Overview and comparison of several WordPress membership & content protection plugins.

1. WordPress
Membership Plugins
Membership Levels, Content Protection &
Paid Subscriptions
kristarella.com

2. Membership Sites
• Free or paid registration
• Multiple membership levels
• Content protection
→ page | post | category | shortcode

5. Restrict Content
• Free & Pro versions
• add-ons
• Uses WordPress roles
• Metabox controls on
posts, pages, custom
posts
• Shortcode

6. Paid Memberships Pro
• Free plugin & add-ons
• Paid access to
support & extra
documentation
• Custom membership
levels
• Metabox for post/
page protection
• Protect categories via
per membership level

7. s2Member
• Free & Pro versions
• 4+ membership levels
• Custom capabilities
• Powerful shortcodes
• URL restriction
• Downloads protection
• Individual page
subscriptions

8. Comparison
Restrict Content PMPro s2
Gateways
PayPal, PayPal
Pro (addon),
Stripe (addon)
PayPal (regular,
Pro, Express),
Stripe,
Authorize.net,
Braintree
PayPal, PayPal
Pro,
Authorize.net,
Google,
Clickbank
Content
Protection
Metabox,
Shortcode
Metabox,
Categories,
Shortcode
Metabox,
Categories,
Shortcode
Custom Roles
WP levels/
Unlimited
Unlimitied 4/unlimited
Forms
Rego, Login,
change
password
wp-login.php
wp-login.php/Pro
forms

9. Don’t forget...
• When dealing with online payments
you need to know about PCI
compliance!