10 Best Patreon WordPress Alternatives in 2026

The 10 closest alternatives to Patreon WordPress

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   WP User Manager

   Closest match

   WP User Manager – User Profile Builder & Membership

   4.7 (350) 10,000+ active installs

   The most customizable profiles & community builder WordPress plugin with front-end login, registration, profile customization and content restriction.

   Shares the members, membership tags on WordPress.org. About 3.3 times the installs, rated 4.7 against 3.5, last updated May 30, 2026.

   WP User Manager reviews and stats
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   Simple Membership

   4.6 (475) 40,000+ active installs

   Simple membership plugin adds membership functionality to your site. Protect members only content using content protection easily.

   Shares the members, membership tags on WordPress.org. About 13 times the installs, rated 4.6 against 3.5, last updated 7 days ago.

   Simple Membership reviews and stats
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   s2Member

   s2Member – Excellent for All Kinds of Memberships, Content Restriction Paywalls & Member Access Subscriptions

   4.1 (234) 8,000+ active installs

   ❤️ Excellent membership plugin! Easy, quick, flexible. Monetize your site with memberships and subscriptions. Protect content instantly and securely.

   Shares the membership tag on WordPress.org. About 2.7 times the installs, rated 4.1 against 3.5, last updated 9 days ago.

   s2Member reviews and stats
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   User Frontend

   User Frontend – Membership, User Registration, User Profile, User Directory & Content Restriction with Frontend Post Submission

   4.1 (534) 20,000+ active installs

   Create an AI-powered frontend post form, user registration form, user profile page, membership site, user directory, and content restriction.

   Shares the membership tag on WordPress.org. About 6.7 times the installs, rated 4.1 against 3.5, last updated 13 days ago.

   User Frontend reviews and stats
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   Groups

   Groups – Memberships and Access Control

   4.8 (382) 10,000+ active installs

   Turn your site into a powerful membership solution. Manage members, teams and access to content easily.

   Shares the membership tag on WordPress.org. About 3.3 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 3.5, last updated 7 days ago.

   Groups reviews and stats
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   Restrict User Access

   Restrict User Access – Ultimate Membership & Content Protection

   4.3 (94) 10,000+ active installs

   Create Access Levels and restrict any post, page, category, etc. Supports bbPress, BuddyPress, WooCommerce, WPML, and more.

   Shares the membership tag on WordPress.org. About 3.3 times the installs, rated 4.3 against 3.5, last updated 11 days ago.

   Restrict User Access reviews and stats
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   Paid Membership Subscriptions

   Paid Membership Subscriptions – Effortless Memberships, Recurring Payments & Content Restriction

   4.7 (265) 10,000+ active installs

   Feature-packed membership plugin for creating subscription plans, adding recurring payments & content restriction on your membership site.

   Shares the membership tag on WordPress.org. About 3.3 times the installs, rated 4.7 against 3.5, last updated 19 days ago.

   Paid Membership Subscriptions reviews and stats
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   WP Fusion Lite

   Paid version available

   WP Fusion Lite – Marketing Automation and CRM Integration for WordPress

   5.0 (69) 5,000+ active installs

   WP Fusion Lite synchronizes your WordPress users with contact records in your CRM or marketing automation system.

   Shares the membership tag on WordPress.org. About 1.7 times the installs, rated 5.0 against 3.5, last updated July 30, 2026.

   WP Fusion Lite reviews and stats
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   TrustPulse

   FOMO & Social Proof Notifications by TrustPulse – Best WordPress FOMO Plugin

   4.5 (35) 10,000+ active installs

   TrustPulse is a FOMO social proof plugin that leverages the power of social proof to instantly boost site conversions by up to 15%!

   Shares the membership tag on WordPress.org. About 3.3 times the installs, no update since August 11, 2025.

   TrustPulse reviews and stats
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    Youzify

    Youzify – BuddyPress Community, User Profile, Social Network & Membership Plugin for WordPress

    4.9 (193) 5,000+ active installs

    The best BuddyPress plugin for building online communities, user profile, social networks, and membership sites on WordPress with tons of features.

    Shares the membership tag on WordPress.org. About 1.7 times the installs, rated 4.9 against 3.5, last updated March 15, 2026.

    Youzify reviews and stats

Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Patreon WordPress 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.

WP User Manager is the closest match to Patreon WordPress by the data we track, and Simple Membership has the widest reach with 40,000+ active installs. Groups shipped the most recent release, on August 31, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.