Top WordPress Membership Plugins Comparison

• 10 July 2012
• by: Kenny
• in: Open Source App
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WordPress is the most famous website creation platform as we know. There're thousands of them/plugin developers and make everything is possible with wordpress. A great amount of service has added to this platform such as shopping cart and membership service. In this posting I would like to introduce the wordpress membership service and the top rating plugins to transform your wordpress site into fully functional membership site.

Why need membership function on your wordpress site?

Consider if you're going to protect your valuable content and open to paid members only, or you like to make some money on some projects. But, you're not ready for a fully functional ecommerce site yet. Under such circumstance, a good functional plugin would be perfect choice.

What're some of the good membership plugins for wordpress?

Till present, almost all plugins are commercial softwares. Even if there's free edition, some functions are strictly limited. So basically if we would like to use such service on wordpress site, we need to pay. Depends the needed specs, the price range is big. Here's a list of some popular softwares.

Brands	Price	License	Core features
WP membership	$499	1 domain	Payment gateways Settings SEO  Optimizaition Creating Back Up Settings Quick ebook guidance Official site
DAP	$167	1 domain	built-In ContentResponder Email Autoresponder and Broadcast system Shopping Cart with Coupons and 1-Click Upsells Affiliate Program included Official site
WP wishlist	$97	1 domain	Unlimited Membership Levels Sequential Content Delivery Shopping Cart Integration Multi-Level Access Official site
WP member	$29.99	1 domain	Fully Automated Membership System Paypal,Authorize.net,Google Checkout integrated Any currency with selected gateway support. Fast Activation & Install Create Unlimited Membership Levels Create Unlimited Subscriptions Official site
WP-emember	$49.95	Unlimited	Access to Detailed Tutorials One-time Purchase Fee Free Technical Support Unlimited Sites (You Own) Free Upgrades for Life Official site
EasyPaypal	FREE	Unlimited	Payapl integration Renewal defined Short link integration Trial period designed Official site
aMember	$179.95	Unlimited	Free Installation Affiliate module included Helpdesk included Easy protection over files/folders Official site
MemberWing	$199.95	1 domain	Build any kind membership site Multidimensional SEO Powers Unlimited Members and Levels integration With Other Systems + API Official site

Above is the general introduction over the plugins. Some of them have trial or free edition available with limtied features such as the "memberwing" solution. Also, some addon service modules can be purchased separately if you like to make the membership more powerful such as integrate with affiliate program, additional payment gateways and estore etc. You can always contact their developers for custom requirements.