Membership Plugin Review: MemberMouse
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July 27, 2015 | Chris Lema   Membership Plugin Review: MemberMouse
I've liked and used MemberMouse but I can't really recommend it to you because of it's take on hiding code from users.
Membership Sites ·WordPress
A month of Membership Plugins
My focus this month has been on Membership plugins for WordPress. This has given me a long list of plugins, including the ones I've reviewed so far:
Membership 2 Pro
WP eMember
WP-Members
Restrict Content Pro
FastMember
Memberful
InstaMember
Members
WP Membership
Cart66 Cloud
Private Content
Zippy Courses
Ultimate Member
Easy Quick Member
WooCommerce Membership (Envato)
MemberWing-X
Simple Membership Plugin
Page Security and Membership
S2Member Pro
These plugins, focusing on WordPress, are almost all licensed under a GPL license. Easy Quick Member isn't, which I told you about and part of why it scored so low.
Today I wanted to explain why this review was kind of a non-review. Because MemberMouse isn't GPL either.
Here's my take on why GPL licensing matters for plugins like this.
You can read their explanation here: http://support.membermouse.com/knowledgebase/articles/439670
Overall, it's a bummer because of how awesome the feature set is.
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Chris Lema has spent twenty-five years in tech leadership, product development, and coaching. He builds AI-powered tools that help experts package what they know, build authority, and create programs people pay for. He writes about AI, leadership, and motivation.
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