Ultimate Member

7.1easy start · #37of 86
in Membership Site Platforms

Free to practise onyes
Free trialno
Well documentedyes
Runs where you workno

Runs on self-hosted, Web.

Ultimate Member is ranked #37 of 86 in membership site platforms on The Geeks Club, made by Ultimate Member (Glasgow, Scotland, UK). It runs on Self-hosted, Web. There is a free plan.

Ultimate Member plans and pricing

All plans

Free Free Forever User profiles · User registration & login · Content restriction · Member directories · User accounts ultimatemember.com · 11 Oct 2026

Standard 21 standard extensions · 1 site license · Updates for 1 year · Email support for 1 year ultimatemember.com · 20 Sept 2026

Pro 21 standard extensions · 2 site license · Updates for 1 year · Email support for 1 year ultimatemember.com · 20 Sept 2026

Standard $276/yr Billed once per year until cancelled; page also says “That's $23 a month” 21 standard extensions · 1 site license · Updates for 1 year · Email support for 1 year ultimatemember.com · 11 Oct 2026

Pro $348/yr Billed once per year until cancelled; page also says “That's $29 a month” 21 standard extensions · Stripe integration · Zapier integration · 2 site license · Updates for 1 year · Email support for 1 year · Ultimate Member Theme ultimatemember.com · 11 Oct 2026

Compared on membership site platforms

Free plan: Yes
Content gating: full_site
Subscription billing: both

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The record

Product: Ultimate Member is a membership and community plugin for WordPress for building online communities or private membership websites.
Core capabilities: The core plugin includes user profiles, registration and login, content restriction, member directories, and account management.
Form building: Its drag-and-drop form builder creates registration, login, and profile forms, with multi-column layouts.
Roles and access: Administrators can create user roles with different permissions and restrict access globally or by page or post.
Privacy controls: Members can make profiles private or hide them from directories, and administrators can set visibility for individual profile fields.
Anti-spam: Login forms include a hidden honeypot field, a submit time delay, and WordPress nonces for anti-spam protection.
Extensions: Extensions add features such as groups, private messaging, social login, user verification, reviews, and profile tabs.
Integrations: Listed integrations include MailChimp, myCRED, Unsplash, ForumWP, Zapier, Stripe, WooCommerce, JobBoardWP, and Google reCAPTCHA.
Paid memberships: The Stripe integration supports selling paid website memberships through Stripe subscriptions and is included in the Pro plan.
Support: Standard and Pro include one year of email support; the maker says expired licenses no longer receive support or updates.
Trial and refund: The maker says it does not offer a free trial for its self-hosted Pro plugin and offers a 30-day refund guarantee.
License renewal: Paid license keys automatically renew every year, and customers can cancel at any time.
Usage limits: The maker says its plugin does not charge based on the number of users; the paid plans specify site-license counts.
Founded: 2014

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Best Membership Site Platforms in 2026#37 of 86

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Sources

ultimatemember.com· checked 11 Oct 2026
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