Paid Membership Subscriptions – Effortless Memberships, Recurring Payments & Content Restriction vs MemberPress Square — Accept Square Payments in MemberPress
Two WordPress plugins head to head: ranking, active installs, downloads and ratings, from our daily tracking of the WordPress.org directory.
These aren’t all alternatives to each other — they do different jobs — so this page compares popularity only, not features.
At a glance
Paid Membership Subscriptions – Effortless Memberships, Recurring Payments & Content Restriction leads the WordPress.org popular list today at #1,477, ahead of MemberPress Square — Accept Square Payments in MemberPress at #19,057. Over the last 7 days Paid Membership Subscriptions – Effortless Memberships, Recurring Payments & Content Restriction held its place and MemberPress Square — Accept Square Payments in MemberPress climbed 3 places. Paid Membership Subscriptions – Effortless Memberships, Recurring Payments & Content Restriction has the largest install base, roughly 143× the next: 10K+ active installs against 70+ for MemberPress Square — Accept Square Payments in MemberPress. Downloads this week: Paid Membership Subscriptions – Effortless Memberships, Recurring Payments & Content Restriction 2,176 and MemberPress Square — Accept Square Payments in MemberPress 49. Ratings: Paid Membership Subscriptions – Effortless Memberships, Recurring Payments & Content Restriction 4.7★ from 269 and MemberPress Square — Accept Square Payments in MemberPress 5★ from 8 reviews.
| Metric | Paid Membership Subscriptions – Effortless Memberships, Recurring Payments & Content Restriction | MemberPress Square — Accept Square Payments in MemberPress |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank today | #1,477 ▬ | #19,057 ▲ 3 |
| Active installs | 10K+ | 70+ |
| Downloads, last 7 days | 2,176 | 49 |
| Rating | 4.7★ (269) | 5★ (8) |
| Last updated | Oct 5, 2026 | Nov 21, 2025 |
| Current version | 3.1.2 | 1.3 |
| Best rank on record | #1,460 | #17,446 |
| Days in the top 50 | 0 | 0 |
| On WordPress.org since | Nov 2015 | May 2021 |
Highlighted cells mark the strongest figure in each row. Rank and installs are from the latest WordPress.org capture; downloads are the last seven captured days.
Ranking history Lower is better
Active installs
Downloads per day
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Frequently asked questions
Which is more popular, Paid Membership Subscriptions – Effortless Memberships, Recurring Payments & Content Restriction or MemberPress Square — Accept Square Payments in MemberPress?
By active installs, Paid Membership Subscriptions – Effortless Memberships, Recurring Payments & Content Restriction: 10K+ sites run it against 70+ for MemberPress Square — Accept Square Payments in MemberPress, according to WordPress.org figures captured on October 18, 2026.
Which ranks higher on WordPress.org, Paid Membership Subscriptions – Effortless Memberships, Recurring Payments & Content Restriction or MemberPress Square — Accept Square Payments in MemberPress?
Paid Membership Subscriptions – Effortless Memberships, Recurring Payments & Content Restriction, at #1,477 on the WordPress.org popular plugins list today, with MemberPress Square — Accept Square Payments in MemberPress at #19,057. The ranking reflects recent installs and moves daily, which is why this page shows the history rather than one snapshot.
Are Paid Membership Subscriptions – Effortless Memberships, Recurring Payments & Content Restriction or MemberPress Square — Accept Square Payments in MemberPress alternatives to each other?
Not all of them. Some of these plugins do different jobs and many sites run more than one. This page compares their popularity, not their features.
Where do these numbers come from?
WordPress.org publishes each plugin’s active install count and its position on the popular list. This site records both every day, along with per-day downloads and ratings, so the charts above show how the plugins have moved over time rather than a single day.