WooCommerce vs WooCommerce Memberships
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| Feature | WooCommerce v11.2.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.5/5 Visit Details | WooCommerce Memberships v1.30.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 7M+ | — |
| Last updated | October 9, 2026 | — |
| Editions | WooCommerce | WooCommerce Memberships ($) |
| Pros | Simple and variable products, cart, checkout and coupons; Built-in payment, shipping zone, tax and email tools; REST API and WP-CLI commands for store management | Restrict posts, pages and products by membership plan; Immediate or delayed access per plan rule; Import and export of memberships from admin |
| Cons | Payments, shipping and tax all need setup before selling; Many advanced features come from paid marketplace add-ons; Contacts Woo and WordPress services for some optional features | Paid extension sold separately from WooCommerce core; Integrations such as LearnDash and Subscriptions add extra rules to manage |
| Mentioned in our posts | 2 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Simple and variable products, Cart and checkout, Built-in offline payment methods and gateway API, Shipping zones and methods, Tax rates and calculation, Coupons, Order query API, REST API for products and orders, WP-CLI commands, Analytics reports | Membership plans as a custom post type ($), Restrict posts, pages and products to members ($), Immediate or delayed access per plan rule ($), Per-customer membership records and status ($), Import and export of memberships ($), Membership profile fields in admin ($), Free trial handling for membership subscriptions ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | PayPal | — |
| Analytics | WooCommerce usage tracking service | — |
| Plugins | WooCommerce.com | bbPress ($), LearnDash ($), Elementor ($), WooCommerce Subscriptions ($) |
| Requires WordPress | 7.0 | 5.6 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1.3 |
| Phones home | Only if you agree | No |
| External services | public-api.wordpress.com, woocommerce.com, api.webflow.com, tracking.woocommerce.com, www.paypal.com, www.sandbox.paypal.com, api-3t.sandbox.paypal.com, api-3t.paypal.com, dzv365zjfbd8v.cloudfront.net, api.wordpress.org, plugins.svn.wordpress.org, translate.wordpress.com, api64.ipify.org, ipecho.net, ident.me, tnedi.me, ipinfo.io, api.country.is | api.wordpress.org |
| Blocks | 60 | — |
| Shortcodes | 7 | — |
| Custom tables | 31 | — |