Paid Membership Subscriptions – Effortless Memberships, Recurring Payments & Content Restriction vs Subscribe to Comments
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 #1,468, ahead of Subscribe to Comments at #1,476. Over the last 7 days Paid Membership Subscriptions – Effortless Memberships, Recurring Payments & Content Restriction climbed 2 places and Subscribe to Comments climbed 1 place. Paid Membership Subscriptions – Effortless Memberships, Recurring Payments & Content Restriction has the largest install base: 10K+ active installs against 10K+ for Subscribe to Comments. Ratings: Paid Membership Subscriptions – Effortless Memberships, Recurring Payments & Content Restriction 4.7★ from 266 and Subscribe to Comments 3.9★ from 14 reviews.
| Metric | Paid Membership Subscriptions – Effortless Memberships, Recurring Payments & Content Restriction | Subscribe to Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank today | #1,468 ▲ 2 | #1,476 ▲ 1 |
| Active installs | 10K+ | 10K+ |
| Downloads, last 7 days | 2,458 | — |
| Rating | 4.7★ (266) | 3.9★ (14) |
| Last updated | Aug 19, 2026 | Oct 29, 2024 |
| Current version | 3.0.9 | 2.3.1 |
| Best rank on record | #1,460 | #1,471 |
| Days in the top 50 | 0 | 0 |
| On WordPress.org since | Nov 2015 | Jun 2005 |
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 Subscribe to Comments?
By active installs, Paid Membership Subscriptions – Effortless Memberships, Recurring Payments & Content Restriction: 10K+ sites run it against 10K+ for Subscribe to Comments, according to WordPress.org figures captured on September 14, 2026.
Which ranks higher on WordPress.org, Paid Membership Subscriptions – Effortless Memberships, Recurring Payments & Content Restriction or Subscribe to Comments?
Paid Membership Subscriptions – Effortless Memberships, Recurring Payments & Content Restriction, at #1,468 on the WordPress.org popular plugins list today, with Subscribe to Comments at #1,476. 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 Subscribe to Comments 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.