ARMember

ARMember, made by Repute InfoSystems, is a feature-dense membership plugin that bundles most capabilities as built-in modules rather than separately sold extensions. It comes in a free Lite edition and a premium plugin sold in Standard, Professional and Enterprise tiers, with yearly or lifetime licences.

The Lite edition covers unlimited membership plans (free, paid one-time and recurring, with trial periods), content access rules for posts, pages and other content, a block restriction, a live form editor for signup and login forms, member profiles and directories, import/export of users, login security and restriction integrations for Gutenberg, Elementor, Divi, WPBakery, Beaver Builder, Oxygen, Bricks and other builders. Payments in Lite are limited to PayPal and bank transfer. Note that the Lite plugin’s WordPress.org listing was closed on 1 February 2025 for a guideline violation, so Lite is now downloaded from the vendor’s site.

Premium tiers

Standard adds Stripe and 20+ other gateways, drip content, pay-per-post, coupons, proration on upgrades and downgrades, tax and invoices, social login, email marketing integrations (Mailchimp, ActiveCampaign, HubSpot and more), WooCommerce, BuddyPress/BuddyBoss and an API. Professional adds digital downloads, multi-language, gift memberships, PDF creator and Zapier. Enterprise adds online courses, a social community module, group (umbrella) memberships, member network sites and WooCommerce discounts. Higher-tier modules can also be bought individually ($25–$79).

Limitations

• Most useful features need a paid plan, and courses or team memberships need Enterprise.
• The breadth of settings makes setup slower than simpler plugins.
• The WordPress.org closure removes the usual public review and update channel for Lite.
• Pricing is shown with large permanent-looking discounts, making the true renewal cost unclear.

Who should pick it: site owners who want one plugin to cover memberships, courses, community and many gateways and are prepared to buy the Enterprise tier, especially outside the US where gateways like Razorpay, Paystack or Mercado Pago matter.