WishList Member is the most professionally built membership script for WordPress. It provides the most bang for the buck. It’s very efficient and flexible in the way it’s built. Among all the other membership scripts, we recommend WishList Member.
Ease of Installation and Usage
WishList Member installs just as easily as any other WordPress plugin. If that’s not enough, WishList provides comprehensive support video tutorial on the various aspects of operating WishList membership script.
WishList Member gives you several options in protecting your content. You can protect categories, you can protect the content after the <!—more—> tag, you can protect parts within a post, you can mix the protected parts for different membership levels. The beauty of WishList Member, however, is that it is solidly built and easy to use in spite of having a rich feature set.
Support
You can get free support for Member WishList by simply by opening a support ticket. The WishList Member team has been known for their quick response and excellent customer service. Furthermore, they provide comprehensive documentation as well as video tutorials to help you easily configure and run your membership website.
Money Back Guarantee
WishList Member is one of the few membership scripts to offer a solid, no-quibble money-back guarantee.
Simply try the script for 30-days, if – for whatever reason – you don’t like it, ask for a refund and you shall have it – no questions asked.
Supported Payment Processors
WishList Member has built in support for PayPal, ClickBank, Google Checkout, 1ShoppingCart, and many more. Additionally, it is implemented in an efficient way to allow you to easily integrate it with any shopping cart system in the market.
Download Protection
Using WishList Member, you can keep your premium files from being directly accessed by non-members. In other words, members will not be able to share protected download links in public forums and such.
Sequential Content Delivery
With the sequential content delivery in WishList Member, you can create complete courses that are gradually delivered over a period of time. A portion of the course would be available immediately upon registration, the next portion is made available after 10 days, for example, and so on. It’s completely configurable.
Partial Content Protection
WishList Member gives you the most options when it comes to content protection. It just offers so many practical ways for you to protect your content. You can choose to hide only portions of a post. You can even mix and match the hidden portions and the membership levels.
Autoresponder, Email Marketing Integration
WishList Member has native integration with AWeber — the leading email marketing provider — as well as native integration for the popular self-hosted email marketing solution, Autoresponse Plus.
Affiliate Program
If you want other affiliates to promote your membership site while your using WishList Member, you have several options. You can use ClickBank affiliate network or 1ShoppingCart.
Protected RSS Feeds
With WishList Member, you can deliver protected content via RSS feeds. Subscribers will be given a protected link from which they can subscribe to your RSS feeds.
Available Membership Levels
You can setup as many membership levels as you’d like. Each level can have its own membership price. You can even name, customize and merge membership levels if you website needs change in the future.
Available Licenses and Prices
Single License ($97)
This license gives you access to all the features that WishList Member has to offer. The one restriction is that you can install on one blog or domain only.
Multi-Site License + 2-Part Training Bonus ($297)
This license removes the restriction on the number of websites on which you can install the script. However, if you’re a web developer, it’s important to know that this is not a developer license. You can install as many times on domains you own, not on your clients domains.
User Thoughts and Feedback
On 09-01-2009 user said:
I have a membership site that I am running with a wordpress platform and a copy of Wishlist Member. So far so good. I have a few signups already
On 08-20-2009 user said:
I own a multi-site license for Wishlist Member and I’ve been happy with it every step of the way.
On 08-20-2009 user said:
I’ve been running Wishlist on my membership site since November and haven’t had a single issue.
Everyone should think twice about using WLM if you are planning to use any other plug-ins. I am having a devil of a time getting WishList to run with SimplePressForum (which I would think is a fairly standard use for a membership site) and have been talking with WL for several days through their Support network. After being asked to supply FTP access, I received the following response:
Hi Craig,
Thanks for the information.
Unfortunately if a plugin conflict is creating the issue, there is not much we can do in terms of helping you.
However, I will pass this on to the developers to verify that this is the case.
Take care,
Greg France
Hi Craig,
Your issue may be specific to your own setup. Conflicts with other plugins are bound to happen.
WishList Member refund policy is very solid, why didn’t you utilize it when you figured out the problem?
Best,
-mk
Wishlist Member is great but has its limitations as a plugin if you’re looking to integrate it with wordpress users that have already registered before they make payment – This is because it registers new wordpress users after making payment (Which is what I didn’t quite understand). I am no longer using my software as I had to have my pay system custom built so if anyone wants to purchase the license off me I will be willing to resell it for $50. I purchased for $97! Email me at info@maxrichardson.com – Great blog post, any tips on payment systems that have affiliate software integrated?
Cheers for the info guys.
Max Richardson
@SocialMediaMax
Hi Max,
Affiliate software integration is explained in the reviews of the plugins.
Perhaps you want to create a Web page dedicated to the custom plugin that you commissioned, so that you can link to it.
Custom built solutions are usually good for who they were built for, but in my experience as a programmer, it is much more difficult to make a product ready for public wide consumption.
Best,
-mk