Comparison

Paid Memberships Pro vs ARMember

Paid Memberships Pro and ARMember both land on Depends.

Paid Memberships Pro

Depends

Confidence: Medium

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

Depends

Confidence: Medium

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

Paid Memberships Pro versus ARMember
Compare	Paid Memberships Pro	ARMember
Verdict	Depends	Depends
Best for	WordPress sites selling memberships	WordPress sites selling subscriptions
Who it's not for	Non-WordPress projects	Non-WordPress sites . it's a WP plugin only
Privacy	Multiple public CVEs (SQLi, CSRF, auth bypass) across 2023-2026; patching discipline is mandatory.^⁷	Significant public CVE history (2022-2026): SQL injection, stored XSS, privilege escalation, plan bypass.
Support quality	No user support evidence in sources	Support praised across multiple review sites
Public sentiment	WordPress reviewers rate it well, but Reddit threads flag fee changes and its exit from the repo.^¹	Buyers praise feature breadth and responsive support, while Reddit threads also surface users troubleshooting issues or shopping for alternatives.¹⁶
Biggest gotcha	Repeated CVEs (SQLi, CSRF, auth bypass) mean slow patching is genuinely risky^⁸	Multiple CVEs 2022-2026; one advisory said 'temporarily disable ARMember'. Update immediately on release.