10 Best Members Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Members sits at #1 in the WordPress.org Membership Plugins ranking. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to Members
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Paid Membership Subscriptions
Closest matchPaid Membership Subscriptions – Effortless Memberships, Recurring Payments & Content Restriction
4.7 (265) 10,000+ active installsFeature-packed membership plugin for creating subscription plans, adding recurring payments & content restriction on your membership site.
#5 in the WordPress.org Membership Plugins ranking. 10,000+ installs against 300,000+, rated 4.7 against 4.9, last updated 19 days ago.
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User Registration
Paid version availableUser Registration & Membership – Free & Paid Memberships, Subscriptions, Content Restriction, User Profile, Custom User Registration & Login Builder
4.8 (828) 50,000+ active installsBuild membership sites with tiered plans, content restriction, drag-&-drop custom registration & login form builder, and built-in payment system.
#4 in the WordPress.org Membership Plugins ranking. 50,000+ installs against 300,000+, rated 4.8 against 4.9, last updated 26 days ago.
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ProfilePress
Paid version availablePaid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content – ProfilePress
3.1 (938) 100,000+ active installsSetup paid membership, accept payment, sell subscription & digital product, paywall, create login & registration form, user profile & member directory
#9 in the WordPress.org Membership Plugins ranking. About a third of the installs, rated 3.1 against 4.9, last updated 2 days ago.
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4.6 (475) 40,000+ active installsSimple membership plugin adds membership functionality to your site. Protect members only content using content protection easily.
#3 in the WordPress.org Membership Plugins ranking. 40,000+ installs against 300,000+, rated 4.6 against 4.9, last updated 7 days ago.
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WP-Members Membership Plugin
4.6 (272) 50,000+ active installsThe original WordPress membership plugin with content restriction, user login, custom registration fields, user profiles, and more.
#6 in the WordPress.org Membership Plugins ranking. 50,000+ installs against 300,000+, rated 4.6 against 4.9, last updated February 27, 2026.
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Ultimate Member
Paid version availableUltimate Member – User Profile, Registration, Login, Member Directory, Content Restriction & Membership Plugin
4.4 (1,445) 200,000+ active installsMembership & community plugin with user profiles, registration & login, member directories, content restriction, user roles and much more.
#2 in the WordPress.org Membership Plugins ranking. About half the installs, rated 4.4 against 4.9, last updated 14 days ago.
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Kit (formerly ConvertKit) – Email Newsletter, Email Marketing, Membership, Subscribers and Landing Pages
4.8 (90) 40,000+ active installsBuild your email subscriber lists, send email marketing newsletters, create landing pages, build custom subscription forms with the Form Builder block …
#7 in the WordPress.org Membership Plugins ranking. 40,000+ installs against 300,000+, rated 4.8 against 4.9, last updated 10 days ago.
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User Frontend – Membership, User Registration, User Profile, User Directory & Content Restriction with Frontend Post Submission
4.1 (534) 20,000+ active installsCreate an AI-powered frontend post form, user registration form, user profile page, membership site, user directory, and content restriction.
#10 in the WordPress.org Membership Plugins ranking. 20,000+ installs against 300,000+, rated 4.1 against 4.9, last updated 13 days ago.
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4.8 (15) 10,000+ active installsAn addon for the simple membership plugin to configure after login redirection to a specific page based on the member's level.
#8 in the WordPress.org Membership Plugins ranking. 10,000+ installs against 300,000+, last updated 17 days ago.
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Forminator Forms
Paid version availableForminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder
4.8 (2,121) 600,000+ active installsBest WordPress form builder plugin. Create contact forms, payment forms & order forms with 1000+ integrations.
About 2 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.9, last updated 11 days ago.
Members against each of them
Head to head on installs, ratings, reviews and updates. Each measure names its own leader; there is no overall winner.
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Members vs Paid Membership Subscriptions300,000+ vs 10,000+ installs · 4.9 vs 4.7
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Members vs User Registration300,000+ vs 50,000+ installs · 4.9 vs 4.8
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Members vs ProfilePress300,000+ vs 100,000+ installs · 4.9 vs 3.1
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Members vs Simple Membership300,000+ vs 40,000+ installs · 4.9 vs 4.6
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Members vs WP-Members300,000+ vs 50,000+ installs · 4.9 vs 4.6
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Members vs Ultimate Member300,000+ vs 200,000+ installs · 4.9 vs 4.4
Switching from Members: common questions
What is the best alternative to Members?
Paid Membership Subscriptions is the closest match: it shares the Membership Plugins top 10 with Members and has 10,000+ active installs with a 4.7 out of 5 rating.
Which Members alternative has the most users?
Forminator Forms, with 600,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Members alternative is rated highest?
Forminator Forms, rated 4.8 out of 5 by 2,121 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Members alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Members score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Members on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Paid Membership Subscriptions is the closest match to Members by the data we track, and Forminator Forms has the widest reach with 600,000+ active installs. ProfilePress shipped the most recent release, on September 5, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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