What is the best membership site plugin for WP?

by Trent Brownrigg

Posted: 13 years ago 15 replies

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I have a client with a site built on wordpress. He wants to turn a portion of it into a full-blown membership site where he will offer all sorts of tools, downloads, resources, videos, and other stuff to paying members.

The problem is that I have never built a membership site before and my area of expertise is certainly not in actually building sites. Almost all of my sites are simple wordpress blogs.

I've seen information in the past about plugins that will do this sort of thing. So I went searching and found these three...

http://wp-member.com
http://www.memberwing.com
http://member.wishlistproducts.com

So, my question is...

Which of those three is best? Or is there a better one than those out there that I just didn't find?

It needs to be fairly easy to set up and use. I'm sure I can figure it out either way but the site owner has far less experience than I do.

Note: I did find another thread here discussing this same thing. But it was from more than 2 years ago and we all know the "best" stuff on the internet changes quickly. So I am looking for updated opinions on this matter. Thanks!

#membership #plugin #site

AnniePot 13 years ago

Look at this one as well. I downloaded it when it was offered here on the WF by a fellow Warrior: WP SalesAutomator | Wordpress Membership & Product Sales Plugin
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Reed Floren 13 years ago

Wishlist is the one that gets brought up the most in private conversations at seminars and phone calls
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asimbawany 13 years ago

heard some very good things about wishlist...
but if its just a very simple site that you need to setup, I think you'll be okay wit just profits theme on its own.. Im using it..
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macostello 13 years ago

I personally use DAP as you can do your membership site, payment buttons, autoresponder and affiliate program with one plugin.
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macostello 13 years ago

DAP stands for Digital Access Products by the way
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E. Brian Rose 13 years ago

Digital Access Pass (DAP) is by far the best.
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- macostello 13 years ago
  
  See Brian, us wives do more than just shop
  
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- macostello 13 years ago
  
  And yes, I did mean Digital Access Pass!
  
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  Canuckystan 13 years ago
  
  Using DAP here, a bit of a learning curve but it has features the others don't that I found key:
  
  1) Limits member access from a max number of IP addresses that you can set to catch password sharing.
  
  2) Every member gets an affiliate code so they can promote and earn if they want. If she tells 2 friends and he tells 2 friends, you know how it goes.
  
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Trent Brownrigg 13 years ago

Thanks everyone! Anyone else?
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SusanUSA 13 years ago

I like aMember. They have excellent support and are constantly making their product better.
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sbucciarel Banned 13 years ago

I like Wishlist. I have one site using Member Wing, had a configuration question and submitted it to support and they just went in and made adjustments. Doesn't do me any good that they didn't take the time to explain. I wouldn't be able to duplicate the setup, so I only use it on one site. WishList has all the features I need and works great for me.
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GetMoreTraffic 13 years ago

Digital Access Pass leaves everything else in the dust.
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marketerscry 13 years ago

This sounds like a job for the Micro Membership plugin.
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Trent Brownrigg 13 years ago

Thanks again everyone for the replies and suggestions. I guess overall it's between DAP and Wishlist with DAP having a slight edge. I'll tell my client.
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