WordPress plugin comparison

Ultimate Member vs WP-Members Membership Plugin

Ultimate Member

by Ultimate Member

200K+ installs4.4

WP-Members Membership Plugin

by Chad Butler

50K+ installs4.6

At a glance

Ultimate Member has more active installs: 200K+, against 50K+ for WP-Members Membership Plugin.
On a typical day, Ultimate Member is downloaded about 3,799 times, WP-Members Membership Plugin about 1,223.
WP-Members Membership Plugin is rated higher: 4.6 out of 5 from 272 reviews, against 4.4 from 1,445 reviews.
Ultimate Member was updated more recently: Nov 2, 2026, against Oct 27, 2026 for WP-Members Membership Plugin.
Ultimate Member resolves more of its support threads: 67% in the last two months, against 40% for WP-Members Membership Plugin.
Both are tested up to WordPress 7.1.4.
WP-Members Membership Plugin has been around longer: since 2009, against 2015 for Ultimate Member.

Ultimate Member leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Ultimate Member	WP-Members Membership Plugin
Popular rank	#274	#749
Active installs	200K+	50K+
Downloads, last 30 days	216.6K	69.5K
Rating	4.4(1.4K)	4.6(272)
Support threads resolved	67%	40%
Tested up to	7.1.4	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×3.78	×1.35
Last release	7 days ago	13 days ago
Requires PHP	7.0	–

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