WP Membership

WP Membership — Complete membership, payments, profiles & content protection for WordPress (v1.6.5).

Sell paid access, manage member profiles, protect content, and run a community with PayPal, Stripe, and WooCommerce. Includes free trials, recurring plans, directories, badges, gifts, waitlists, QR membership cards, Setup Wizard, form builders, front-end skins, and template overrides.

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Membership Packages & Billing

Package types

• Free account
• One-time payment
• Recurring subscription
• Free trial & paid trial
• Variable payment packages
• Expiry intervals & billing cycle limits
• 7 pricing table styles
• 2 signup wizard styles
• WordPress user role per package
• Package limits (posts / messages / gallery)

Payment gateways

• PayPal Express Checkout
• Stripe (classic + Payment Element / Checkout)
• Full sync with Stripe Plans
• WooCommerce (use any WooCommerce gateway)
• Coupons
• Country / region tax
• Payment history
• PDF invoices

Subscription lifecycle

• Upgrade / downgrade from My Account
• Cancel subscription
• Grace period & pause membership
• Expiry reminder emails (cron)
• Win-back & milestone emails
• Upgrade preview before switching

Growth & capacity

• Invitation-only registration codes
• Package capacity + waitlist (claim window)
• Gift memberships (purchase & redeem)
• Referral program
• Team seats (owner invites members)
• CSV member import / export

My Account, Public Profiles & Directory

My Account modules

• Membership level & billing
• Account settings / password / photo / cover
• Membership card (QR)
• Messages board
• Images / documents gallery
• Bookmarks, follow, activity, profile views
• All posts / new post / edit post + custom fields
• Gifts, referrals, team seats
• Verification tab & account deletion
• Custom menu links + dark mode

Public profile

• Cover, photo, verified badge
• Badges, online status, country flag
• Follow + social counts
• About, personal info, social links
• Intro video, gallery, documents
• Member posts & activity
• Contact form, share, bookmark
• PDF profile download
• Username-based profile URLs
• 5 public profile layouts

User directory & community

• 2 directory styles
• Filters: location, role, package, custom fields
• Directory map (Leaflet)
• Profile completion meter
• Member spotlight
• Online users shortcode
• Profile card shortcode + widget
• Author box on posts
• Achievement badges
• Verified account workflow
• Follow / following lists
• Activity feed (public / private)
• Profile view tracking
• Member events + check-in
• Front-end member posting
• Custom profile & registration fields

Content Protection & Access Control

• [iv_members] shortcode (role, package, verified, logged-in, after days)
• Gutenberg block: Members Only
• Blocked URL rules by role / package / login / verified
• Protected categories by user role
• Unlock content after N days on package
• Locked-post analytics
• Lock entire site for guests (+ allowed URLs)
• Default restriction messages
• Verified-only content shortcode
• Media library restriction for members
• Hide admin bar for non-admins
• Page redirects (signup, My Account, public profile)

Registration, Login & Security

• Multiple custom registration forms
• Auto approve / email verification / admin approve
• Optional role picker on signup
• Invitation-only mode
• Blocked usernames & emails (wildcards)
• Password strength meter & rules
• reCAPTCHA v3
• Cover photo on signup + Gravatar fallback
• Login page + password reset
• Login popup (menu injection)
• Magic login (passwordless email link)
• Two-factor email OTP
• Google OAuth + Facebook Login
• Social login shortcode on login page
• Privacy defaults for email visibility
• Front-end skins: Default, Dark, Light, Minimal

Admin, Emails & Integrations

Admin modules

• Setup Wizard + optional demo data
• Packages, coupons, invitations, waitlist
• User Setting: approve / reject / block / edit
• Directory column controls
• Reports: package pie, revenue, registration timeline
• Events management (optional module)
• Badges manager
• Overridable templates in your theme

Email templates

• Welcome / verification / forgot password
• Order emails (member + admin)
• Approval: pending / approved / rejected / blocked
• Invitation & waitlist claim emails
• Verified request / approved / declined
• Subscription reminder & cancellation
• Magic login, 2FA, gifts, team seats
• Win-back & milestone emails

