Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Members – Membership & User Role Editor Plugin
Active installs300,000+ rounded
Current authorBlair Williams
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release8 days ago 30 Oct 2026
Support16 / 18 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record69
Rating4.9 /5 · 1,281
Added to directory17 Sep 2009
Requires WP6.0
Requires PHP8.0
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1.4 up to date
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Ownership
Held by Blair Williams throughout, with no change of ownership observed since daily tracking began on 02 Aug 2026.
Full observed history, including every field transition
Committing accounts
Read from the plugin’s public release log, so these predate this registry. A committing account is not an owner. Thirty accounts commit to WooCommerce and it has never changed hands.
| Account | Releases | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| greenshady | 19 | 17 Sep 2009 | 19 Apr 2018 |
| supercleanse | 2 | 14 Nov 2019 | 30 Apr 2020 |
| caseproof | 38 | 09 Apr 2020 | 08 Jul 2026 |
| cartpauj | 6 | 13 Jul 2022 | 28 May 2026 |
This registry did not observe a transfer; it read these names off a public log. Whether that reflects a change of ownership is not something the directory publishes.
Adoption
How widely the plugin is installed, and what the people running it think of it. WordPress.org rounds install figures to one significant digit, so they describe an order of magnitude rather than a headcount.
Very widely adopted: 300,000+ active installs. In the top tier of the directory by install count.
32,198 downloads a day over the last 7 days, rising 107% against the 7 days before. Downloads are counted exactly and without a ceiling, so they show movement the rounded install figure cannot.
11 Sep 2026peak 95,110/day31 Oct 2026
10 ratings left in the last 82 days, averaging 4.9 out of 5 against a lifetime average of 4.9. Recent ratings are in line with the lifetime figure.
From recent reviews
What reviewers wrote on wordpress.org between 19 Jun 2026 and 11 Sep 2026: 17 reviews, counted by theme. Every count links to the reviews behind it.
Reviewers largely describe Members through what it lets them do: 6 of 17 reviews mention managing roles or permissions as the reason they installed it, from single custom roles to complex multi-user setups. Reviewers also praise its approachability, with 6 of 17 calling the setup easy, simple, or efficient. The window is not all positive: 1 of 17 reports that version 3.2.26 began requiring a paid subscription for functionality that previously worked, and 1 of 17 describes a REST API setting that hid protected posts and broke an events calendar for three days before the cause was found.
- 6 of 17 mention managing roles or permissions as their reason for using the plugin. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
- 6 of 17 describe the plugin as easy, simple, or efficient to set up. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
- 1 of 17 report that version 3.2.26 began requiring a paid subscription for functionality that previously worked. [1]
- 1 of 17 describe a REST API setting that hid protected posts and broke their site for several days. [1]
Counted from the public review forum on 13 Sep 2026. The reviews are their authors’ own words and their own claims; the counts are ours.
Daily record
Every field we record, one column per observation. Fields that never moved are named once rather than repeated across every column. A row of identical numbers would be padding.
| Field | 18 Oct | 19 Oct | 20 Oct | 21 Oct | 22 Oct | 23 Oct | 24 Oct | 25 Oct | 26 Oct | 27 Oct | 28 Oct | 29 Oct | 30 Oct | 31 Oct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 507 | 1,604 | 1,945 | 3,478 | 89,200 | 11,063 | 4,788 | 3,174 | 87,101 | 10,760 | 11,388 | 95,110 | 13,065 |
| Ratings total | 1,280 | 1,280 | 1,280 | 1,280 | 1,280 | 1,281 | 1,281 | 1,281 | 1,281 | 1,281 | 1,281 | 1,281 | 1,281 | 1,281 |
| Version | 3.2.26 | 3.2.26 | 3.2.26 | 3.2.26 | 3.2.27 | 3.2.27 | 3.2.27 | 3.2.27 | 3.2.28 | 3.2.28 | 3.2.28 | 3.3.0 | 3.3.0 | 3.3.1 |
| Support threads | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 |
| Threads resolved | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 |
Unchanged throughout: active installs (300,000+)
91 days of observation, most recent 14 shown.
