WordPress plugin comparison

Content Control vs Paid Membership Subscriptions

Content Control

by Daniel Iser

40K+ installs4.9

Paid Membership Subscriptions

by Cozmoslabs

10K+ installs4.7

At a glance

Content Control has more active installs: 40K+, against 10K+ for Paid Membership Subscriptions.
On a typical day, Paid Membership Subscriptions is downloaded about 608 times, Content Control about 311.
Content Control is rated higher: 4.9 out of 5 from 575 reviews, against 4.7 from 270 reviews.
Paid Membership Subscriptions was updated more recently: Nov 2, 2026, against Sep 29, 2026 for Content Control.
Paid Membership Subscriptions resolves more of its support threads: 95% in the last two months, against 0% for Content Control.
Both are tested up to WordPress 7.1.4.
Paid Membership Subscriptions has been around longer: since 2015, against 2016 for Content Control.

Paid Membership Subscriptions leads on 4 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Content Control	Paid Membership Subscriptions
Popular rank	#876	#1,470
Active installs	40K+	10K+
Downloads, last 30 days	15K	29.1K
Rating	4.9(575)	4.7(270)
Support threads resolved	0%	95%
Tested up to	7.1.4	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×1.02	×2.30
Last release	1 month ago	8 days ago
Requires PHP	7.4	7.4

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