Integrations & settings tabs

• MailChimp / newsletter list sync
• WooCommerce billing address sync
• WPML-friendly login module
• Developer hooks (HOOKS.md)
• 13 language files (RU, DE, JA, ES, FR, ZH, PT, IT, TR, NL, SV, EL, EN)
• Responsive & Ajax front end
• Page Setting · Import / Export CSV
• Settings (General) · My Account · Public Profile
• Registration Forms · Blocked URL · Payment Page
• Email Setting · MailChimp · Social Login
• Page Redirect · Tax · Badges

Full Feature Checklist

• Responsive & Ajax membership experience
• Translatable (13 language packs)
• PayPal Express Checkout
• Stripe (plans sync + Payment Element)
• WooCommerce payments
• Free / one-time / recurring / trial / variable packages
• 7 pricing table styles
• 2 signup wizard styles
• Front-end skins + custom colors / CSS
• My Account with modular menus
• User social profile & privacy
• Change password / photo / cover
• Front-end post create & edit + custom fields
• Subscription upgrade / downgrade / cancel
• Coupons
• User role creation by package
• Template overrides
• Page redirects + hide admin bar
• Page Setting for all key pages
• Full email template set
• 5 public profile layouts
• Payment history CPT
• Reports with pie & line charts
• 2 user directory styles + map & filters
• Content protection shortcode + Gutenberg block
• Blocked URL / page restriction module
• Protected categories
• Site lock for guests
• WP User Setting module for admins
• Subscription reminder email module
• Registration & profile form builders
• CSV user importer / exporter
• PDF profile / invoice generator
• User bookmarks
• Message board
• Image gallery on public profile
• reCAPTCHA v3
• Magic login & 2FA OTP
• Google & Facebook social login
• Login popup
• Invitations & waitlist
• Gift memberships
• Referrals & team seats
• Verified accounts & badges
• Follow, activity, online status, profile views
• Member spotlight & profile cards
• QR membership card + verify page
• Member events + check-in
• Grace period, pause, win-back, milestones
• Package capacity limits
• Tax module (common or country-based)
• Setup Wizard + demo data
• Developer hooks

Shortcodes

Change log

1.6.5 — 6 November 2026

Major feature update — hundreds of new options & modules - Setup Wizard with demo packages / members - Stripe Payment Element / Checkout (classic Stripe still supported) - Front-end skins (Default, Dark, Light, Minimal) + custom colors / CSS - My Account dark mode + modular menu toggles (card, messages, gallery, bookmarks, gifts, referrals, team seats, follow, activity, profile views, verification, delete account, custom links) - Public profile modules: cover, verified badge, intro video, gallery, documents, contact, share, PDF download, 5 layouts, username URLs - Member directory filters (location, role, package, custom fields) + Leaflet map + profile completion - Invitation codes & invitation-only registration - Package capacity + waitlist with claim links - Gift memberships (purchase & redeem) - Referral program - Team seats (owner invites members) - Magic login (passwordless) + email 2FA OTP - Login popup + Google / Facebook social login - Multiple registration forms + email verification / admin approve modes - Blocked usernames & emails, password strength, reCAPTCHA v3 - Verified accounts workflow + achievement badges - Follow / activity feed / online status / profile views / country flags - Member spotlight + profile card shortcode / widget / author box - QR membership card + verify page - Member events + check-in - Content protection: [iv_members] (role, package, verified, logged-in, after days), Gutenberg Members Only block - Blocked URL rules, guest site lock, protected categories, locked-post analytics - Subscription grace period, pause, upgrade preview, win-back & milestone emails - Expanded email templates (invitations, waitlist, verification, gifts, team seats, magic login, 2FA, and more) - CSV import / export, PDF invoices, WooCommerce billing sync - Reports expanded (packages, revenue, registrations, win-back, locked posts) - Developer hooks (HOOKS.md) + full offline documentation refresh

