by Nexcess 3.1 (100 reviews)

Membership Plugin – Kadence Memberships

Name: Membership Plugin – Kadence Memberships
Rating: 3.1 (100 reviews)
Author: Nexcess

Kadence Memberships is a powerful WordPress membership plugin that gives you full control over who can and cannot view content on your WordPress site.

Membership Plugin ranks #2,308 among WordPress.org plugins with 8,000+ active installations, is #61 of 1,867 in the User Management category, a 3.1/5 rating from 100 reviews, and was last updated Oct 15, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1.4

v4.0.5 Current Version v4.0.5

Updated 2 weeks ago Last Update on 15 Oct, 2026

Refreshed 20 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#61 of 1,867 in User Management Top 5% by installs Downloads -14.3% this week Actively maintained

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#2,308

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Active Installs

8K+

-13.4%

KW Avg Position

20.2

0.6 better

Downloads

700.6K

+58 today

Support Resolved

33%

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Rating

62%

Review 3.1 out of 5

3.1 (100 reviews)

Next Milestone 9K

Total Progress 97.1%

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Reviews & Ratings

3.1

100 reviews

Overall 62%

43 (43%)

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42 (42%)

Support Threads Overview

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Total Threads

Resolved

Unresolved

33%

Resolution Rate

Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

17 known vulnerabilities on record · 8 in the last 24 months · checked 1 month ago

Aug 4, 2026

Membership Plugin – Kadence Memberships [restrict-content] < 4.0.1

CVE-2026-9273 · Fixed in v4.0.1
Mar 20, 2026

Membership Plugin – Kadence Memberships [restrict-content] < 3.2.23

CVE-2026-32546 · Fixed in v3.2.23
Mar 19, 2026

Membership Plugin – Kadence Memberships [restrict-content] < 3.2.25

CVE-2026-4136 · Fixed in v3.2.25
Mar 4, 2026

Membership Plugin – Kadence Memberships [restrict-content] < 3.2.21

CVE-2026-1321 · Fixed in v3.2.21
Feb 17, 2026

Membership Plugin – Kadence Memberships [restrict-content] < 3.2.19

CVE-2026-1304 · Fixed in v3.2.19
Jan 15, 2026

Membership Plugin – Kadence Memberships [restrict-content] < 3.2.17

CVE-2025-14844 · Fixed in v3.2.17
Dec 22, 2025

Membership Plugin – Kadence Memberships [restrict-content] < 3.2.16

CVE-2025-14000 · Fixed in v3.2.16
Jan 25, 2025

Membership Plugin – Kadence Memberships [restrict-content] < 3.2.14

CVE-2024-11090 · Fixed in v3.2.14
Apr 10, 2024

Membership Plugin – Kadence Memberships [restrict-content] < 3.2.9

CVE-2024-31432 · Fixed in v3.2.9
Nov 8, 2023

Membership Plugin – Kadence Memberships [restrict-content] < 3.2.8

CVE-2023-47668 · Fixed in v3.2.8

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Plugin Details

Version: 4.0.5
Last Updated: Oct 15, 2026
Requires WP: 6.0+
Tested Up To: 7.1.4
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: Nexcess

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ 3.1
Reviews: 100
Support Threads: 3
Resolved: 33%

Keywords

Restrict access membership registration form restrict pages restrict posts

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

Kadence Memberships is for WordPress site owners who want to build a membership or subscription site, or simply restrict content to certain users. It solves the problem of controlling who can view content, managing memberships and payments, and letting members self-manage their accounts, without requiring third-party e-commerce plugins.

Unlimited membership levels
Content restriction by user role
Stripe payment collection
Self-service member account management
Prorated upgrades/downgrades
Auto-renew memberships
CSV export of membership records
WooCommerce product restriction

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Membership Plugin – Kadence Memberships

Yes. You can choose exactly which content to protect with the [restrict] shortcode. You can set the userlevel attribute to specify which role is required to view the content. For example, to restrict to editors you would use: [restrict userlevel=”editor”]Your protected content here.[/restrict]

Yes! With the Kadence Memberships plugin, you can offer paid membership levels with manual payments or Stripe. For even more payment gateways, check out Kadence Memberships Pro.

Yes. Kadence Memberships can restrict access to media that is embedded within a post or page, but it does not protect the original file URL on the server.

Yes. There’s a checkbox for this within each post/page. If enabled, that content in your RSS feed will be restricted.

Not with this plugin, but Kadence Memberships Pro has integrations for many popular email marketing providers, including Mailchimp, ConvertKit, ActiveCampaign, and more.

Yes. All restrictions apply in REST API requests - exactly the same as if viewing your site normally.

Yes. Full page restriction settings as well as the [restrict], [register_form], and [login_form] shortcodes all work with Gutenberg.

Yes! Kadence Memberships provides the ability to limit access based on custom roles.

Kadence Memberships works with most third party page builders. However, if using the [restrict] shortcode, most page builders will require that the opening and closing shortcode tags be within the same element/block.

Yes. Kadence Memberships includes shortcodes for a registration form, a login form, and a password reset form.