Membership & community plugin with user profiles, registration & login, member directories, content restriction, user roles and much more.
- Installs
- 200,000+
- Rating
- 4.4 (1.4K)
- Updated
- 8 days ago
User Registration & Membership – Free & Paid Memberships, Subscriptions, Content Restriction, User Profile, Custom User Registration & Login Builder
Build membership sites with tiered plans, content restriction, drag-&-drop custom registration & login form builder, and built-in payment system.
- Active installs
- 50,000+
- #732 of 1,000
- Downloads, all time
- 4.6M
- 4,585,748
- Downloads, 30 days
- 66.2K
- 10.2K in the last 7
- Rating
- 4.8 / 5
- 832 reviews
- Last updated
- 14 days ago
- Oct 17, 2026
- Version
- 5.3.1
- 195 releases
Upkeep and compatibility
| Last updated | October 17, 2026Updated in the last 3 months |
|---|---|
| Tested up to | WordPress 7.1.4Covers WordPress 7.1.4, the current release |
| Needs WordPress | 5.5 or newer |
| Needs PHP | 7.4 or newer |
| First published | July 6, 2017 |
| Support, last two months | 2 of 3 threads resolved (67%) |
Reviews
4.8 / 5 from 832 reviews
| 5 stars | 759 |
|---|---|
| 4 stars | 25 |
| 3 stars | 12 |
| 2 stars | 4 |
| 1 star | 32 |
Downloads, last 30 days
What the author says it does
Build membership sites with tiered plans, content restriction, drag-&-drop custom registration & login form builder, and built-in payment system.
The Complete Membership Solution for WordPress
Tired of juggling separate plugins for membership plans, user management, payment gateways, and user profile?
User Registration & Membership (URM) helps you monetize your site by creating membership plans and accepting payments for gated content.
• Membership: Build membership plans, setup billing, and manage user access in a single connected flow.
• Custom User Registration Forms: Design custom registration form and for your users with drag-and-drop form builder.
• Payment Integration: Monetize your membership site with one-time fee, recurring subscription, and upgrade paths. Accept subscription payments through Stripe, PayPal, and bank transfer.
• Content Restriction: Restrict complete site, or individual pages and posts by membership subscription.
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Complete Membership Solution
• Membership Groups and Plans: Create membership tiers with different access levels and benefits. Combine related plans into membership groups for organized front-end listing.
The opening of the plugin's own description. The full text, installation notes and changelog are on its WordPress.org page.
Questions the author answers
Is User Registration & Membership only for custom registration forms?
No. User Registration & Membership is a full membership plugin. Registration and login are part of the system, but the core focus is managing memberships, payments, and content access from one place.
Can I create memberships using the free plan?
Yes. The free version of User Registration and Membership lets you create functional membership plans with payment support and content restriction. Paid plans add advanced features like recurring subscriptions, additional gateways, and automation.
How long does it take to set up a membership site with URM?
Most sites can set up a working membership flow in under 30 minutes. This includes creating a membership plan, setting up registration, and restricting content.
Who is User Registration & Membership built for?
User Registration and Membership is designed for site owners running paid memberships, gated content, online communities, client portals, and course-based sites on WordPress.
How do payments work for memberships?
URM supports payments through Stripe, PayPal, and bank transfer, with additional gateways available in Pro. Payments stay connected to membership access, renewals, and upgrades automatically.
Can I connect memberships with third-party marketing tools?
Yes. User Registration & Membership integrates with popular email marketing services, including Mailchimp, MailerLite, ActiveCampaign, and Klaviyo.
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Latest changelog entry
- Fix – Plugins page no longer goes blank when Everest Forms is also active on PHP 8.
Screenshots
Membership Creation 
Payment Setup 
Content Restriction Rules 
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Where this page's numbers come from
Read from the WordPress.org plugin API on , when WordPress 7.1.4 was the current release. WordPress.org rounds active installs into buckets. These are the directory's figures, not my verdict, and I haven't tested this plugin.