WordPress Membership Plugin Guide
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WORDPRESS MEMBERSHIP PLUGIN Chris Lema’s Guide to Picking the Best DO YOU HAVE ANY MONEY? YES NO ARE YOU OK WORKING WITH PAYPAL? WILL YOU WANT TO CHARGE $$ FOR ACCESS? YES NO WILL YOU NEED MORE THAN LOCKING DOWN THE WHOLE SITE? YES NO RESTRICT SITE ACCESS DO YOU NEED MORE ROLE/RIGHTS OPTIONS THAN JUST VIEWING PAGES/POSTS? PAID MEMBERSHIPS PRO YES NO DO YOU NEED MORE THAN ROLE & CAPABILITY MANAGEMENT? YES NO MEMBERS S2MEMBER ARE YOU OK TO SPEND SOME? YES NO YES NO RESTRICT CONTENT PRO MEMBERSHIP PREMISE MEMBERPRESS WISHLIST MEMBER WOOCOMMERCE SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE YOU EVER (EVER) GOING TO NEED ACCESS TO THE CODE EVER? DO YOU NEED BUDDYPRESS INTEGRATION & SUPPORT? DOES YOUR MEMBERSHIP SITE NEED TO INTEGRATE WITH WOOCOMMERCE? DO YOU WANT TO PROTECT CONTENT & MANAGE RECURRING PAYMENTS? GOOD NEWS! THESE ALL DO THAT! BUT LET’S CHECK FOR OTHER SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS... YES NO YES NO YES NO IS YOUR PRIMARY FOCUS ON OFFER PAGES & DIGITAL PRODUCTS? YES NO WILL YOU NEED TO “DRIP” YOUR CONTENT? YES NO Restricted Site Access Last Updated: 11/12 Cost: $0 Over 28,000 downloads 10up.com/plugins/ Paid Memberships Pro Last Updated: 1/13 Cost: $0 Over 31,000 downloads paidmembershipspro.com Members Last Updated: 12/12 Cost: $0 Over 170,000 downloads wordpres.org/extend /plugins/members/ S2Member Last Updated: 1/13 Cost: $0 Over 350,000 downloads wordpres.org/extend /plugins/s2member/ Wishlist Member Last Updated: 1/13 Cost: $97 Over 50,000 downloads wishlistproducts.com Restrict Content Pro Last Updated: 1/13 Cost: $30 Over 20,000 downloads pippinsplugins.com MemberPress Launched: 1/13 Cost: $99 Unknown downloads memberpress.com Premise Last Updated: 8/12 Cost: $165 Unknown downloads getpremise.com WPMUDEV Membership Last Updated: 1/13 Cost: $165 Over 40,000 downloads premium.wpmudev.org/ projects/membership WooCommerce + Subscriptions Launched: 9/12 Cost: $99 Unkown downloads woothemes.com/ woocommerce BEST FEATURES MOST EXTENSIBLE BEST VALUE Best Value Paid Memberships Pro Most Extensible Restrict Content Pro Best Features MemberPress Chris Lema is the Vice President of Software Engineering at Emphasys Software - a vertical market enterprise software vendor. He’s been using WordPress since 2005 and used it for membership sites since 2007. He’s worked with all ten plugins listed above, so his recommendations come from field experience. Chris is also a blogger (chrislema.com), eBook author (amazon.com/author/lema), and runs a WordPress meetup in North County San Diego. Chris Lema http://chrislema.com Twitter: @chrislema http://chrislema.com/choosing-wordpress-membership-plugin
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WORDPRESS MEMBERSHIP PLUGINChris Lema’s Guide to Picking the Best
DO YOU HAVE ANY MONEY?
YESNO
ARE YOU OK WORKING WITH PAYPAL?
WILL YOU WANT TO CHARGE $$ FOR ACCESS?
YESNO
WILL YOU NEED MORE THAN LOCKING DOWN THE WHOLE SITE?
YESNO
RESTRICT SITE ACCESS
DO YOU NEED MORE ROLE/RIGHTS OPTIONSTHAN JUST VIEWING PAGES/POSTS?
PAID MEMBERSHIPS PRO
YESNO
DO YOU NEED MORE THAN ROLE & CAPABILITY MANAGEMENT?
YESNO
MEMBERS S2MEMBER
ARE YOU OK TO SPEND SOME?
YESNO
YESNO
RESTRICT CONTENT PRO
MEMBERSHIP
PREMISE
MEMBERPRESS
WISHLIST MEMBER
WOOCOMMERCE SUBSCRIPTIONS
ARE YOU EVER (EVER) GOING TO NEED ACCESS TO THE CODE EVER?
DO YOU NEED BUDDYPRESSINTEGRATION & SUPPORT?
DOES YOUR MEMBERSHIP SITE NEED TO INTEGRATE WITH WOOCOMMERCE?
DO YOU WANT TO PROTECT CONTENT& MANAGE RECURRING PAYMENTS?
GOOD NEWS! THESE ALL DO THAT!BUT LET’S CHECK FOR OTHER
SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS...
YESNO
YESNO
YESNO IS YOUR PRIMARY FOCUS ON OFFERPAGES & DIGITAL PRODUCTS?
YESNO
WILL YOU NEED TO “DRIP” YOUR CONTENT?
YESNO
Restricted Site AccessLast Updated: 11/12
Cost: $0Over 28,000 downloads
10up.com/plugins/
PaidMemberships
ProLast Updated: 1/13
Cost: $0Over 31,000 downloads
paidmembershipspro.com
MembersLast Updated: 12/12
Cost: $0Over 170,000 downloads
wordpres.org/extend/plugins/members/
S2MemberLast Updated: 1/13
Cost: $0Over 350,000 downloads
wordpres.org/extend/plugins/s2member/
WishlistMember
Last Updated: 1/13Cost: $97
Over 50,000 downloadswishlistproducts.com
Restrict Content ProLast Updated: 1/13
Cost: $30Over 20,000 downloads
pippinsplugins.com
MemberPressLaunched: 1/13
Cost: $99Unknown downloads
memberpress.com
PremiseLast Updated: 8/12
Cost: $165Unknown downloads
getpremise.com
WPMUDEVMembership
Last Updated: 1/13Cost: $165
Over 40,000 downloadspremium.wpmudev.org/
projects/membership
WooCommerce+ Subscriptions
Launched: 9/12Cost: $99
Unkown downloadswoothemes.com/
woocommerce
BEST FEATURESMOST EXTENSIBLEBEST VALUE
BestValue
Paid Memberships Pro
MostExtensible
Restrict Content Pro
BestFeaturesMemberPress
Chris Lema is the Vice President of Software Engineering at Emphasys Software - a vertical market enterprise software vendor. He’s been using WordPress since 2005 and used it for membership sites since 2007. He’s worked with all ten plugins listed above, so his recommendations come from field experience.
Chris is also a blogger (chrislema.com), eBook author (amazon.com/author/lema), and runs a WordPress meetup in North County San Diego.
Chris Lemahttp://chrislema.comTwitter: @chrislema
http://chrislema.com/choosing-wordpress-membership-plugin
