9 Best WordPress User Registration Plugins

Best User Registration Plugins for WordPress
Cristian Antohe
Last Updated: 05/10/22

Not sure what’s the right WordPress User Registration Plugin for you to use in your project?

Going through all the WordPress User Registration plugins can be disorienting. You probably spent hours and hours searching for plugins and tutorials to help you with your project, and you’re still as confused as you were when you started.

Imagine finding the best user registration plugin for your project without losing hours testing them all out. You can then spend all that saved time relaxed, knowing what’s needed for your project.

In this article, we’ll run the rule over some of the best WordPress user registration plugins. We’ll also explain how to allow user registration on your WordPress website using Profile Builder Pro.

Let’s put everything into context before we begin.

What is WordPress user registration?

WordPress user registration allows people to create their accounts on your website. This can be useful in a variety of cases:

  • Put content behind a paywall – Make your best content password protected and create a membership site.
  • Restrict comments – Dissuade spammers by requiring people to log in before they can leave a comment.
  • Create a community blog – Allow people to publish their own articles, transforming your site into a community blog.

The built-in WordPress new user registration process is automatically restricted, with the administrator having to create all new accounts, but you can change the settings to allow anyone to create a new account.

Why use a WordPress user registration plugin?

WordPress is a powerful CMS, but the built-in WordPress new user registration option offers a mediocre user experience. To create a professional user registration experience, with a custom registration form, custom registration pages, and custom user profiles, you’ll need a WordPress user registration plugin.

A good WordPress user registration plugin will also offer several outstanding features like:

  • Front-end registration, using a custom WordPress user register form
  • Registration with different/extra fields than the default WordPress user fields
  • Spam protection for registration like Captcha or admin approval of new users (good if you in your WordPress anyone can register)
  • User login from front-end – via a widget or a shortcode
  • Editing of user’s profile from front-end
  • Front-end posting
  • Members listing, public and visible profiles for users
  • Client area – A place where existing clients can log in and access their documents like invoices or contracts

Key components of a WordPress user registration plugin

Every WordPress user registration plugin is different, but there are some basic components every registration plugin should offer. Primarily, the plugin should offer options for creating front-end registration, login, and profile pages.

1. Front-end registration

Front-end registration allows people to create new accounts on your WordPress site without using the WordPress registration form in the admin area. Most user registration plugins do this by creating a separate registration form, like the Profile Builder registration form pictured below:

Front-end registration options protect the admin area of your site and are typically designed to look great with a variety of themes.

2. Front-end login

The login page is straightforward: it’s the page people use to enter their accounts on your website. The default WordPress user account functionality requires people to do this by entering the admin area of your site. To protect your security as your site grows, you’ll want to choose a WordPress user registration plugin that offers a front-end login form, such as this one generated by Profile Builder Pro:

3. Profile editor

The profile editor is where users can add or update key information about themselves, such as their name and birthday. The account page is also where they can update their password and other security information.

Some plugins, such as Profile Builder Pro, also allow you to customize the fields available for editing on the profile page. This allows you to gather more information about your customers and create more detailed customer personas, which will, in turn, make it easier to build targeted marketing campaigns. For example, you can make the password reset process easier.

Which is the best WordPress user registration plugin?

We’ve scoured the internet for the best WordPress user registration plugins available today. Let’s check them out:

1. Profile Builder Pro

Profile Builder Pro is a premium WordPress plugin that allows you to customize your website with forms for WordPress user registration, login, and password recovery. This plugin also comes with a front-end profile editing option, allowing users to change their information without entering the admin area. You can use shortcodes to embed these forms on any page of your WordPress site.

Profile Builder Pro

Create beautiful front-end registration and profile forms with custom fields. Setup member directories, custom redirects, cutomize user emails & more using the all in one user management plugin.

Get Profile Builder

Profile Builder Pro also offers several tools to help you manage your users. You can create user roles and edit their capabilities, choose who sees the admin bar in the front-end, and restrict content to certain types of users.

You can use Profile Builder Pro to manage users on a community blog, build a membership site with the Private Website option, or restrict content and products to member-only sales.

Last but certainly not least, Profile Builder Pro comes with a variety of built-in user modules, including integrations with Mailchimp, Campaign Monitor, and MailPoet.

Pros

  • Create custom redirects to send people to specific pages after Registration, Login, Logout, or Profile Editing.
  • Allow users to upload avatars to their user profiles.
  • Restrict access to any type of content, including WooCommerce product pages on your e-commerce store.
  • Create custom profile menus so you can choose what information users can share with you and each other.
  • Protect your website from bots with Google reCAPTCHA.
  • Institute a minimum password length and strength to keep user accounts safe.
  • Enjoy one year of full customer support and automated updates.
  • Set up conditional logic and set required fields to make it easier for users to fill out forms.
  • Import or export a user database to/from a third party (lets you bulk import to add WordPress multiple users).