Maintenance
When it was last released, and how far its declared compatibility has drifted from current WordPress.
Added to directory17 years ago 17 Sep 2009
Requires WP6.0
Requires PHP8.0
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 30 Oct 2026, 9 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- 16 of 18 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 2 other plugins, 2 of which were updated in the last 90 days. the account is active.
A plugin that does one thing correctly may need no changes for years; a long gap is not, by itself, evidence of neglect.
History
Everything dated that this registry holds about the plugin, most recent first. Releases carry the author’s own release date; everything else is dated to when it was observed.
Entries marked from the release log predate this registry, and daily observation began 02 Aug 2026. They were read from the plugin’s public SVN history after the fact, not watched as they happened. Everything else was observed directly.
- 30 Oct 20269 days agoVersion 3.3.1 released
- 28 Oct 202611 days agoVersion 3.3.0 released
- 25 Oct 202614 days agoVersion 3.2.28 released
- 21 Oct 202618 days agoVersion 3.2.27 released
- 25 Aug 20262 months agoVersion 3.2.26 released
- 02 Aug 20263 months agoFirst observed by PluginsPediaDaily snapshots of this plugin’s directory record begin here. Everything above this line is observed; anything before it comes from fields the API itself reports.
- 08 Jul 20264 months agoVersion 3.2.25 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by caseproof.
- 07 Jul 20264 months agoVersion 3.2.24 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by caseproof.
- 02 Jul 20264 months agoVersion 3.2.23 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by caseproof.
- 28 May 20265 months agoVersion 3.2.21 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by cartpauj.
- 28 May 20265 months agoVersion 3.2.22 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by caseproof.
- 16 Apr 20267 months agoVersion 3.2.20 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by caseproof.
- 13 Feb 20269 months agoVersion 3.2.19 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by caseproof.
- 20 May 202518 months agoVersion 3.2.18 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by caseproof.
- 10 May 202518 months agoVersion 3.2.17 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by cartpauj.
- 12 Dec 202423 months agoVersion 3.2.16 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by caseproof.
- 10 Dec 202423 months agoVersion 3.2.15 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by caseproof.
- 30 Nov 202423 months agoVersion 3.2.12 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by caseproof.
- 17 Sep 200917 years ago52 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 17 Sep 2009 and 30 Nov 2024. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 17 Sep 200917 years agoAdded to the WordPress.org directoryReported by the plugin API as the date this plugin was added.
Media coverage
Writing about this plugin elsewhere, collected by this registry. The links go to the sources; what they claim is theirs.
- 11 Jul 2026 · CVE-2026-12426: Members plugin ≤ 3.2.22 unauthenticated sensitive information exposure via REST API paginationOpenCVE
- 18 Nov 2020 · Should WordPress Notify Users of Plugin Ownership Changes?WP Tavern
- 14 Nov 2019 · Members Role Editor WordPress Plugin is Joining the MemberPress FamilyMemberPress Blog
- 21 Jul 2017 · Members 2.0 Adds Capability Registration System, Introduces New Settings Screen for Add-OnsWP Tavern
What we know, and what we don’t
Everything on this page in one place, including the gaps, so that nothing here is mistaken for a clean bill of health.
What we know
- It has been held by Blair Williams for all 91 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 8 days ago (30 Oct 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 300,000+ active installs.
- It carries 1,281 ratings, averaging 4.9 out of 5.
- 16 of 18 support threads in the last two months are marked resolved.
Every record on this site, this one included, works under the same limits. We read what WordPress.org publishes about a plugin, never the plugin’s own code, so nothing here says whether a plugin is well built or safe. Install counts reach us already rounded; a change smaller than a band step doesn’t show. We don’t track security advisories yet. For anything older than our first observation we rely on the plugin’s public release log, where one exists. What this registry can and cannot see
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