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ProfilePress
What ProfilePress is
ProfilePress is a WordPress membership plugin for building paid membership sites, selling digital products, and restricting access to content. It supports one-time and recurring payments, subscriptions, payment plans, and free trials. Members can pay through Stripe, PayPal, Razorpay, Paddle, Paystack, Mollie, or direct bank transfer. Frontend tools provide login, registration, password reset, profile editing, user profiles, and searchable member directories. Protection rules can cover pages, posts, custom post types, categories, tags, and custom taxonomies. Listed integrations include LearnDash, LifterLMS, Tutor LMS, Sensei LMS, Academy LMS, and MasterStudy LMS, plus Mailchimp, MailerLite, Brevo, and Campaign Monitor. The free lite version has limited features and adds a 2% Stripe fee; paid plans remove that fee. Standard costs $129 a year, Plus $299 a year, and Agency $599 a year.
Who it suits
It suits WordPress site owners creating memberships, selling downloads or subscriptions, and controlling access to content. WordPress.com users need a plan that allows custom plugins.
What it does well
- Supports one-time and recurring payments
- Offers several payment gateways
- Restricts many WordPress content types
- Includes membership and profile forms
- Integrates with listed LMS and email services
What to know first
- Requires a WordPress website
- Free version adds a 2% Stripe fee
- No free trial is listed
- Paid plans start at $129 a year
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | $ 129 Per Year · 1 Site · No extra 2% Stripe fee · 18+ Add-Ons | $129 a year |
| Plus | $ 299 Per Year · 3 Sites · No extra 2% Stripe fee · Standard add-ons plus Receipt / Invoice, Metered Paywall, User Moderation, Passwordless Login, Site Creation, WooCommerce, Polylang, AffiliateWP, SliceWP | $299 a year |
| Agency | $ 599 Per Year · Unlimited Sites · No extra 2% Stripe fee · All add-ons, including future releases | $599 a year |
As profilepress.com lists them, read 10 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Verdict
ProfilePress covers membership sales, content protection, user profiles, and integrations in one WordPress plugin. The free version provides an entry point, but its Stripe fee and limited features make the paid tiers important for larger requirements.
Facts from ProfilePress's own pages
- Company and founder
- Proper Fraction identifies Collins Agbonghama as its founder and describes itself as an independent WordPress products team. · properfraction.com, 10 Oct 2026
- Content access
- It can restrict pages, posts, custom post types, categories, tags, and custom taxonomies according to protection rules. · profilepress.com, 10 Oct 2026
- Content gating
- full_site · profilepress.com, 20 Sept 2026
- Course integrations
- The listed LMS integrations include LearnDash, LifterLMS, Tutor LMS, Sensei LMS, Academy LMS, and MasterStudy LMS. · profilepress.com, 10 Oct 2026
- Demo and refund
- The maker offers a hosted demo and a 14-day money-back guarantee for purchases. · profilepress.com, 10 Oct 2026
- Email marketing integrations
- It can subscribe members to Mailchimp, MailerLite, Brevo, and Campaign Monitor and sync profile changes. · profilepress.com, 10 Oct 2026
- Forms and profiles
- It provides frontend login, registration, password reset, and edit profile forms, user profiles, and searchable member directories. · profilepress.com, 10 Oct 2026
- Free plan
- Yes · profilepress.com, 20 Sept 2026
- Free version
- The pricing page links to a free lite version with limited features that includes an additional 2% Stripe fee. · profilepress.com, 10 Oct 2026
- Membership plans
- It supports one-time and recurring subscription plans, free trials, and payment plans. · profilepress.com, 10 Oct 2026
- Payments and sales
- The plugin supports one-time and recurring payments and selling digital downloads and subscriptions through Stripe, PayPal, Razorpay, Paddle, Paystack, Mollie, and direct bank transfer. · profilepress.com, 10 Oct 2026
- Platform requirement
- ProfilePress requires a website built on WordPress, and WordPress.com use requires a plan that allows custom plugins. · profilepress.com, 10 Oct 2026
- Product
- ProfilePress is a WordPress membership plugin for building paid membership sites, selling digital products, and controlling access to content. · profilepress.com, 10 Oct 2026
- Security and compliance
- The maker says ProfilePress is SCA and GDPR compliant and a Stripe Verified Partner. · profilepress.com, 10 Oct 2026
- Spam protection
- Available add-ons include two-factor authentication, reCAPTCHA, Cloudflare Turnstile, and Akismet protections. · profilepress.com, 10 Oct 2026
- Subscription billing
- both · profilepress.com, 20 Sept 2026
- Support and updates
- The maker says support is provided at no cost, and premium support and updates continue until the subscription expires. · profilepress.com, 10 Oct 2026
- Transaction fee
- 2% Stripe fee on the free/lite version; paid plans show no extra 2% Stripe fee · profilepress.com, 20 Sept 2026
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