Comparison

ARMember vs Paid Memberships Pro

ARMember and Paid Memberships Pro both land on Depends.

ARMember

Depends

Confidence: Medium

Buy it if you run WordPress, sell memberships or courses, and will apply security patches immediately.

Depends

Confidence: Medium

Buy if you run WordPress and need gated content with Stripe/PayPal subscriptions, and you will keep the plugin patched.

ARMember versus Paid Memberships Pro
Compare	ARMember	Paid Memberships Pro
Verdict	Depends	Depends
Best for	WordPress sites selling subscriptions	WordPress sites selling memberships
Who it's not for	Non-WordPress sites . it's a WP plugin only	Non-WordPress projects
Privacy	Significant public CVE history (2022-2026): SQL injection, stored XSS, privilege escalation, plan bypass.¹⁰	Multiple public CVEs (SQLi, CSRF, auth bypass) across 2023-2026; patching discipline is mandatory.
Support quality	Support praised across multiple review sites	No user support evidence in sources
Public sentiment	Buyers praise feature breadth and responsive support, while Reddit threads also surface users troubleshooting issues or shopping for alternatives.^⁶	WordPress reviewers rate it well, but Reddit threads flag fee changes and its exit from the repo.¹⁵
Biggest gotcha	Multiple CVEs 2022-2026; one advisory said 'temporarily disable ARMember'. Update immediately on release.¹¹	Repeated CVEs (SQLi, CSRF, auth bypass) mean slow patching is genuinely risky