Picking the right WordPress membership plugin comes down to asking 6 specific questions about your site and its situation.

1. THE ROAD TO THE RIGHT
MEMBERSHIP PLUGIN
6 QUESTIONS YOU NEED TO ANSWER TO HELP YOU MAKE A GOOD DECISION
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2. THERE ARE A LOT OF WORDPRESS
MEMBERSHIP PLUGINS
• Cart66
• Exchange
• Groups
• Magic Members
• Memberful
• MemberMouse
• MemberPress
• Paid Memberships Pro
• Restrict Content Pro
• WP eMember
• Digital Access Pass
• Easy Quick Member
• Fast Member
• Members
• Membership
• MemberWing
• OptimizePress
• S2Member Pro
• Wishlist Member
• WP Members
NOT ALL OF THESE PLUGINS ARE EQUAL.

3. SOME OF THE MOST COMMON
MEMBERSHIP FEATURES
• Multiple Membership Levels
• Page & Post Protection
• Category Protection
• Content Protection
• Excerpt Display / Teasers
• Flexible Subscription Lengths
• Auto Responder Integration
• Coupons / Discount Codes
• Customizing Emails
• Billing Management
• Limited Trials
• Free Accounts
• Manual Account Creation
• User Registration Fields
GOING BEYOND THE BASICS IS HOW YOU DECIDE WHICH IS RIGHT.

4. DO YOU REQUIRE A SPECIAL
PAYMENT GATEWAY

5. DO YOU NEED
CONCURRENT
MEMBERSHIPS

6. WILL YOU BE
DRIPPING CONTENT
3

7. DO YOU NEED SUPPORT FOR
PRORATING CHARGES
4

8. WILL YOU BE COMBINING THIS WITH
AN ECOMMERCE SOLUTION

9. WILL YOU NEED
ONE CLICK UPSELLS
& DOWNSELL OFFERS

10. Chris Lema
Vice President of Software Engineering
Emphasys Software
Twitter: @chrislema
Blog: chrislema.com
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