Cons

Profile Builder Pro is built by us here at Cozmoslabs, and we like to call it “WordPress registration done right.”

Get Profile Builder Pro

2. Profile Builder

Do you want a highly flexible WordPress user registration plugin, but without the financial investment of Profile Builder Pro? Profile Builder free is here for you!

The free version of Profile Builder offers many of the same capabilities as Profile Builder Pro. You can set up front-end registration, login, and profile editor pages using shortcodes, and restrict content to create a membership site.

Profile Builder is also compatible with a variety of add-ons, including a free add-on for managing paid subscriptions. You will have to install each of these separately from the original plugin.

Pros:

  • Choose what information you require with customizable fields for your login and registration forms.
  • Profile Builder’s drag and drop form editor allows you to decide where various form fields go in each form, such as input fields, file uploads, and checkboxes.
  • Choose whether users log in using their email address or their username; you can also set it up so they can log in with either option.
  • Set a minimum password length and minimum password strength to maximize security.
  • Role editor allows you to create and edit user roles.
  • Restrict all types of WordPress content to specific user types.
  • Restrict access to WooCommerce shop pages and products to offer your users exclusive deals.
  • Easily integrate Profile Builder with other plugins/services via Add-ons.
  • Everything is designed to be compatible with any WordPress theme.

Cons:

  • Extra features like avatar upload and extra fields for registration, Custom Redirects, or advanced User Listing are only available in the Pro version (see above!).

Download Profile Builder from WordPress.org:

Get Profile Builder

3. Paid Member Subscriptions

Paid Member Subscriptions is a freemium plugin that offers complete membership solutions. You can use this plugin to accept member payments, manage members, create subscription plans, and restrict access to premium content. The Paid Member Subscriptions plugin also offers detailed membership reporting, which can be exported as a CSV at any time.

Best of all, this plugin is fully compatible with Profile Builder and WooCommerce, with no add-ons required. With all three plugins working together, you can create a dynamic membership site offering all kinds of exciting features to your customers.

Pros:

  • You can set up a fully functional WordPress membership site in just four steps with Paid Member Subscriptions.
  • Users register and subscribe to Paid & Free Subscription Plans easily.
  • You can use the Paid Member Subscriptions plugin to offer users a free trial and charge sign up fees.
  • The plugin allows you to easily manage your site members’ accounts and subscriptions.
  • Shortcode based (register, login, account & content restriction).
  • More complex functionality + integrations are available via add-ons, including payment gateways such as Stripe.

Cons:

  • At this time, the only payment gateway available in the free core is PayPal Standard.

Download Paid Member Subscriptions from WordPress.org, or get the premium version here:

Paid Member Subscriptions Pro

Accept (recurring) payments, create subscription plans and restrict content on your website. Easily setup a WordPress membership site using Paid Member Subscriptions.

Get Paid Member Subscriptions

Also, be sure to check out our full tutorial on how to use a membership website builder for more information.

4. Theme My Login

This plugin automatically creates a page to use in place of wp-login.php, using a page template from your theme. Theme My Login also provides a widget for sidebar login.

Pros:

  • Set up specific redirects for users upon registration, login, and log out, based on the user’s role.
  • Restrict access to specific posts, pages, and navigation menu options based on user roles.
  • Edit the HTML of the WordPress registration email to make it unique (this lets you customize WordPress email notifications).
  • Moderate users by requiring email confirmation or admin approval.
  • Use reCAPTCHA to keep bots away.
  • Switch on Social so people can log in using their preferred social networks instead of creating new accounts.
  • Use shortcodes to place forms anywhere on your WordPress site.
  • Access over a dozen extensions to increase functionality and integrate with other services such as Mailchimp.

Cons:

  • Theme My Login doesn’t offer as much flexibility as other options on this list, such as Profile Builder.

Download Theme My Login from WordPress.org.

5. WP User Frontend

This plugin gives the user the ability to create new posts, edit their profile all from the site front-end, so the user does not need to enter the backend admin panel to do these things. Everything they need to do can be done from the front-end.

WP User Frontend is an excellent tool if you want your website to function more like a social media platform, where everyone can publish their own content with no approval required, than a blog.

Pros:

  • WP User Frontend allows people to publish their content on your website without ever entering the back end.
  • Use the drag and drop form builder to create customized registration, login, and profile forms.
  • The WPUF Block makes it easy to insert your forms into pages using the Gutenberg editor.
  • Create user roles and edit what users in those roles are allowed to do.
  • Create paid subscription options and accept payments.

