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WishList Member
Easy WordPress Membership Plugin that Grows With You
Last updated: September 2023
WishList Member has the following pricing plans:
Starting from: $199.00/year
Pricing model: Subscription
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Q. Who are the typical users of WishList Member?
WishList Member has the following typical customers:
Freelancers, Large Enterprises, Mid Size Business, Small Business
Q. What languages does WishList Member support?
WishList Member supports the following languages:
English
Q. Does WishList Member offer an API?
Yes, WishList Member has an API available for use.
Q. What other apps does WishList Member integrate with?
WishList Member integrates with the following applications:
PayPal, ActiveCampaign, LearnDash, WordPress, Stripe, Keap, AWeber
Q. What level of support does WishList Member offer?
WishList Member offers the following support options:
Knowledge Base, Email/Help Desk
WishList Member is an easy to use membership plugin for WordPress. You can create online courses, membership portals, sell digital products and more. WishList Member has been used on over 100,000 sites since 2012. Over 60+ integrations built-in and round the clock support waiting to serve you.
Typical customers
Platforms supported
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Training options
Starting from
199
Per year
Other
Starting from
1450
One-time payment
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Value for money
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Starting from
199
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Functionality
4.5
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Total features
24
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Overall Rating
4.8
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44
Positive reviews
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Paul R.
Education Management, 1-10 employees
Used daily for 1-2 years
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Very glad I bought it, the customer service is also great and very responsive
The wordpress plugin is very easy to use and works very easily with learndash for my membership site
I havent found anything that I do not like yet
Thanks so much for your positive feedback and review. We always love hearing that someone is putting WishList Member to good use on their site. Thanks again!
Geoffrey J.
Information Technology and Services, 1-10 employees
Used monthly for 2+ years
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All those years using Wishlist Member have been stress free. We might stumbled upon a bug one time that required support and a plugin update. Overall our experience has been fantastic. We can't say the same from their competition.
It just works as you would expect a membership plugin to work with dripping. No strange bugs with modules released too soon, too late, not released at all, or released when they shouldn't... This wordpress plugin is seriously and regularly maintained by a trusted team.
Last time I checked, the API documentation could use an update. You have to patch together an old PDF with articles in the online knowledge base to get all the informations you need to communicate with the plugin and build your own custom logic on the top of it.
We love reading feedback like this. Thanks so much for taking the time to review WishList Member. We appreciate it.
Seth H.
Marketing and Advertising, self-employed
Used weekly for less than 6 months
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Overall, I'm pleased with the service of Wishlist Member, but I have a few thoughts that I hope will be useful feedback. 1. The support is very slow. I submitted a help ticket a couple of days ago and still haven't even been acknowledged. I'm sure they'll get to it, but if this was an urgent problem is would be very frustrating. 2. It's a fairly confusing product to use. I'm never quite sure if I'm doing anything right when I'm working with the settings. Troubleshooting the product is really difficult too because I'm never sure how to even identify which part of the system is the issue. 3. The product is surprisingly lacking in design functionality. I could even figure out how to customize the button for my sales page. Something as simple as editing the text, size, and color of a button shouldn't be complicated for the user. 4. With all of this being said, I think it's a nice alternative to some of the really expensive software for courses out there, but it seems to be overly simplistic. Hopefully this is helpful! -Seth
I like that it's a cheap alternative to other online course software.
It's confusing to use and has very limited design functionality. Also, the support and customer service is extremely lacking.
Thanks for the review. We checked our ticket system. It looks like you submitted a ticket at the end of a work day and there was a follow up first thing the following morning. The reply may have been caught in your spam/junk mail filter. You can also login to the customer center to check tickets directly. We typically answer all tickets within one working day.
Sandy S.
Professional Training & Coaching, 1-10 employees
Used weekly for 1-2 years
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WishList is one of the "old school" programs that I learned about when I first got into digital marketing in 2003. I met the original [sensitive content hidden] at one of my first seminars. I like that it is mature software and is run by a company that has been around a long time and likely plans to stay around. It integrates with everything I need and doesn't break my site when it has an update. Even if it doesn't directly integrate with something, I can use Pabbly Connect to expand my options. If you use Wordpress and have more than 10 sites, this is the one you want.
I was able to transition from using another (also very good) Wordpress membership plugin called Digital Access Pass when I had an opportunity to purchase a 50 site license with WishList Member. I use Wordpress for pretty much everything and this is an easy way for me to add a simple (or more involved) membership portal to any site I want. I can drip content, restrict certain parts of my site, and set up payments. I prefer to use Wordpress and a membership plugin like this to more "all in one" solutions because I like the flexibility to design things exactly the way I want.
While it is not super complicated, there is a learning curve to it and it's not always clear what to do first if you're not already somewhat familiar with membership software or Wordpress. I kept needing to backtrack because I couldn't progress to the next step without already having some things decided such as membership levels, types of access, etc. I found myself getting frustrated that the tutorial videos were more about the bare basic mechanics of the software and not more helpful to guide me on what elements I should already have in place.
Steve D.
E-Learning, self-employed
Used daily for 2+ years
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I probably overdid it in the Pro's category but I've been a huge fan of WishList Member for many years. I have used way more membership plugins than I'd care to say and still use a couple of them - mainly because I'm too lazy to switch them, and if it ain't broke don't fix them. I can say though that if any of those other membership plugins ever do break it is an easy choice to move them over to a WishList Member set up. WishList Member has set the bar pretty high. So if anyone reading this is not sure about which membership plugin to use then I can highly suggest you try WishList Member - you will not be disappointed.
It does what most membership plugins do - it protects content on your WordPress site. What separates WishList Member from the rest of the pack is it has the rare distinction of constantly improving upon itself by adding new features WITHOUT breaking any of the existing features. Specifically the integrations with 3rd party tools. Payment processors, Learning Management Systems, Physical or digital products, you name it, and if it currently isn't easily integrated just ask through their Feature Request/Suggestion page. So constant improvements are for me the biggest "Pro" but a very close second is their Support. They have normal business hours and I have yet to post a support ticket during those hours and not received a reply within a couple of hours. If I submit a request after hours, it is first thing in the morning when I get the reply. Not just a one-sentence reply that seems typical for many other support teams, but a detailed guide on solving my issue and so far I've yet to stump them. Long story short <too late> the Pro's are Constant improvement and Support.
I'm sure there are but for me, I've not found any Con's
Hi Steve, Thank you so much for your kind comments and taking the time to write a thorough review. It means the world to us when we hear from people like yourselves that have tried many other options and think so highly of WishList Member. REALLY appreciate your positive feedback! :)