ARMember
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Buy it if you run WordPress, sell memberships or courses, and will apply security patches immediately.
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ARMember vs Ultimate Member
ARMember and Ultimate Member both land on Depends.
Ultimate Member
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Free core suits hobby communities and simple member directories on low-stakes WordPress sites.
| Compare | ||
|---|---|---|
| Verdict | Depends | Depends |
| Best for | WordPress sites selling subscriptions | WordPress community sites with user profiles |
| Who it's not for | Non-WordPress sites . it's a WP plugin only | Paid membership businesses . security track record is disqualifying |
| Privacy | Significant public CVE history (2022-2026): SQL injection, stored XSS, privilege escalation, plan bypass.10 | Poor: six-plus CVEs from 2022-2026, including an actively exploited authentication bypass (CVE-2023-3460). |
| Support quality | Support praised across multiple review sites | Forum-based; threads show unresolved issues |
| Public sentiment | Buyers praise feature breadth and responsive support, while Reddit threads also surface users troubleshooting issues or shopping for alternatives.⁶ | support threads report the plugin breaking on some WordPress versions, login sessions failing, and complaints about paid-extension pricing. |
| Biggest gotcha | Multiple CVEs 2022-2026; one advisory said 'temporarily disable ARMember'. Update immediately on release.11 | CVE-2023-3460 auth bypass was actively exploited as a zero-day; patch fast or get hacked |
Pick ARMember when
- WordPress sites selling subscriptions
- Online courses and paid content
- Community sites with gated access
- Solo creators monetizing content
When ARMember is not a fit
- Non-WordPress sites . it's a WP plugin only
- Simple paywall needs . overkill, use something lighter
- Teams that won't patch within days of advisories
- Buyers allergic to annual license renewals
Pick Ultimate Member when
- WordPress community sites with user profiles
- Free-tier hobby membership sites
- Member directories for small organizations
- Owners who patch plugins same-day
When Ultimate Member is not a fit
- Paid membership businesses . security track record is disqualifying
- Non-technical owners wanting set-and-forget
- Anyone who won't patch within hours of CVE alerts
- Teams needing SLA-backed vendor support
Sources
- ARMember homepagearmemberplugin.comofficial
- ARMember pricingarmemberplugin.comofficial
- ARMember G2 reviewsg2.comreview
- ARMember Trustpilot reviewstrustpilot.comreview
- ARMember Trustindex reviewstrustindex.ioreview
- WordPress.org support topicwordpress.orgreview
- Reddit: Recommend a Membership Pluginreddit.comreview
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- BlogVault ARMember reviewblogvault.netreview
- CVE-2026-7649 SQL injectionsentinelone.comsecurity
- CVE-2026-5073 SQL injection advisorywp-firewall.comsecurity
security
- Membership plan bypass (Patchstack)patchstack.comsecurity
- ARMember Lite stored XSS (Wordfence)wordfence.comsecurity
- Ultimate Member . official siteultimatemember.comofficial
- Ultimate Member Pricingultimatemember.comofficial