Cons:

  • The basic WP User Front-end is quite rigid in its structure. For advanced customization options, you will need to purchase the pro version.

Download WP User Frontend from WordPress.org.

6. WP-Members

WP-Members is a free membership management framework for WordPress that restricts content to registered users. The registration, login, and profile pages are configured to automatically integrate with almost any WordPress theme.

Pros:

  • You can choose to notify an admin when new users sign up or even require all new accounts to receive admin approval.
  • WP-Members allows you to create custom fields for registration and profile pages.
  • You can enable reCAPTCHA to protect your site from bots.
  • The WordPress user registration form, login form, and profile editing page created by this plugin self-adjust to match your existing theme.

Cons:

  • This plugin doesn’t offer the possibility to add avatars or images for the users.
  • You cannot accept payments through PayPal unless you sign up for the pro version.

Download WP-Members from WordPress.org.

7. User Registration

User Registration is a free, lightweight plugin that allows you to create front-end registration, login, and profile edit forms with a variety of custom fields. The core plugin is 100% free, but there are several premium add-ons for additional functionality.

Pros:

  • Everything is easy to customize with the drag and drop form builder.
  • Create unlimited registration forms for different areas of your site, different types of users, or any other purpose you can imagine.
  • Protect your website from bots with Google reCAPTCHA authentication.
  • Keep your web pages clean with shortcodes.

Cons:

  • User Registration does not allow you to restrict content; you will need to purchase one of the premium add-ons if you want to create a membership site.
  • This plugin automatically creates a variety of pages for your site. This creates extra work, and many webmasters won’t need all of the pages included.

Download User Registration from WordPress.org.

8. Registration Magic

Registration Magic is both a powerful WordPress registration form builder and a great tool for managing users. It comes fully integrated with PayPal, making this an excellent WordPress user registration plugin for anyone looking to start a membership site.

Pros:

  • Create your WordPress user registration form in minutes with the simple form builder.
  • Customize the appearance of your forms with three different layout options.
  • Take advantage of integrations with a variety of services, including PayPal and WooCommerce.
  • Create a custom WordPress new user registration email, plus customize the WooCommerce email confirmation.

Cons:

  • There are so many different features and options that this plugin can be difficult to navigate for people with little technical knowledge.

Download from WordPress.org.

9. Easy Registration Forms

Easy Registration Forms is exactly what it sounds like: a simple WordPress plugin that makes it easy for you to create front-end WordPress user registration forms.

Pros:

  • Choose from a wide variety of registration form layouts.
  • Keep bots out of your site with Google reCAPTCHA.

Cons:

  • This plugin does not offer any built-in integrations with other plugins.
  • The add-ons available for this plugin are extremely limited.

Download from WordPress.org.

Bonus: how to allow user registration on your website using Profile Builder Pro

The Profile Builder Pro makes it incredibly easy to allow user registration on your website. Here’s what you need to do:

Get the Profile Builder Pro plugin and install and activate it to your WordPress website.

Profile Builder Pro

Create beautiful front-end registration and profile forms with custom fields. Setup member directories, custom redirects, cutomize user emails & more using the all in one user management plugin.

Get Profile Builder

Next, create a new page (by going to Pages → Add New) from the WordPress dashboard and call it something like Register. Add the shortcode [wppb-register] to the text editor and click the Publish button. The page should look something like this on the front-end:

Registration form

With Profile Builder Pro, you can customize the user registration page in a variety of different ways.

Final thoughts on the best WordPress user registration plugin

This is not by any means an exhaustive list of every WordPress user registration plugin out there. Instead, we have focused on the best of the best.

You’ve got multiple options to choose from, but it’s now up to you to figure out which one is most suited for your project.

For maximum flexibility in the forms you create and how user accounts work on your site, we recommend Profile Builder Pro:

Profile Builder Pro

Create beautiful front-end registration and profile forms with custom fields. Setup member directories, custom redirects, cutomize user emails & more using the all in one user management plugin.

Get Profile Builder

You’ll be joining 50,000+ users of the plugin, that use it to create a professional user registration experience. The number of features, integrations, and polishing that was added over time make it perfect for any website trying to build a community around it.

Let us know your thoughts in the comments!

46 thoughts on “9 Best WordPress User Registration Plugins

    Not a registration plugin, but my problem with the Members List plugin (And a few other similar ones) was that you can’t style it is any way and are locked in to the plugin’s markup. So I wrote my own.

    Like Members List, Simple User Listing is also a shortcode that displays a list of users. The catch is that it uses template parts that you can override in your theme and customize.
    http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/simple-user-listing/

    /end gratuitous self-promotion. 🙂

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    Gratuitous self-promotion gratuitously accepted! 🙂 Thank you for sharing your plugin with us. We didn’t noticed it when researching for it.

