Paid Memberships Pro
Open-source WordPress membership plugin, with an optional managed hosting plan
About Paid Memberships Pro
Paid Memberships Pro (PMPro) is an open-source WordPress plugin for restricting content and selling free, one-time, or recurring memberships. The core plugin is free to self-host; Standard adds 54 premium Add Ons and support, and PMPro Max adds a dedicated managed server, migration, and monthly development credits from the PMPro team.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Free core plugin is fully functional, with recurring billing and multiple payment gateways included
- Open-source code with no lock-in; Max plans include full SSH and SFTP access
- Unlimited membership levels with flexible pricing, trials, and group accounts
- Large Add On library covering LMS, events, directories, and email integrations
- Managed Max plan bundles hosting, security, email, and development help in one bill
- 100-day money-back guarantee on paid plans
Cons
- WordPress only; you need a WordPress site to use it
- Settings area is crowded and has a learning curve for new users
- Features such as content dripping and some integrations require separate Add Ons
- Standard license covers only one site
- Managed Max plan is priced well above typical WordPress hosting
Key Features
Content restriction
Restrict posts, pages, blocks, categories, and custom post types, with excerpts or teasers shown to non-members.
Unlimited membership levels
Create unlimited levels with their own pricing and access rules; members can hold more than one level at a time.
Flexible pricing
Free, one-time, or recurring levels billed annually, monthly, weekly, daily, or hourly, with trials, coupons, and payment plans.
Built-in payment gateways
Accept payments through gateways such as Stripe, PayPal, Authorize.net, and Braintree.
Content dripping
Release content on a schedule based on each member's start date.
Group and corporate memberships
Sell team or corporate accounts linked to a single paying parent account.
Member directory and profiles
Build public or members-only directories with custom user fields collected per level.
Member emails and reports
Customize confirmation, invoice, and expiration emails and track sales, signups, and churn in the dashboard.
PMPro Max managed hosting
A dedicated server tuned for membership sites, with membership-aware caching, Cloudflare CDN, daily backups, SSL, and transactional email.
Do It For Me development
Max plans include monthly credits for the PMPro team to build custom code, configure Add Ons, and make design changes.
Pricing
- Complete core plugin
- 25 free Add Ons
- All included payment gateways
- Self-host on any WordPress host
- $499/year when billed annually
- 1-site license
- 54 premium Add Ons
- Technical support
- You handle hosting, backups, and security
- $999/year when billed annually
- Dedicated managed server (2 CPUs, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB SSD)
- Unlimited sites on your server
- 100 welcome credits plus 25 Do It For Me credits per month
- Free site migration
- Daily backups, Cloudflare CDN, SSL, transactional email
- $2,999/year when billed annually
- Dedicated server (4 CPUs, 8 GB RAM, 200 GB SSD)
- 50 Do It For Me credits per month
- Sized for roughly 1,000 to 5,000 orders per month
- Everything in Max
Best For
Paid newsletters and publishing
Show teasers to visitors and full articles to paying subscribers on a WordPress blog or news site.
Associations and nonprofits
Accept applications, process dues, and run a member directory for professional or trade associations.
Courses and coaching
Sell access to lessons with PMPro Courses or LMS plugins such as LearnDash and LifterLMS.
Online communities
Gate forums, video libraries, and downloads behind membership levels with recurring billing.
Hands-off membership sites
Use PMPro Max to have the vendor host, secure, back up, and customize the site for a flat monthly fee.
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