User Registration & Membership – Free &… vs Paid Membership Subscriptions… (2026)
Detailed side-by-side comparison of two WordPress plugins, based on real-time data from WordPress.org.
User Registration & Membership – Free &…
60K+ active installs
Free + Premium
Paid Membership Subscriptions…
10K+ active installs
Free
Quick Verdict
As of April 2026, User Registration & Membership – Free &… has a higher user rating (4.8/5 from 816 reviews) and leads in active installations (60K+ vs 10K+). Both are free + premium WordPress plugins. User Registration & Membership – Free &… has accumulated 4.2M+ total downloads while Paid Membership Subscriptions… has 1.9M+. Paid Membership Subscriptions… has a higher support resolution rate (96% vs 92%).
Detailed Comparison
| Metric | User Registration & Membership – Free &… | Paid Membership Subscriptions… | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.8/5 | ◄ | 4.7/5 |
| Total Reviews | 816 | ◄ | 260 |
| Active Installs | 60K+ | ◄ | 10K+ |
| Total Downloads | 4.2M+ | ◄ | 1.9M+ |
| Support Resolution | 92% | ► | 96% |
| Last Updated | 2 weeks ago | ◄ | 2 weeks ago |
| First Released | 2017 | 2015 | |
| Age | 9 years | 11 years | |
| WP Requires | 5.5+ | 3.1+ | |
| PHP Requires | 7.4+ | 7.4+ | |
| Business Model | Free + Premium | Free | |
| Latest Version | 5.1.5 | 3.0.1 |
Rating Breakdown
User Registration & Membership – Free &…
Paid Membership Subscriptions…
Download Trends
Over the past 30 days, User Registration & Membership – Free &… averaged approximately 1,572 daily downloads while Paid Membership Subscriptions… averaged 795.
Recent Reviews
User Registration & Membership – Free &… Reviews
Excellent Set of Plugins for Membership Sites!
This is an excellent set of plugins. It’s modular, so there are a dozen or so UMR plugins that work together. I imagine this modular approach makes updates easier. The ability to create custom fiel
Love the URM plugin and their great support
I have been using URM for the past 5 years and really like the plugin. I have found it very easy to use and serves my user community very well. With the major upgrade to 5.1.0 I had a problem and user
Brilliant Support & Plugin
Firstly, I want to say that the free support offered by user registration and membership plug-in is first class. Not only was Uzwal personable and respectful, but he helped identify issues that needed
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
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