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Best memberships plugins for WordPress

The most popular memberships plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Members leads with 300K+ active installs, ahead of Simple Membership (40K+) and Paid Membership Subscriptions (10K+). All 41 plugins tagged “memberships” 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 memberships plugins

  1. 1.
    Members

    The most installed memberships plugin, with 300K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 1,281 reviews, updated 1 week ago.

  2. 2.
    Simple Membership

    40K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 476 reviews, updated 5 days ago.

  3. 3.
    Paid Membership Subscriptions

    10K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 270 reviews, updated 6 days ago.

  4. 4.
    Events Made Easy

    1K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 111 reviews, updated 1 day ago.

  5. 5.
    Groups 404 Redirect

    1K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 10 reviews, updated 1 month ago.

  6. 6.
    Subscriptions & Memberships for PayPal

    900+ active installs. Rated 3.9 from 12 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  7. 7.
    GRO

    300+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 6 days ago.

  8. 8.
    Paid Memberships Pro Addon for WP Courseware

    200+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 1 week ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.

  9. 9.
    Showpass WordPress Extension

    100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 6 days ago.

  10. 10.
    ExpressTechSoftwares Addon for MemberPress and Discord

    100+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 8 reviews, updated 5 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.

All 41 plugins tagged “memberships”