A Membership Plugin To Help You Get Paid.
Paid Memberships Pro is the most trusted membership platform that puts you in control. Build your dream membership site exactly how you want it.
We enable thousands of creators from all over the world to grow robust membership businesses around their content. Plus, PMPro is 100% free to use. Restrict content, accept payments, and manage subscriptions right from your website.
Built on Five Core Values
In a digital world full of noise, automation, and shortcuts, we believe the companies that last are the ones that stand for something.
Since 2022, these five values have guided how we build, support, and grow Paid Memberships Pro. They’re not aspirational—they’re operational. We lean on them when things get complex, when priorities compete, and when it’s time to decide what really matters.
1. We Are All Human.
We work like humans, not machines. That means healthy work hours, real empathy, and remembering there’s a person behind every screen.
2. We Do Purposeful Work.
We solve real problems for real people. Not the loudest users. Not the flashiest trends.
3. We Take Responsibility.
We own our time, our work, and our mistakes. No passing the buck.
4. We Have Respect.
For each other, for our users, for the work itself. That includes how we talk, listen, and build.
5. We Are Committed to Open Source.
Our product is free to use and open by default. We believe open software is better software.
Powering Thousands of Membership Sites.
Over 15 Years Development.
Check out this timeline of how we’ve spent the past 15 years growing and evolving into the most used membership plugin for WordPress today.
In 2010, Kim and Jason Coleman started the foundation of Paid Memberships Pro. It soon took shape as an independent business.
On July 5, 2011, Paid Memberships Pro is released.
By January 2014, the plugin was growing enough to support our first two full time team members in a hybrid support and development role.
Next up in May 2015, we completely refreshed our website and rebranded with a new logo for PMPro.
By July 2015, Kim and Jason wanted to work on the plugin full time, but the revenue wasn’t ideal for that just yet. The plugin is now at 40K active installs. We finally landed on a premium package that fit: the Plus membership level launched and was finally able to support the PMPro founders full time.
In March 2016, the platform needed for additional support staff and a marketing team. Andrew and Travis joined the team.
In Fall 2017, we tested our first Black Friday sale, then ran another sale in Summer 2018. Sales helped us develop and launch a new product for running sales on WordPress sites: Sitewide Sales.
In October 2018, we released the Memberlite theme designed specifically for membership sites.
In January 2019, PMPro v2.0 was launched! This update gave existing sites better access to the most important actions and helped new sites know “what you need to do” on day one. PMPro reached 80K+ active installs and 1K Twitter followers. The product was on pace to make $70k per month in 2019.
In April 2019, the family needed to grow a little bit. Travis designed and hatched our mascot, Nugget! She lays golden eggs to help you grow your nest.
By July 2020, we continued to develop and update our core plugin, Add Ons, and so much more.
In June 2021, we started to focus on use cases and launched a native Courses for Membership Add On.
In 2022, we released PMPro v2.9. This huge release added User Fields settings, Level Templates, and more ways to simplify starting and running your WordPress membership site.
In March 2024, we released PMPro v3.0. After over three years in development, v3.0 zeroes in on what truly matters to you as a membership site owner: a seamless, member-focused experience. The update merged popular features, in particular the ability for one member to hold multiple membership levels.
In 2025 and beyond, we will continue to focus on our users: we will improve our core plugin and Add Ons so anyone can create a successful, profitable business with Paid Memberships Pro.
Who keeps this awesome plugin going?
Meet our amazing full time team—the people who develop, design, market, support, and grow the Paid Memberships Pro platform. We also want to recognize over 100 external contributors to our open source code repositories on GitHub.
Some Stats We’re Proud Of
90,000+ Active Sites
15 Years in Development
470+ 5-Star Ratings
