Best members plugins for WordPress
The most popular members plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. BuddyPress leads with 90K+ active installs, ahead of Simple Membership (40K+) and Simple Membership After Login Redirection (10K+). All 154 plugins tagged “members” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 members plugins
- 1.BuddyPress
The most installed members plugin, with 90K+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 375 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 2.
Simple Membership40K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 476 reviews, updated 6 days ago.
- 3.Simple Membership After Login Redirection
10K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 15 reviews, updated 4 days ago.
- 4.
WCFM Membership10K+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 25 reviews, updated 6 days ago.
- 5.Buy Me a Coffee
6K+ active installs. Rated 3.8 from 18 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 6.BP Profile Search
5K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 71 reviews, updated 4 weeks ago.
- 7.
Patreon WordPress3K+ active installs. Rated 3.4 from 55 reviews, updated 6 days ago.
- 8.Simple Membership Form Shortcode
2K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 9.
Authenticator1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 8 reviews, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 10.Team Section Block
1K+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 1 day ago.
All 154 plugins tagged “members”
BuddyPress
Down in the last 7 days:1#483by BuddyPress16 days ago
Get together safely, in your own way, in WordPress.
- Installs
- 90K+
- Rating
- 4.1(375)
- Downloads
- 1.9K/day

Simple Membership
Up in the last 7 days:1#873by wp.insider6 days ago
Simple membership plugin adds membership functionality to your site. Protect members only content using content protection easily.
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- 4.6(476)
- Downloads
- 822/day
Simple Membership After Login Redirection
Down in the last 7 days:1#1,529by wp.insider4 days ago
An addon for the simple membership plugin to configure after login redirection to a specific page based on the member's level.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.8(15)
- Downloads
- 91/day

WCFM Membership
Down in the last 7 days:10#1,816by WC Lovers6 days ago
A simple woocommerce memberships plugin for offering free and premium subscription for your multi-vendor marketplace - WCFM Marketplace, WC Vendors &a …
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.0(25)
- Downloads
- 241/day
Buy Me a Coffee
Down in the last 7 days:5#2,877by Buy Me a Coffee2 months ago
A free, fast, and friendly way to accept donations and memberships (recurring payments) from your visitors.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 3.8(18)
- Downloads
- 47/day
BP Profile Search
Down in the last 7 days:10#3,192by Andrea Tarantini1 month ago
Member search and member directories for BuddyPress and the BuddyBoss Platform.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 5.0(71)
- Downloads
- 86/day

Patreon WordPress
Up in the last 7 days:7#3,853by patreon6 days ago
Connect your WordPress site to Patreon and increase your members and pledges!
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 3.4(55)
- Downloads
- 107/day
Simple Membership Form Shortcode
Down in the last 7 days:16#4,284by wp.insider2 months ago
Simple Membership Addon to generate registration form shortcode for specific membership access level.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 24/day

Authenticator
Up in the last 7 days:76#5,262by Syde GmbH (formerly Inpsyde)9 months ago
This plugin allows you to make your WordPress site accessible to logged in users only.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Team Section Block
Up in the last 7 days:23#5,481by bPlugins1 day ago
Showcase your team members in various layouts and designs .
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.0(1)
- Downloads
- 47/day

Groups 404 Redirect
Up in the last 7 days:6#6,380by itthinx1 month ago
Redirect 404's when a visitor tries to access a page protected by Groups.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.6(10)
- Downloads
- 20/day

RumbleTalk Group Chat for Communities & Live Events
Up in the last 7 days:20#8,218by RumbleTalk1 month ago
Embed a fast, secure, and zero-server-load group chat into your WordPress site. Built for online communities, live events, and member networks.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 3.4(21)
- Downloads
- 33/day

Wbcom Designs
Down in the last 7 days:62#8,486by wbcomdesigns4 days ago
Show the BuddyPress activity stream, members directory and groups directory on any post or page, with shortcodes or Elementor widgets.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 4.6(10)
- Downloads
- 24/day

Membee Login
Up in the last 7 days:11#9,864by DaleAB2 months ago
Add member authentication and access role management to your WordPress site via Membee's powerful Member Single Sign-On web service.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 3.4(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Wbcom Designs
Down in the last 7 days:22#9,945by wbcomdesigns6 months ago
Display upcoming birthdays of BuddyPress members with a beautiful, responsive widget that integrates seamlessly with any WordPress theme.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Eonet Live Notifications
Up in the last 7 days:28#10,072by Alkaweb7 years ago
Enables live notifications for all your users to get better interactions within your BuddyPress site.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 3.5(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Theme Junkie Team Content
Up in the last 7 days:4#10,478by Theme Junkie4 years ago
Adds a Teams section to your WordPress website.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Private Website
Down in the last 7 days:24#11,036by roehler4 months ago
This plugin requires users to be logged in to view the website. Activate the plugin to enforce login, and deactivate it to remove the restriction.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Memberships and User Profiles for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:43#11,062by Metagauss4 months ago
Sell more on WooCommerce with modern user profiles, user activities, content restriction, groups, paid memberships, and social commerce.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Wbcom Designs
Up in the last 7 days:10#11,191by wbcomdesigns5 days ago
Let members review and rate each other on their profiles. Build trust with star ratings, custom criteria, moderation, and directory ratings.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.7(18)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Member Directory and Contact Form
Down in the last 7 days:23#11,659by DBAR Productions1 year ago
Create and display a member/staff directory and contact form. Sortable list of staff by position/title. Spambot protected contact form. Many options.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.9(10)
- Downloads
- 11/day

