Simple Membership vs WP User Manager – User Profile Builder & Membership

A flexible, well-supported, and easy-to-use WordPress membership plugin for offering free and premium content from your WordPress site The simple membership plugin lets you protect your posts and pages so only your members can view the protected content. Unlimited Membership Access Levels Set up unlimited membership levels (example: free, silver, gold etc) and protect your posts and pages using the membership levels you create. Flexible Membership Duration Options Simple Membership supports multiple membership duration models, including: Fixed duration (days, weeks, months, or years) No expiry / until canceled Fixed future expiry date Annual memberships (calendar or fiscal year based) Subscription-driven access Each membership level can be configured independently to match your access rules. User Friendly Interface for Content Protection When you are editing a post or page in the WordPress editor, you can select to protect that post or page for your members. Non-members who try to view a protected page will be prompted to log in or become a member. Have Free and Paid Memberships You can configure your site to offer free memberships, paid memberships, or both. Paid membership payments are handled securely via PayPal, Stripe, or Braintree. Both one-time and recurring (subscription) payments are supported for PayPal and Stripe. Both one-time and recurring/subscription payments are supported for PayPal and Stripe. Use the subscription payment feature to offer memberships that renew automatically on a regular basis (for example, every month or every year), or offer one-time payment memberships that do not renew automatically. Braintree supports one-time membership payments. Option to make membership payment buttons using the new PayPal Checkout API. For free memberships, you can enable email activation or email confirmation during the registration process. Membership Payments Log All the payments from your members are recorded in the plugin. You can view them anytime by visiting the payments menu from the admin dashboard. Developer API There are lots of action and filter hooks that a developer can use to customize the plugin. There is also an API that can be used to query, create, update member accounts. Member Login Widget on The Sidebar You can easily add a member login widget on the sidebar of your site. Simply use the login form shortcode in the sidebar widget. You can also customize the member login widget by creating a custom template file in your theme (or child theme) folder. Option to show a password visibility toggle option in the login form. Documentation Read the setup documentation after you install the plugin to get started. Plugin Support If you encounter any issues with this plugin, please visit our website to post on the support forum or contact us directly. https://simple-membership-plugin.com/ You can create a free forum account to ask your questions. Additional Features Works with any WordPress theme. Ability to protect photo galleries. Ability to protect attachment pages. Show teaser content to convert visitors into members. Comments on your protected posts will also be protected automatically. There is an option to enable debug logging so you can troubleshoot membership payment related issues easily (if any). Ability to customize the content protection message that gets shown to non-members. Ability to partially protect post or page content. You can apply protection to posts and pages in bulk. Ability to use merge vars in the membership email notification. Membership management side is handled by the plugin. Ability to manually approve your members. Ability to import WordPress users as members. Search for a member’s profile in your WP admin dashboard. Filter members list by account status. Filter members list by membership level. Site admins can save private notes about members, providing a convenient way to keep track of important information. Can be translated to any language. Hide the admin toolbar from the frontend of your site. Allow your members to delete their membership accounts. Send quick notification email to your members. Email all members by membership level, with an option to filter by account status. Customize the password reset email for members. Use Google reCAPTCHA on your member registration form. Use Google reCAPTCHA on your member login and password reset form. The login and registration widgets will be responsive if you are using a responsive theme. Ability to restrict the commenting feature on your site to your members only. Front-end member registration page. Front-end member profiles. Front-end member login page. Option to configure after login redirection for members. Option to configure after registration redirect for members. Option to configure after logout redirection for members. Option force the members to use strong password. Option to make the users agree to your terms and conditions before they can register for a member account. Option to make the users agree to your privacy policy before they can register for a member account. Option to hide the registration/join option. Useful if you prefer visitors not to see the registration option on your site. Option to automatically logout the members when they close the browser. Ability to forward the payment notification to an external URL for further processing. Option to configure whitelisting for user email addresses to allow registration only from specific email addresses or email domains. Option to configure blacklisting for user email addresses to block registration from certain email addresses or email domains. Allows you to set an active login limit for members, helping to prevent account sharing. Option to enable and set failed login attempt limit, which helps to protect against brute force attacks. Option to enable login event tracking, allowing you to view the history of member logins. Option to reset the settings and data of the plugin to start fresh. Option to configure PayPal payment buttons for memberships (one-time and recurring payments). Option to configure Stripe payment buttons for memberships (one-time and recurring payments). Option to configure Braintree payment buttons for memberships (one-time payments). Free Social Login addon that lets users log in with their Google or Facebook accounts. The plugin is actively maintained and we are working on new features for the plugin. Browse the plugin documentation to learn more about the features of this plugin. Language Translations The following language translations are already available: English German French Spanish Spanish (Venezuela) Chinese Portuguese (Brazil) Portuguese (Portugal) Swedish Macedonian Polish Turkish Russian Dutch (Netherlands) Dutch (Belgium) Romanian Danish Lithuanian Serbian Japanese Greek Latvian Indonesian Hebrew Catalan Hungarian Bosnian (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Slovak Italian Norwegian Mexican Arabic Czech Finnish You can translate the plugin using the language translation documentation.

