user friendly."
"I have tried ProfileGrid."
"I have tried the ProfileGrid best for both free and paid membership."
#9
WordPress
3.3
(3)
"Try searching from there free membership plugins - http://wpplugindirectory.org/category/communities-forums/membership-user-role/?downloaded"
"Get a form plugin that can take payment AND does user registration."
"I don't think any of the membership plugins really separate themselves enough to be called best."
#10
BuddyPress
4.5
(2)
"Best BuddyPress Plugins: Events Manager, WooBuddy, UserPro, BuddyPress Docs, BuddyBoss Media, rtMedia for WordPress, BuddyPress Multilingual, BuddyPress Group Email Subscription."
"I have used buddypress with some success for handling members with types and nice front end profiles they can edit."
#11
s2Member
4.5
(2)
"I will suggest you s2member. The free version can give you everything you need."
"For me it has to be s2member, although it's not as easy to use as other plugins."
#12
WP Members
4.0
(2)
"Check out WP Members."
"Wp members works pretty well."
#13
WooCommerce Memberships
4.0
(2)
"The WooCommerce store software has a memberships plugin. It may have some of the features you want."
"Woocommerce memberships."
#14
MemberMouse
4.0
(2)
"Member Mouse. Support is awesome."
"Member mouse"
#15
WooCommerce Membership
4.0
(2)
"You can try only woocommerce membership."
"This is my choice: WooCommerce memberships. That said, it is a subscription based product."
#16
UserPlace
4.0
(2)
"I Used [UserPlace Free Membership Plugin] my WordPress Site"
"Userplace is an easy to use WordPress Membership Plugin Free"
#17
Membership for WooCommerce
4.0
(2)
"Please check Membership for WooCommerce plugin this plugin will help you in managing the membership level easily."
"Membership for WooCommerce is available at WordPress plugins archive for Free."
#18
Memberful
4.0
(2)
"Memberful is a platform worth taking a look at too."
"We can recommend that you check out Memberful"
#19
YITH
4.0
(2)
"Yith Subscriptions is another one which they have memberships as well"
"What I use is YITH Automatic Role Changer but it works only with WooCommerce."
#20
UsersWP
4.0
(2)
"UsersWP > MailPoet integration should be in the pipeline. While it's very lightweight, it scales better than most and has a membership add-on to restrict content that does everything you need."
"It's very lightweight and does exactly what you need."
#21
WPMU
4.0
(2)
"Membership pro 2 from WPMU does all hat and more ...been playing around with it in demo site and about to roll out for production."
"I use wpmu membership on a few different sites and it works well."
#22
WP-Members
3.5
(2)
"I use wp-members."
"Wp-members + gravity forms should be able to handle this, you might have to create a few mods for gravity forms tho."
#23
Venture
5.0
(1)
"If you’re looking for an events plugin, I highly recommend Venture Events Manager"
#24
Skystra
5.0
(1)
"Our team put together a guide on WordPress membership plugins - take a look through, it might have what you need :-)"
#25
Chris Lema
5.0
(1)
"You should look at Chris Lema's posts about membership plugins, and take your pick from that."
#26
Thrive Themes Membership Plugin
5.0
(1)
"If you're looking for a fully-featured WordPress membership plugin check this out!"
#27
SureMembers
5.0
(1)
"Look into suremembers."
#28
WP Geo Directory
5.0
(1)
"I just went through hours of research and decided on WP Geo directory - happy so far."
#29
Divi Engine
5.0
(1)
"We just released our Membership plugin for Divi that does exactly this."
#30
SureCart
5.0
(1)
"Surecart!"
#31
M2Pro
5.0
(1)
"WPMUDEV has a good one called M2Pro."
#32
Digital Access Pass
5.0
(1)
"Digital Access Pass is great"
#33
Kestrel
5.0
(1)
"Our team at Kestrel have just launched Constellation. It does everything on your list (and even multiple languages is coming soon!) and includes a proper Woo integration and recurring billing."
#34
ProfilePress
4.0
(1)
"I believe ProfilePress is the best WordPress paid membership plugin. It's modern, easy to use, and doesn't require codes to customize."
