84
Simple Membership
Reliable content gatekeeping with a side of social login confusion.
HealthyGrowing
84/100
Users appreciate the simple membership controls but some report issues with social logins and support.
Active installs
~86,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 40k+
Rating
4.6★
467 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+31%
Growing fast
282 → 369 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing fast · +31% in the last year
282/day a year ago→369/day today
Reviews
what people actually saySimple Membership is a well-regarded free membership plugin for WordPress that reliably handles content protection and member management, though at least one user reports a significant issue with social login integrations failing to grant correct frontend access.
What people like
Common complaints
- −Social login integrations (tested with Nextend and Socializer) fail to grant correct frontend access despite membership levels appearing correct in the admin panel
- −Support forum access was reportedly denied to at least one user after raising issues
- −Initial setup is not always straightforward, particularly on sites with existing plugins
- −Support responses can be slow
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.61★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.60★
- 20%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-11-172025-03-112026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 467 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-05-20★★★★★Worksmlcmike
- 2026-04-01★★★★★Very good plugin for membership levels and controlMarkku Holopainen
- 2026-03-31★★★★★PERFETTO!ramsok20201-shot
- 2026-03-31★★★★★werkt zoals het hoortartline4media
- 2026-03-20★★★★★5 stars is not enough! : )stevemorel
- 2026-03-04★★★★★5 x 2 stars!!chimica
- 2026-02-05★★★★★Great PluginShadowmarkPro
- 2026-02-05★★★★★Simple and solidkazsulec
- 2026-01-14★★★★★Olá!luizpimentel
- 2025-12-12★★★★★Very nice and usefulkarlte
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
462
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
306
Prior 7-day baseline
464
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
14,209
Mean release-day peak (30d)
406
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+51.0%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
8%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
0.56
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
88%
5★ share in analyzed sample
20%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
-17%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.69 → 4.61★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered