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Best membership plugins for WordPress

The most popular membership plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Ultimate Member leads with 200K+ active installs, ahead of ProfilePress (100K+) and User Registration & Membership (50K+). All 282 plugins tagged “membership” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 10 membership plugins

  1. 1.
    Ultimate Member

    The most installed membership plugin, with 200K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 1,445 reviews, updated 6 days ago.

  2. 2.
    ProfilePress

    100K+ active installs. Rated 3.1 from 938 reviews, updated 1 week ago.

  3. 3.
    User Registration & Membership

    50K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 832 reviews, updated 3 days ago.

  4. 4.
    WP-Members Membership Plugin

    50K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 272 reviews, updated 1 week ago.

  5. 5.
    Kit (formerly ConvertKit)

    40K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 90 reviews, updated 4 days ago.

  6. 6.
    Simple Membership

    40K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 476 reviews, updated 6 days ago.

  7. 7.
    Content Control

    40K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 575 reviews, updated 1 month ago.

  8. 8.
    Ultimate Member

    20K+ active installs. Rated 3.7 from 11 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.

  9. 9.
    User Frontend

    20K+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 537 reviews, updated 1 week ago.

  10. 10.
    Paid Membership Subscriptions

    10K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 270 reviews, updated 1 week ago.

All 282 plugins tagged “membership”