#35
WPMU DEV Membership Plugin
4.0
(1)
"These guys are the best: https://premium.wpmudev.org/project/membership/"
#36
MemberSpace
4.0
(1)
"I've used MemberSpace before on a few client sites. It might meet your needs and it's pretty easy to set up."
#37
WordPress Membership Plugin
4.0
(1)
"Check out this recent post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Wordpress/comments/8rj8gh/simple_membership_plugin_that_gets_updates/"
#38
Claude Sonnet AI
4.0
(1)
"Claude Sonnet AI can build you a plugin to do this in about 45 minutes to 1.5 hrs."
#39
Restrict Content
4.0
(1)
"The free version of Restrict Content plugin might be enough."
#40
LearnDash
4.0
(1)
"Have you tried learndash?"
#41
eventON
4.0
(1)
"Try searching for eventON."
#42
Wp-Members, Wishlist, amember, s2member
4.0
(1)
"Wp-Members, Wishlist, amember, s2member all can handle this."
#43
Membership Transforms
4.0
(1)
"You can try " Membership transforms" that will transform your WordPress website into a fully functional (Unlimited) membership site."
#44
WooCommerce Membership Plugin
4.0
(1)
"Look into woocommerce membership plugin as well."
#45
Akeeba Subscriptions
4.0
(1)
"Akeeba Subscriptions could work."
#46
WP Swings
4.0
(1)
"You may check an amazing Membership For WooCommerce Plugin by WP Swings."
#47
Easy Digital Downloads
4.0
(1)
"An even better choice might be Easy Digital Downloads."
#48
Plugin Republic - Members Only
4.0
(1)
"I moved to Plugin Republic - Members Only."
#49
WooCommerce Memberships and Subscriptions
4.0
(1)
"WooCommerce memberships and WooCommerce subscriptions will probably do you ok."
#50
wpStoreCart
4.0
(1)
"WpStoreCart Membership PRO does handle multiple levels as well as extra fields to collect whatever custom information you need."
#51
OptimizePress
4.0
(1)
"I've come across wishlist and optimizepress member. I found optimizepress better."
#52
PublishPress
4.0
(1)
"I've had success using "PublishPress Capabilities" for that purpose."
#53
Membership Works
4.0
(1)
"I like Membership Works. It's free for the first 50 members, $29/month for up to 300. It is very comprehensive."
#54
Premise
4.0
(1)
"I absolutely love http://getpremise.com/"
#55
Memberstack
4.0
(1)
"Memberstack allows you to add; Logins & signups, Social auth, Gate content, Accept payments, Save data to members."
#56
BuddyBoss
4.0
(1)
"BuddyBoss + something for members-only content like restrictcontentpro."
#57
BuddyCommerce
4.0
(1)
"I suggest you to take a look a BuddyCommerce, which lets you integrate BuddyPress with WooCommerce subscriptions."
#58
Plugin Republic
4.0
(1)
"I've been utilizing Plugin Republic for WooCommerce add ons such as memberships. Check them out. I got the lifetime license for all their products on Black Friday and have built a variety of e-commerce and membership sites."
#59
miniOrange
4.0
(1)
"IIRC, miniOrange has a good one for this."
#60
LifterLMS
4.0
(1)
"For many membership usecases like with online education, you just need one of the best WordPress LMS plugins that has membership functionality built in like LifterLMS."
#61
Profile Grid
3.0
(1)
"Profile Grid is tempting because it's cheap to start, but it could become limiting as your site grows. MemberPress is much more robust and built for growth, making it a better long-term choice."
#62
Members
3.0
(1)
"There is an awesome free plugin: https://www.wordpress.org/plugins/members"
#63
Wishlist Members
3.0
(1)
"I'm very familiar with Wishlist Members for WordPress."
#64
Membership 2 Pro
3.0
(1)
"I've used Membership 2 Pro with some success before."
#65
Divi Engine Machine Accounts
3.0
(1)
"Divi Engine has something called “Machine Accounts”. I use their other products but haven’t used this one yet so I can’t recommend it first hand."
#66
Wild Apricot
3.0
(1)
"Wild Apricot is pretty expensive compared to nearly every membership plug-in."
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