# Paid Memberships Pro

> Paid Memberships Pro: Membership & Subscriptions for WordPress

- Type: Plugin
- Category: Membership & LMS
- Vendor: Paid Memberships Pro
- Website: https://www.paidmembershipspro.com/
- Starting price: $49/month
- Free version: Yes
- Refund window: 100 days
- Our score: 7.2/10 (Trustpilot)
- Black Friday 2026: Not announced
- Page: https://thefreakyblog.com/paid-memberships-pro/

The Most Complete WordPress Membership Plugin with subscriptions. Restrict content, manage member subscriptions with recurring payments for Stripe and PayPal. Custom profiles and robust member management.

## Key features

- **Core membership plugin**: Open-source plugin for running paid membership sites on WordPress.
- **Free add-ons**: A set of add-ons is included with the free plan.
- **Payment gateways**: Use the payment gateway of your choice on your own WordPress host.
- **Managed hosting**: Paid Max plans include managed WordPress hosting and free migration.
- **Daily backups and CDN**: Daily backups and Cloudflare CDN are listed among the product features.
- **Do It For Me service**: Max plans include a Do It For Me service.

## Pricing

| Plan | Price | Sites |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Standard | $49/month | 1 |
| Max | $99/month | – |
| Max 2x | $299/month | – |

## Pros

- Open-source core plugin is free on WordPress.org
- Free add-ons are included with the free plan
- 100-day money-back guarantee
- Managed hosting is available for owners who do not want to host themselves

## Cons

- The free plan is self-hosted, so you need your own WordPress host
- Some features need add-ons to match rival plugins, according to a BlogVault comparison
- Standard support covers one self-hosted site only

## Best for

- Site owners selling memberships who want a free open-source core
- Developers building custom membership sites

## Ratings

- Trustpilot: 4/5 (2 reviews)

## Alternatives

- Thrive Themes
- AffiliateWP
- Uncanny Owl

## More

- Pricing: https://thefreakyblog.com/paid-memberships-pro/pricing/
- Review: https://thefreakyblog.com/paid-memberships-pro/review/
- Black Friday deal: https://thefreakyblog.com/paid-memberships-pro/black-friday/
- Coupon: https://thefreakyblog.com/paid-memberships-pro/coupon/