Memberful – Membership Plugin

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1. ★★★★★ chasewg

   1.4y ago

   As a developer, Memberful is at the top of my shortlist for plugins I recommend to clients seeking a way to put a paywall on their website. First and foremost, it tremendously simplifies the payment tracking process through their customized gateway and platform. Second, it’s backed by an awesome team that will actually meet with you and help you get everything configure and tuned to your site as part of the on boarding process. Finally, the codebase is robust enough that I can get it to fit any use case imaginable. It’s really the perfect blend of the philosophies of SaaS: “just do it for me” and Open Source: “I want to be able to do anything with it”.

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2. ★★★★★ Maximilian Mackson

   1.5y ago

   Among my clients, I’m known for dishing out harsh criticism of so-called “modern” software—which is often slow, unstable, and riddled with bugs. My experience working with Memberful has been a notable exception: It does what it says on the tin quickly, without issue, and without frustration. Not to mention I’ve found it straightforward to integrate with other software on every occasion, and is supported by one of the best customer service teams I’ve had the pleasure of interacting with—Lauren in particular always being a joy. If the pricing works for your business, I think you’ll find working with Memberful to be a far more pleasant experience than you’ll have working with any comparable software.

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3. ★★★★★ MattDotCom

   1.5y ago

   Memberful handles paywalled and protected content, user CRM, and payments both elegantly AND precisely in a way no other WP membership solution can. While other options want to be a jack of all trades and master of none, Memberful handles what it handles and stays out of the way – giving full freedom to design and development teams to make memorable websites unhampered by one-size-fits-all “solutions.”

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4. ★★★★★ drbaker48

   4.9y ago

   I have been using Memberful for a couple of months now and think it is great. Support is awesome and prompt. I would recommend it for anyone creating or updating a membership site.

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5. ★★★★★ Jon Henshaw

   7.7y ago

   I’ve been using Memberful for several years now. One of the things I like about them most is that they’re focused on constantly making the service better without constantly adding new features and making it bloated and difficult to use. I use Memberful for my Homeowners Association (HOA) site where all members are free (yes, Memberful supports that!). I also use it for a membership site that requires a subscription to access premium content. It works perfectly for my needs and it’s easy to use shortcodes and functions. For example, I use functions on template pages to show and hide certain information depending on if they’re logged in or not, and also what level of membership they have. Additionally, it fully integrates with Discourse, which is what I use for my forum. I love this service!

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6. ★★★★★ echrom

   8.6y ago

   plugin does not secure content. i can still access “restricted” content when not logged in. would not recommend

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7. ★★★★★ jesselperry

   10.4y ago

   There are lots of options out there for providing a paywall in front of your content. Memberful provides the perfect balance between the two extremes. On one extreme you have overly complicated corporate systems that are overpriced and antiquated. On the other extreme you have sites that control everything and try to do everything for you — on those you have very little customizability. Memberful is the best of both worlds. It provides modern features (webhooks, OAuth, WordPress integration, an API, etc) without being overly complicated. Because it integrates with WordPress easily and any website with some development — it gives you the power to set up however you need to. Add to that, the customer service is top notch.

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8. ★★★★★ HaydenHill

   10.5y ago

   I use the plugin for an online jazz piano lessons website and love the integrations, functionality and features. The set up is simple and the payment processing panel is very well designed and conversion centric. All payments are deposited directly into my Stripe account which makes things super easy to manage. From an SEO standpoint, the plugin allows you to have two versions of the same page, 1 for paying members and the other version full of copy and teaser videos to increase search engine visibility and new member acquisition. I always recommend this plugin… It’s not overly complicated and just does the job, allowing you to focus on running your membership site! Hayden Hill Founder http://www.pianogroove.com

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3 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 6.5 Memberful <= 1.75.0 - Missing Authorization ↗
   2025-09-22 CVE-2025-58000 Missing Authorization Affects <= 1.75.0 Patched in 1.76.0
2. Medium · 5.3 Memberful <= 1.73.9 - Unauthenticated Content Restriction Bypass to Sensitive Information Exposure ↗
   2024-12-16 CVE-2024-11294 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Affects <= 1.73.9 Patched in 1.74.0
3. Medium · 6.4 Memberful – Membership Plugin <= 1.73.7 - Authenticated (contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2024-10-03 CVE-2024-9242 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.73.7 Patched in 1.73.8

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Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

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• Buy Me a Coffee – Membership, Paywall & Fundraiser with Stripe & PayPal 70+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags B
• Crowdfunding and Fundraising Campaign Builder for PayForm 40+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags D
• Wallkit Subscriptions & Paywall Plugin for WordPress 20+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags C

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Memberful – Membership Plugin: 1K+ active installs, 4.7★ (13 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-25. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/memberful-wp