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WP-Members Membership Plugin

v3.5.8.1

The original WordPress membership plugin with content restriction, user login, custom registration fields, user profiles, and more.

by Chad Butler · Website

authenticationloginmembershipregistrationRestriction
Rank
#749 24h -1 · 7d -2
Est. installs
56,157 High confidence
Total downloads
4.1M all time
Rating
4.6 ★ 272 reviews
Official installs
50,000+ public bucket
Support threads
4 last 2 months
Support resolved
25% of threads
Tested up to
WP 7.1.3 compatibility

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Maintenance & compatibility

4 days ago

Last release

Version
3.5.8.1
Requires WP
5.9
Requires PHP
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On WP.org since
2009

About WP-Members Membership Plugin

WP-Members Membership Plugin is a WordPress plugin by Chad Butler, first published on WordPress.org in 2009. It has 50,000+ active installations and 4,092,181 downloads in total, and ranks #749 in the WordPress.org plugin directory. Over the past week it slipped 2 places. Users rate it 4.6 out of 5 across 272 reviews. Version 3.5.8.1 was released 4 days ago, so the plugin is actively maintained. It is tested up to WordPress 7.1.3 and requires WordPress 5.9 or later. In the last two months, 1 of 4 support threads were marked resolved (25%). It is listed under authentication, login, membership, registration and Restriction. Plugins with a similar focus include Theme My Login, WPS Limit Login and Google Authenticator.

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