Best member access plugins for WordPress
The most popular member access plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. User Access Manager leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of MembershipWorks (2K+). All 2 plugins tagged “member access” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 member access plugins
- 1.User Access Manager
The most installed member access plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 112 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
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MembershipWorks2K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 37 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
All 2 plugins tagged “member access”
User Access Manager
Down in the last 7 days:3#1,487by gm_alex1 month ago
With the "User Access Manager"-plugin you can manage the access to your posts, pages and files.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.4(112)
- Downloads
- 141/day

MembershipWorks
Down in the last 7 days:10#4,461by MembershipWorks12 days ago
All-in-one membership, directory, events and donations for organizations. Secure member profiles, renewals, upgrades and limit member only access to c …
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.4(37)
- Downloads
- 57/day