WordPress plugin comparison

Paid Membership Subscriptions vs Simple Membership

Paid Membership Subscriptions

by Cozmoslabs

10K+ installs4.7

Simple Membership

by wp.insider

40K+ installs4.6

At a glance

Simple Membership has more active installs: 40K+, against 10K+ for Paid Membership Subscriptions.
On a typical day, Simple Membership is downloaded about 919 times, Paid Membership Subscriptions about 608.
Paid Membership Subscriptions is rated higher: 4.7 out of 5 from 270 reviews, against 4.6 from 477 reviews.
Simple Membership was updated more recently: Nov 10, 2026, against Nov 2, 2026 for Paid Membership Subscriptions.
Paid Membership Subscriptions resolves more of its support threads: 94% in the last two months, against 77% for Simple Membership.
Both are tested up to WordPress 7.1.4.
Simple Membership has been around longer: since 2014, against 2015 for Paid Membership Subscriptions.

Simple Membership leads on 4 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Paid Membership Subscriptions	Simple Membership
Popular rank	#1,471	#873
Active installs	10K+	40K+
Downloads, last 30 days	29.2K	67.5K
Rating	4.7(270)	4.6(477)
Support threads resolved	94%	77%
Tested up to	7.1.4	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×2.25	×2.15
Last release	8 days ago	today
Requires PHP	7.4	7.4

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