Power Your Publishing with Paid Memberships Pro
Paid Memberships Pro is the best tool for online publishers: an open source membership platform that transforms your blog or news site into a revenue-generating platform.
Tailor your site to engage readers, monetize content, and grow a loyal subscriber base.
Real Bloggers and Publishers. Real Results.
I’ve been using Paid Memberships Pro for nearly a decade now and it is an amazing product if you’re using WordPress for a membership site. Their support is excellent and they are always quick to respond and informative. Highly recommend!
I have been playing with other membership plugins but none of them were able to make me happy or work properly. Some didn’t offer much flexibility and upon trying Paid Memberships Pro I can now protect my sites’ content to non-subscribers. I use PMPro for all my payment sites.
What happens after you sign up?
After checkout, you’ll gain immediate access to PMPro’s powerful features, comprehensive tutorials, and dedicated support. Unlock the potential of your publishing platform with tools designed for the modern online publisher.
You’ll also get access to our Blog and News Hub™, which guides you through all of the steps you need to take in order to get your first paying subscriber—as well as create, distribute, price, and market your content even better.
Paid Memberships Pro Elevates Your Publishing By:
Exclusive Content Access: Lock premium articles for subscribers.
Diverse Payment Options: Including credit card, PayPal, Apple Pay.
Customizable Layouts: Tailor your site’s look and feel.
Flexible Subscription Models: Daily, monthly, or yearly subscriptions.
Engage Your Audience: Interactive features like comments and forums.
SEO Optimization: Enhance visibility and reach.
We believe in open source software.
We’re tired of plugins and themes that don’t play well together, aren’t you?
At PMPro, we fully embrace open source, which means that compatibility problems are less likely—and they’re easier to fix if they do happen.
We make our code publicly available so anyone can read it, extend it, and integrate with it. We work closely with plugin and theme authors to handle compatibility issues so you don’t have to.
A wide selection of features and functionality—some of which you simply won’t find in any other membership solution on the market today.
Registration and checkout are slick, and at the end of the process members are provided with detailed information about their transaction with the option to print off an invoice.
The fact that you can customise all pages in this process is a definite plus, meaning you can add tailored welcome messages as well as select custom page templates for the checkout process.
One thing is for sure: the innovations coming from the Paid Memberships Pro camp have us very excited about the future of this plugin, and we’re eagerly watching to see what they do next.
Your Digital Space:
Own the Land You Build On
Step into the freedom of full ownership with PMPro. Unlike hosted solutions, our platform puts you in control of your content and subscriber relationships. With some other publishing platforms, you don’t have the same ownership. This could mean:
You don’t maintain your editorial independence.
You cannot shape your blog or news site exactly how you envision it.
Any revenue from ads and sponsorships is at the mercy of the platform’s algorithm
You’re stuck, even if prices change or something else happens and you want to move your content elsewhere
Branding and customization options are extremely limited
You can’t necessarily access your subscribers (audience) outside of the platform
When you publish premium content on WordPress with PMPro, you own the land you build on. 100% ownership with unlimited access to your content and audience.
Focus on Members and Rich Publishing Interactions
Create a dynamic publishing environment that puts members first.
Dynamic Content Types: Publish articles with text and rich media, like videos. Set up a gated paywall or offer a hybrid plan with print and digital access.
Email Marketing Tools: Manage subscriber lists and campaigns directly with tools like ActiveCampaign, Mailchimp, MailPoet, or ConvertKit.
Member-Specific RSS Feeds: Offer personalized content feeds to subscribers—instant updates in their preferred format.
Google Analytics: Gain insights into reader behavior and preferences with analytics tracking by membership level.
SEO Tools: Enhance your site’s visibility and search ranking with structured data and other SEO features of WordPress and free plugins.
Social Media Integration: Amplify your reach across various platforms giving non-members a teaser of protect content.
Do I Really Need a Membership Plugin?
There are many different ways for online publishers to build a thriving readership base.
Paid Memberships Pro works best when the focus of your business is your members. Putting members at the center of everything is a great way to build an online presence.
Our Commitment to You:
Money Back Guarantee
Every purchase is backed by a 100 day money-back guarantee. If you decide not to use your premium plan, request a full refund—no questions asked.
Even if your request comes after 100 days, we will still refund your payment by any means necessary.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which plan should I choose for my blog or news site?
We currently offer three plans: Free, Standard, and Plus. Check out this comparison guide to help you select the right plan for your business.
We designed these plans through our experience supporting thousands of membership sites on this platform for over 13 years. As such, Add Ons cannot be purchased individually. As a fully open source WordPress plugin, you can use our code for free if you cannot afford a membership or if you’re just testing.
