MemberHost

MemberHost offers bespoke, fully managed WordPress hosting for high-traffic, plugin-heavy membership and eLearning sites. Their team comes from the trenches of the membership space, with deep expertise in both server architecture and the specific demands of logged-in user experiences on WordPress.

We’ve reviewed their service for compatibility with Paid Memberships Pro and have outlined setup recommendations and what to expect when hosting your site on their infrastructure.

Recommended MemberHost Plan for Membership Sites

Unlike shared or semi-managed hosting, MemberHost offers fully custom infrastructure, hands-on support, and proactive server tuning based on your actual usage. If your site is growing (or already large), and you are tired of outgrowing conventional plans, MemberHost is worth a serious look.

Pricing is bespoke, so you will need to speak with their team to get a quote tailored to your needs.

MemberHost Test Results

We ran a full battery of load tests on MemberHost to simulate 10 concurrent users for 1 minute across key PMPro endpoints. This is the real test of how your MemberHost hosting environment performs, for a membership site dealing with multiple logged in members and behind the scenes actions.

MemberHost Performance Results

When testing performance, we like to report on t/s or “transactions per second.” This measures how many successful requests a server can process every second. It simulates real-world usage by logged-in members.

Think of it like checkout lines at a store:

• Higher t/s = More users being served quickly
• Lower t/s = Bottlenecks, long wait times, or failed interactions

Each PMPro process (like Membership Checkout or Account Login) puts different levels of strain on your host. t/s helps quantify that pressure so you can compare hosts in a meaningful way, not just based on marketing claims.

Endpoint	MemberHost Hosting
Login	29 t/s
Checkout	2 t/s
Change Level	42 t/s
Cancel	43 t/s
Search	43 t/s
Report	40 t/s
Member Export	41 t/s

Hosting Set Up Instructions for PMPro Compatibility

We found initial setup with MemberHost to be smooth and handled in a white-glove fashion. Their infrastructure supports all core PMPro requirements out of the box:

• PHP: Latest versions supported
• MySQL: Optimized for high-traffic transactional sites
• SSL: Included and pre-installed
• CURL: Enabled by default for payment gateway integrations
• Server Access: SSH, SFTP, and staging environments available

Caching Configuration Using LiteSpeed Cache

MemberHost servers run on LiteSpeed, which is known for high performance and flexible caching. LiteSpeed Cache is pre-installed and actively used, but must be configured to exclude dynamic membership pages from being cached:

/membership-account/
/membership-checkout/
/membership-levels/
/login/

You can configure these in the LiteSpeed Cache > Do Not Cache URIs setting in your WordPress dashboard. For help with these settings, please refer to the LightSpeed Cache docs here.

Load Testing Summary

We simulated real-world usage with 10 concurrent users across key endpoints:

Endpoint	Response Time (avg)	Availability	Notes
Account Login	~0.34s	100%	Good
Membership Checkout	~4.63s	17%	Some latency / low reliability
Change Membership Level	~0.24s	100%	Good
Frontend Membership Cancel Process	~0.23s	100%	Good
Search the Site	~0.23s	100%	Good
Member Reports in Admin	~0.25s	100%	Good
Members List Export	~0.24s	100%	Good