WishList Member

RATING:

4.8

(44)

About WishList Member

WishList Member is a WordPress plugin that lets you easily build a membership site. By joining WishList Member, you'll get instant access to over 14 years of development, refinement, and customer driven product improvement. That's how we're both easy and powerful at the same time. Unlike other plugins, WishList Member grows with you so it's great for beginners and also for people who need advanced functionality as they scale. Here's what sets us apart: 1. We're the easiest membership site software there is. 14 years of development and customer driven improvement has led us to being the easiest software out there for starting a WordPress based membership site.
 2. We're one of the most powerful plugins on the market. With advanced features like our Content Scheduler, ...

WishList Member Pricing

Starting price: 

$199.00 per year

Free trial: 

Not Available

Free version: 

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WishList Member Reviews

Overall Rating

4.8

Ratings Breakdown

Secondary Ratings

Ease-of-use

4

Customer Support

4.5

Value for money

4.5

Functionality

4.5

Most Helpful Reviews for WishList Member

1 - 5 of 44 Reviews

User Profile

Paul

Verified reviewer

Education Management, 2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed October 2021

Wishlist member is brilliant

Very glad I bought it, the customer service is also great and very responsive

PROS

The wordpress plugin is very easy to use and works very easily with learndash for my membership site

CONS

I havent found anything that I do not like yet

Reasons for switching to WishList Member

I found memberpress a bit of a struggle to use

Vendor Response

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!

Replied October 2021

Geoffrey

Information Technology and Services, 2-10 employees

Used monthly for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed January 2022

Robust and easy to use membership plugin

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.

PROS

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.

CONS

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.

Reason for choosing WishList Member

Course pages can be designed the way we really want : not limited to a basic course template.

Reasons for switching to WishList Member

Less bugs, dripping just works for unlimited courses

Vendor Response

We love reading feedback like this. Thanks so much for taking the time to review WishList Member. We appreciate it.

Replied February 2022

Seth

Marketing and Advertising, 1 employee

Used weekly for less than 6 months

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

3

EASE OF USE

2

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

2

FUNCTIONALITY

2

Reviewed February 2017

Useful product, but leaves much to be desired

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

PROS

I like that it's a cheap alternative to other online course software.

CONS

It's confusing to use and has very limited design functionality. Also, the support and customer service is extremely lacking.

Vendor Response

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.

Replied February 2017

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Sandy

Verified reviewer

Professional Training & Coaching, 2-10 employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed August 2023

This is the one to pick if you use Wordpress

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.

PROS

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.

CONS

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.

Reasons for switching to WishList Member

I was able to purchase a 50 site user license with Wishlist Member for less money than a 10 site license with DAP so it made more sense for me since I manage multiple sites and they are all Wordpress.

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Steve

Verified reviewer

E-Learning, 1 employee

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed November 2020

Tried & True WishList Member Is For You

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.

PROS

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 the Pro's are Constant improvement and Support.

CONS

I'm sure there are but for me, I've not found any Con's

Vendor Response

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! :)

Replied November 2020