MemberSpace
Down in the last 7 days:3#11,666by MemberSpace2 months ago
Turn your website into a membership business. Sell member subscriptions to content, courses, private pages, & community with posts, comments & more.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.3(12)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Logged In As
Down in the last 7 days:119#12,014by jerrystewart992 months ago
Show the currently logged in user name and avatar
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.8(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Subscribers Text Counter
Down in the last 7 days:10#14,021by kreci3 years ago
Facebook fans, twitter (X) followers, YouTube subscribers and WordPress members raw text counters to use as a widget, in post/page content or in blog …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

BP Distance Search
Down in the last 7 days:90#14,241by Andrea Tarantini2 months ago
Adds a Google Place Autocomplete profile field type for BuddyPress, and enables search by distance with BP Profile Search.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
User Registration Aide
Down in the last 7 days:39#14,824by bnovotny9 years ago
Adds custom user fields to better manage users & members & customize login-registration page css & messages. Lets you customize the entire …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.3(20)
- Downloads
- 6/day

Kenzap Team Members
Up in the last 7 days:57#15,230by WP Asia6 years ago
A beautiful and easy customizable team member Gutenberg block for the new editor. Easily adjust the following parameters:
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 4/day

My Members Only
Up in the last 7 days:161#16,092by uri2 years ago
Protect content in posts and pages with shortcodes.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.3(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
WP eMember Integration for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:32#16,282by mra13 / Team Tips and Tricks HQ1 year ago
An addon to integrate WooCommerce plugin with WP eMember plugin for membership payment
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Members Restricted Access
Down in the last 7 days:34#16,785by Manny Costales10 years ago
This plugin creates shortcodes to restrict the access to users (visitors, members or by an specific role). You can also add a shortcode and use nested …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Diller Loyalty
Up in the last 7 days:144#17,427by Diller AS19 days ago
Diller Loyalty platform integration plugin for seamless membership engagement. Manages points, coupons and benefits and integrates with WC orders.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 12/day
Simple Members Area
Up in the last 7 days:84#19,004by 3pointross12 years ago
A simple way to create and manage a members area in WordPress.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Private Area for WordPress
Up in the last 7 days:101#19,293by Evolve6 years ago
Private Area allows you to create restricted sections of your website that only logged users can access, and that are completely invisible to search e …
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 3.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

BuddyPress xProfile Checkout Manager for WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:45#20,023by Themekraft1 month ago
BuddyPress xProfile Checkout Manager for WooCommerce extension where you can integrate BuddyPress xProfile into WooCommerce Checkout.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Simple Membership Menu
Down in the last 7 days:207#20,415by gioindahouz11 years ago
Simple membership Menu, permits to configure visibility on menu items, following Simple Membership available roles.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 3.8(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
BuddyProfileMessageUX Free
Down in the last 7 days:224#21,136by shanebp6 months ago
This BuddyPress plugin replaces the functionality for the Public Message and Private Message buttons on profile pages.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 4.0(8)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Eonet Live Search
Down in the last 7 days:12#22,276by Alkaweb8 years ago
Search dynamically in real time through all your site, including pages, posts, members, products & so on.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 4.8(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day

BuddyForms Moderation ( Former
#23,203by Themekraft1 month ago
Create new drafts or pending reviews from new or published posts without changing the live version.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Buddyfence
Down in the last 7 days:310#23,545by JC4 years ago
This plugin allows you to restrict not logged-in users from accessing BuddyPress pages
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Safe Private
Down in the last 7 days:108#23,637by Sherpah_13 years ago
A Private Wordpress, a Members-only Website, helpful during a site maintenance and useful for developers...
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Users Login Monitor
Down in the last 7 days:18#23,854by wpgear6 months ago
A freeware plugin, for daily-notify site administrator, about users who logged in during the day.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Content Locker for Elementor
Down in the last 7 days:28#25,301by Liton Arefin1 year ago
Protect content on your membership website to logged in/out users or specific user roles. Content Locker for Elementor will give you full control over …
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Advanced Members for ACF
#25,408by danbilabs6 days ago
A Lightweight & Powerful Membership Plugin for ACF Users. Seamlessly Use ACF Field Groups as Membership Forms
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 12/day
Members [is_user_logged_out] shortcode
Down in the last 7 days:49#26,219by deadelvis15 years ago
Members plugin extension to add a [is_user_logged_out] shortcode.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day

BuddyVerified
Down in the last 7 days:126#26,350by modemlooper9 years ago
Allows admins to specify verified accounts. Adds a badge to verified usernames.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 3.7(20)
- Downloads
- 0/day
BP Group Management
Down in the last 7 days:415#26,581by Boone Gorges13 years ago
Allows site administrators to manage group membership on versions of BuddyPress earlier than 1.7.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 2.3(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
BuddyPress Avatar Bubble
Down in the last 7 days:122#26,606by Slava Abakumov10 years ago
After moving your mouse pointer on user/group avatar (or clicking) you will see a bubble with the defined by admin information about it.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 4.0(12)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Subscribers Only Content
#26,607by prettyboymp16 years ago
Allows blog admin to set specific pages and posts to only be visible to users with the 'read' capability.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

E20R Better Members List for Paid Memberships Pro
Down in the last 7 days:105#27,507by Thomas S4 years ago
Extensible, sortable & bulk action capable members listing + export to CSV tool for Paid Memberships Pro.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Dashboard Search for MemberPress
Down in the last 7 days:17#27,674by treeflips1 year ago
Search for MemberPress members right from your WordPress Dashboard. Saves you a few clicks.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day