Paid Membership Subscriptions… vs Subscriptions & Memberships for PayPal (2026)
Detailed side-by-side comparison of two WordPress plugins, based on real-time data from WordPress.org.
Paid Membership Subscriptions…
10K+ active installs
Free
Subscriptions & Memberships for PayPal
1.0K+ active installs
Free + Premium
Quick Verdict
As of April 2026, Paid Membership Subscriptions… has a higher user rating (4.7/5 from 260 reviews) and leads in active installations (10K+ vs 1.0K+). Both are free WordPress plugins. Paid Membership Subscriptions… has accumulated 1.9M+ total downloads while Subscriptions & Memberships for PayPal has 38K+. Paid Membership Subscriptions… has a higher support resolution rate (96% vs 0%).
Detailed Comparison
| Metric | Paid Membership Subscriptions… | Subscriptions & Memberships for PayPal | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.7/5 | ◄ | 3.9/5 |
| Total Reviews | 260 | ◄ | 12 |
| Active Installs | 10K+ | ◄ | 1.0K+ |
| Total Downloads | 1.9M+ | ◄ | 38K+ |
| Support Resolution | 96% | ◄ | 0% |
| Last Updated | 2 weeks ago | ◄ | 4 months ago |
| First Released | 2015 | 2016 | |
| Age | 11 years | 10 years | |
| WP Requires | 3.1+ | 3.5+ | |
| PHP Requires | 7.4+ | 5.4+ | |
| Business Model | Free | Free + Premium | |
| Latest Version | 3.0.1 | 1.1.8 |
Rating Breakdown
Paid Membership Subscriptions…
Subscriptions & Memberships for PayPal
Download Trends
Over the past 30 days, Paid Membership Subscriptions… averaged approximately 795 daily downloads while Subscriptions & Memberships for PayPal averaged 9.
Recent Reviews
Paid Membership Subscriptions… Reviews
required to fix bugs
on pricing page this persisting errors when want to edit showing Updating failed. Invalid JSON body passed. and its only on pricing page never allow to update your own informations kindly fix thes
Very Promising, So Far So good!
I have been working with Paid Member Subscriptions Pro for about a year now, and although my membership site is not yet launched, it seems PMS Pro is going to play a very important part in it. In fact
Working Great
Working great so far. No complaints.Thank you for developing this! I used AI to get a few things set up, like getting my browser extension to make an API call and see if the user has an active subs
Subscriptions & Memberships for PayPal Reviews
Simple and effective
I’ve used this plugin for a couple of years, and it has proven to be the most reliable. So far, there has never been any issue—it just works. The setup is simple enough. It’s a valuable plugin. I hope
I’m contented with this plugin
The plugin is serving its purpose well. It has solved the payment/subscription pretty well on my site – after trying out a couple of plugs here and there. The configuration is also not complex at all.
Doesn’t work…
I managed to set up the plug-in just fine and add buttons to my side. But whenever I click the buttons I get the following error-message: Things don’t appear to be working at the moment. Please try ag
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