MembershipWorks – Membership, Events & Directory

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Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.

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74 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 11 listed. 63 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

Directory rank vs rivals

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How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Crossed into this band 7.4 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.

1. ★★★★★ tnruss

   2.4y ago

   Our club has been using MembershipWorks for over six years now. As a medium-size club of just under 300 members, this software has been a good fit in helping us to manage our members and events. On the rare occasions that I need help, support is extremely responsive. It is not unusual to get an email response from a real person within minutes of submitting a request.

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2. ★★★★★ Complectia

   4.8y ago

   We have been using this at a non-profit website we built several years ago. Since we helped the organization move from paper to this electronic platform, membership has more than doubled. Payments and cash flow are nearly 100% automated and members manage their own profiles. I like the ability to login and manage membership outside of WordPress – the software makes it very easy to do this. Member management generally requires more time than website management. Documentation available (you could always create a free account to check it out) and whenever I run into a question, the email support team has been quick and thorough. I’ve even used phone support a few times – but find that email and documentation works most of the time. The UI is clean and well thought out. No software has every feature you want or need, but in practically every case, MembershipWorks has helped me come up with a solution.

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3. ★★★★★ wcamembers

   6.5y ago

   Our organization of professional communicators is helped immensely by this membership plugin! We have had membership software in the past that was much more expensive and didn’t integrate with WordPress. We use just about every part of the plugin including the event calendar feature, membership database, directory, forms and shopping cart. The MailChimp integration allows us to use our favorite email marketing platform (that many of our volunteers are familiar with already) for our communications with members and prospects. Given our annual turnover of the board that runs our association, the training and support MembershipWorks provides is so helpful in transitioning from one board term to the next.

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4. ★★★★★ cherylweb27

   6.8y ago

   In reviewing the plugin’s website and description, this seems like a feature-rich system. NOPE. It has so many limitations you won’t believe it. Documentation isn’t available until AFTER you install the plugin, so there’s no way to know if it’s going to work for your needs until AFTER you’re working with it. And YES, there is an API… but it doesn’t help with some of the simplest isseus. Here’s a non-exhaustive list of what this plugin can NOT do: Sort events by multiple filters: Currently the ONLY way to sort events is category. But a second searchable/filterable/sortable option seems only logical. Why can’t I sort events by category AND location???? (They suggest having TONS of categories just to accommodate every location. NOT an acceptable work-around.) Load more than one shortcode per page. Paginate the directory listing page. Sort members by anything other than one category. Control what loads on the membership “cards.” Right now all it shows is a big rectangle with a name. VERY BORING AND UNATTRACTIVE. Display members in a list, rather than those big awkward “cards.” Alphabetize category lists. They’ll display in whatever order you create them. Period. The ONLY bright spot is the support. Email support answered typically in 24-48 hours. I am SO DONE with this system. I’ll be looking elsewhere from now on.

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5. ★★★★★ ahufford

   9.2y ago

   I could not be a bigger fan of this plugin and the great support they provide. I like that they provide hosting as well. They are super responsive when answering questions on their google community user forum. I have built more than 5 sites with this plugin and my clients have all been happy with how user-friendly the system is.

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6. ★★★★★ thequiltedquirrel

   9.7y ago

   Great software with a lot of options that’s perfect for a Chamber of Commerce. The support is incredibly good, though, and makes this software even more worthwhile. They’re quick to respond to emails, and very helpful. Can’t recommend enough.

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7. ★★★★★ kbcadm

   9.9y ago

   Love MembershipWorks. It hits a sweet spot in the small to mid-size Association Management space. It does a great job of incorporating online membership management with events, directories, dues, recurring payments and more. Their support is great, and fast to respond. Highly recommend!

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8. ★★★★★ AUMW-Jay

   10.0y ago

   I’ve been using this for about 6 months now, on a professional education and networking site, and am very pleased so far. There are limitations, and it’s difficult to modify for custom needs. On the other hand, it was simple to integrate and manages several types of systems well: membership registration, renewals, payments, event promotion, event ticketing (with member-specific pricing), an event calendar, and email system to members and event registrants all in one. Rather than having these all be independent systems, it’s all integrated. That means, though, that those systems may not be as fully developed as stand-alone systems, but the ability to have them all interoperate is a real boost. I hope they’ll work on expanding features (beefing up the email system to include templated emails to members, other than the automated emails which are templated, for example). And it’s also a bit odd that they use G+ for support, which means asking questions and reporting issues is public rather than private. But they do respond quickly and will take issues private if needed. And yes, it is a plugin that requires payment for groups of more than 50 members, or if you want to connect it to a payment processor. But it’s an affordable option for many clubs/organizations, and can help even novice WP builders get something workable and polished up at a negligible cost.

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The 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (6.17). Sites still on an older version should update.

1. Patched Medium · 4.4 MembershipWorks <= 6.14 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2025-11-11 CVE-2025-12018 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 6.14 Patched in 6.15

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.3

Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2019-06-16 1K+ → 2K+ up

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