1.6.4 — 20 July 2025

Patchstack issue fixed

1.6.3 — 31 October 2024

Wordfence security update

1.5.9 — 23 Mar 2023

Bug fixed

1.5.7 — 2 Feb 2022

Remove WP 5.9 message and add user role in User Directory

1.5.3 — 03 Oct 2021

Add registration & profile form builder Update user module for admin

1.5.2 — 22 Sep 2021

Added image gallery on the public profile

1.5.1 — 16 Sep 2021

Added Recaptcha V3

1.5.0 — 13 Sep 2021

Add CSV user importer Add PDF Generator Add User Bookmark Add Message Board Changed User Profile Changed User Directory

1.4.7 — 27 Dec 2020

Bug fixed for Stripe API code

1.4.6 — 02 Nov 2020

Bug fixed: user update from WP admin

1.4.5 — 02 Nov 2020

Bug Fix: Multiple vulnerabilities including CSRF

1.4.4 — 14 Jan 2020

Updated Stripe API code

1.4.3 — 11 April 2019

Update PayPal & Stripe issue

1.4.2 — 14 February 2019

Bug fix

1.4.1 — 29 January 2019

Bug fix

1.4.0 — 9 Sep 2018

Update MailChimp API

1.3.9 — 7 July 2018

Bug fix

1.3.8 — 10 April 2018

Add social login plugin shortcode on login page

1.3.7 — 26 March 2018

Bug fix on Blocked URL module

1.3.6 — 22 March 2018

Bug fix on payment module

1.3.5 — 7 March 2018

WooCommerce Payment Integration

1.3.4 — 27 September 2017

Update login module for WPML

1.3.3 — 26 July 2017

Add Registration Fields add/edit Setting

1.3.2 — 28 June 2017

Bug Fix for WordPress 4.8

1.3.1 — 4 May 2016

Bug Fix for WordPress 4.5

1.3.0 — 15 February 2016

Add: Tax module (common tax or country base tax) Add: WooCommerce Billing Address Add: My Account menu show/hide Bug: WPML post issue Bug: Payment History user id + Amount issue

1.2.9 — 8 September 2015

Add: The word "Free" added on OP file

1.2.8 — 20 August 2015

Add: 11 language files inside the plugin

1.2.7 — 30 June 2015

Add: Subscription cancel notification

1.2.5 — 07 June 2015

Bug Fixed: Login Page image re loader issue

1.2.4 — 23 May 2015

Bug Fixed: Free Package to Free Package User Role Update issue

1.2.3 — 19 May 2015

Bug Fixed: Free User Role Update

1.2.3 — 16 May 2015

Bug Fixed: Email template

1.2.3 — 30 April 2015

Add: Add|Edit|Delete User Profile Fields by Admin Add: Page Restriction Module By User Role

1.2.2 — 21 April 2015

Bug Fixed: User Register page without package issue

1.2.1 — 19 April 2015

Add Subscription Reminder Email Module Add Stripe Free Package Without Credit Card Bugs Fixed

1.0.9 — 04 Mar 2015

Add Variable Subscription Add User Setting Module for change user role, expire date and payment statues by admin Bug Fixed: Content restriction by user role

1.0.8 — 13 Feb 2015

Change Loading image string

1.0.7 — 10 Feb 2015

Update "My Account" page membership level

1.0.6 — 1 Feb 2015

Fixed error on protected category module

1.0.6 — 29 Jan 2015

Add Protected Category for user role

1.0.5 — 23 Jan 2015

Add 2 style User Directories

1.0.4 — 21 Jan 2015

Fixed Login Error on user Login Page

1.0.3 — 20 Jan 2015

Update Profile Post Pagination

1.0.2 — 19 Jan 2015

Add Custom Post Add Custom Fields

1.0.2 — 17 Jan 2015

Bugs Fixed On Payment Page

Contributor

Peter Babel : Subscription cancel notification