Remember that if your needs change in the future, you can upgrade at any time and it will not affect your site settings, content, user and member information, or subscriptions.
If you’ve already read the guide and still can’t decide which plan is right for you, you can always try out Paid Memberships Pro for free.
Can I offer free and paid content with PMPro?
Absolutely. The features you’ve learned about in this guide are separate from how you choose to price your membership levels.
Paid Memberships Pro supports free memberships, plus every variation of paid membership from one-time, fixed-term, recurring, trials, lifetime, and more.
Is PMPro suitable for non-technical publishers?
There are over 90,000 sites that use Paid Memberships Pro—and from our customer research most of them are DIY. They’re building their own site (not working with a developer) just like you.
Here’s what our user @asienchris says about PMPro:
Even a tech noob can get a passive income with PMPro!
I’m a tech noob, but PMPro still makes it possible for people like me to successfully handle payment processing automatically so that I now have a passive income. Awesome plugin with a LOT of functionality, even in the free version!
Will I get to keep all of my content revenue?
Paid Memberships Pro is 100% free and open source software. We do not take any portion of your content revenue at the platform level.
Your payment gateway does impose fees for credit card processing. Please check with your gateway to determine their fees.
We have a special relationship with Stripe whereby membership sites that do not have a valid premium license pay 2% in gateway fees on top of the default gateway fees imposed by Stripe. You can remove this fee by upgrading to a Standard or higher membership plan (starting at $347/yr.) or using the recipe in this post to remove the connected platform fee.
Can I upgrade my PMPro plan as my site grows?
PMPro provides comprehensive tools for member management and subscription handling, making it easy to manage your subscriber base and revenue streams.
You’ll get user-friendly admin dashboards to show your active list of members. Click through to edit and view and individual member’s active subscriptions, memberships, order history, and, if needed, use this screen to make edits to their account.
Built-in reports give you data about active memberships by level, sales and revenue data, signups vs. cancellations, and more.
Can I upgrade my PMPro plan as my site grows?
Yes, you can! As your blog or news site expands, you can seamlessly upgrade your PMPro plan to accommodate your growing needs.
This flexibility ensures that your platform scales with your success, providing more features and capabilities as your audience and content offerings increase.
We will never charge you for growing your subscriber base. Our platform and plans are based on features used, not size of your audience.
If you need to downgrade or cancel a premium plan, your site will continue to function without an issue. You’ll just lose access to updates of premium Add Ons as they get released.
How many subscribers am I allowed to have?
With Paid Memberships Pro there are no limits to the number of subscribers you’re allowed to have. This makes PMPro a great choice if you’re planning to grow and scale your blog or new publisher business.
Do I retain full control over my content and subscriber data?
With PMPro, you have complete ownership of your content and subscriber data, ensuring full control and independence for your publishing business.
How much support can I expect to receive?
We provide very deep support and are able to troubleshoot most issues via the support forums.
Some custom code is straight forward, and we can assist with writing the code and instructing you on exactly where to put it. If you have found a tutorial on our site about a customization, we can usually help you to set that customization up or tweak it in small ways.
What if I have unique requirements and need more help?
In the case you need more hands-on help, we can recommend a developer we trust.
We will write the requirements and outline the possible solutions for you to share with them. This alone saves your developer tons of time, which saves you hundreds of dollars.
Choose a Plan
Enterprise
- Everything in Plus, with:
- 50+ sites
- Phone support
- Development consulting
- Performance scaling
- Onsite visits
- Premium hosting
Plus
- Everything in Standard, plus:
- 2 site license
- Priority support
- Accept donations
- Invite only membership
- Member approvals
- Member directory & user profiles
- Multisite & WordPress Network features
- Payment plans by level
- Prorated pricing
- Sell gift memberships
- Series/content drip-feed
- Sponsored or group accounts
- Variable "pay what you want" pricing
Standard
- Everything in Free, plus:
- 1 site license
- Premium support
- Advanced customization recipes
- Automatic updates
- Affiliate tracking
- Protect custom post types
- Email confirmation
- Membership cards
- Shipping address
- Google Analytics + Ecommerce Tracking
Free
- The entire core plugin, with:
- Unlimited restricted content
- Unlimited membership levels & members
- Free or paid registration
- Multiple memberships per user
- Recurring subscriptions
- All gateways, including Stripe, PayPal, & more
- All email marketing integrations
- bbPress, BuddyPress, BuddyBoss integrations
- Courses & LMS integrations
- Frontend login
- No-code user profile fields
- Restrict access to WordPress dashboard
- WooCommerce integration
- Zapier integration
Not sure which plan to pick? Choose Plus Membership to get everything you need for an advanced membership site. Or try things out for free.