The most customizable profiles & community builder WordPress plugin WP User Manager lets you create highly customizable user profiles together with custom user registration, login, password recovery and account customization forms to your WordPress website. WP User Manager is the best solution to manage your community. Powerful and flexible, yet easy to setup and use. With WP User Manager you can create almost any type of WordPress membership website where your visitors can join and become members. Create a custom login page, have full control over the registration form, give your site a member area, let the users manage their user data. Website | Addons | Documentation | Support Features included Frontend forms: Allow users to register and login from the front of the site. Customize the registration form with custom fields to collect data Stripe integration: Customize the emails sent to users when the register, reset their password and more Custom email notifications: Customize the emails sent to users when the register, reset their password and more Custom avatars: Users can edit their site avatar by uploading an image from the account page Elegant user profiles: All users have a public profile page to display their data Shortcodes editor: Easily add the plugin shortcodes to pages or posts with the shortcode generator and editor Roles editor: Edit roles and their capabilities. Create new roles and duplicate existing ones Beautiful user directories: Display users in a directories that can be displayed anywhere on the site SEO URLs: All the URLs are SEO friendly Content restriction: Restrict content for certain users, by logged in status, or by role Passwords management: Allow users to update their password from their account page Custom fields editor: Create custom user fields that can be used to collect data on registration Custom widgets: Display user data and forms in sidebars using widgets Custom redirects: Control where the users are redirected to on login, registration and more Powerful tools: Tools to be in control of your site and who registers Developers friendly: Customize and integrate with other plugins with a large number of hooks and filters Extensive documentation: Full documentation and expert support Translation Ready – The plugin and addons are fully localized ready for translation Read more about our features on wpusermanager.com Premium Features For more advanced functionality check out the pricing page. Custom Fields: Add custom fields to members profiles and registration forms WooCommerce: Integration with WooCommerce. Collect payment at registration, allow members to update their billing and shipping addresses, display product purchases, reviews and more! Stripe Pro: Integration with Stripe. Collect payment at registration with Stripe, restrict access to your site, remove the commission fees. User Verification: Send a verification link via email upon registration or manually approve users before they can login Groups: Give your users the ability to create and join groups Security: Add password security features and user login management features Registration Forms: Create unlimited registration forms, create multi-step forms, customize forms with HTML, and have full control over form settings Frontend Posting: Allow your users to submit posts and other content from the frontend Advanced Custom Fields: Collect ACF user data at registration and allow users to see and edit the data on their profile Social Login & Registration: Allow your users to quickly login and register with their favorite social network account, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & Instagram Private Content: Provide private content for all your users, as well as user specific content so you can tailor for each member Mailchimp: Sync users with Mailchimp upon registration & more Google reCAPTCHA: Stop spam registrations on your website for free Content Restriction Plus: One-click restriction to posts, pages and custom post types Likes: Allow your users to like posts, pages and other content hCaptcha: Stop more bots. Start protecting user privacy with hCaptcha WPML: Translate your custom fields, field groups, registration forms, and emails using WPML Personal Data: Allows the user to request an export of personal data and request erasure of personal data from the account page for GDPR compliance Delete Account: Allows the user to delete their own profile from the frontend account page Free Extensions Newsletter: Subscribe your members to your Newsletter plugin lists easily during registration Username Length: Set minimum and maximum characters length for usernames Translations Want to add a new language to WP User Manager? Awesome! You can contribute via translate.wordpress.org. Please read the official translation tutorial for more information. Support Support is provided only through the support forum. Join the support forum to ask questions and get help regarding WP User Manager. Free support is provided exclusively for bugs and help using the plugin. Please read the support policy https://wpusermanager.com/support-policy/. Before opening a support topic please read the faqs and documentation. Support for premium addons is provided exclusively through the premium support platform. Support for premium addons cannot be provided through WordPress.org due to the rules put in place by the WordPress.org team.