Best paid membership plugins for WordPress
The most popular paid membership plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Paid Membership Subscriptions leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of GoUrl Paid Memberships Pro (50+) and Wallkit Subscriptions & Paywall Plugin for WordPress (20+). All 4 plugins tagged “paid membership” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 paid membership plugins
- 1.
Paid Membership SubscriptionsThe most installed paid membership plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 270 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 2.
GoUrl Paid Memberships Pro50+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
- 3.Wallkit Subscriptions & Paywall Plugin for WordPress
20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 4.
WP Users Pro Subscriptions PluginFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.0.
All 4 plugins tagged “paid membership”

Paid Membership Subscriptions
Down in the last 7 days:4#1,470by Cozmoslabs8 days ago
Feature-packed membership plugin for creating subscription plans, adding recurring payments & content restriction on your membership site.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.7(270)
- Downloads
- 608/day

GoUrl Paid Memberships Pro
Up in the last 7 days:66#20,687by gourl5 years ago
Provides Bitcoin Payment Gateway for Paid Memberships Pro 1.8+ or higher. Accept Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin, Dogecoin, Dash, etc Payments on Your …
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 29/day
Wallkit Subscriptions & Paywall Plugin for WordPress
Up in the last 7 days:854#26,176by wallkit1 year ago
A Plug & Play paid-content system to manage subscribers, gather fees and drive additional content sales.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

WP Users Pro Subscriptions Plugin
#61,815by ExpressTech Systems5 years ago
Membership & Subscriptions Plugin - Posts, Pages and partial content protection.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day