    PS: Are you still working with Thematic? How’s that working out? I kinda moved on some time ago because it was adding extra complexity to the projects (overwriting entire markup sections with hooks wasn’t that elegant).

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    Glad to see my plugin in the list 🙂

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    I am looking for a user registration plugin for WP

    Ability to sign up viewers by sending an email invitation.
    REPORTS WANTED:
    [1] Name or email of each visitor. (From invitation)
    [2] Name of the page they hit.
    [3] Time stamp when each page gets a hit.
    [4] Elapsed time spent on each page.

    I want to develop more social rapport with my friends and relatives by inviting them by email to come and read some stories about when they were growing up or other parts of their lives.

    Reply

    Thanks for this Collection, Janrain Capture sounds very interessting!

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    Hello Mr.Cristian Antohe,
    I should be very thankful for your plugin..
    can you please tell me that…how can i remove

    1.Entries RSS
    2.Comments RSS
    from my login/logout panel in my side bar…

    Thanks
    Bobby

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    Thank you for the info.

    You mentioned a professional directory. I’m trying to build a directory for therapists. Needs front-end login, registration, edit profile, recover lost password, members listing (without needing to log in first). I need to be able to create custom fields for profiles like checkboxes. NO option to send emails or create pages. Which plugin(s) would you use?

    Thanks,
    Paul

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    Hi Paul,

    All of the features you’re looking for are built in the PRO version of Profile Builder.

    It allows front-end login, register and edit profile by using shortcodes. Extra user fields types include checkboxes.
    Also, the User Listing Add-on will allow you to list members in the front-end. You can see it in action here.

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    Does it allow registration by invitation email?

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    Thanks for this useful post, may you please recommend a plugin I can start with which functions like a warranty registration? Basically:

    The user is provided a login and see the details of a product he/she bought, with a unique warranty number and date (which is different for every user)

    Sorry If I cannot explain very well, anyway if you guys can suggest something that would be great. Been on google about this for hours.

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    HI

    I just downloaded Profile Builder, but i have some questions please.
    1. How can users download a picture on their profile?
    2. Would “Members List” and “Confirm User Registration” plugins work in combination with Profile Builder?
    3. How can I create two separated members lists?
    4. Do i have to activate the box “Anyone can Register” in General Settings on my Dashboard in order to Profile Builder to work?

    Many thanks for your help

    Vanesa

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    Hi Vanesa,

    1. If you mean upload a picture, like an avatar, yes, in the Hobbyist and Pro version of the plugin.
    2. Members List yes, Confirm User Registration, not sure. However, the Pro version comes with both an advanced Member List AND User Approval and Email Confirmation.
    3. Again the Pro version helps you achieve that. You can have multiple registration pages for different user roles. That means you can also have different Member Lists based on their user roles OR based on a particular custom user field in the DB (http://www.cozmoslabs.com/docs/profile-builder-documentation/add-ons/#Display_only_certain_roles_in_the_User-Listing).
    4. Yes, for users to register you need to activate that.

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    Hi,
    I am not a coding specialist but I tried Theme My Login 6.3.8 on local. It is what I need but It seems not working with WP 3.6.

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    Hi,
    First thanks for your thesis on membership plugin.
    I’v site (multisite) where user can register and update their profile. But more need in profile:-
    # custom profile picture
    # they can put their photo’s within profile (gallery or thumbs) with custom profile pic,
    # List of user/member in various type of category (64)/subcategory(300+) (if possible then real category/subcategory)
    # view/show user/member categorise (like category post)
    # public view of user details profile

    I just googling last one month for solution as u mention first!
    Please suggest me which plugin/s perfect for me.

    Eagerly waiting for your reply.

    Farid.

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    I found this article to be interesting, but, unless I over looked something, it fell short in what I am looking for.

    Because of the many different plugins I am needing to create the type of site I am needing, (havent found anything anywhere as of yet to meet all requirements) so I am rethinking on how to set up the site.

    Here is what I have in mind and I will let you give me your feedback.

    It appears I am needing to build a site based on two, possibly three installs of WordPress on the same domain/same server(cluster). For my example I will say I have abcdefg.net as my example domain name for this site. And for this example, lets say I make three installs of WordPress

    I will make an install of WordPress in the web root directory for abcdefg.net and I will set up a second install in a subdirectory (NOT subdomain) in abcedfg.net/gallery/
    And another install of wordpress in abcdefg.net/business-directory/

    Design – I will create a theme that will work across all three installs of WordPress, the site visitor would really never know it was three installs of WordPress, it will appear to be one seemless site.

    The reason – I am doing this is all the different plugins I have now are not playing correctly with each other. And this set up would resolve the issue of plugins not playing nice. And help to load the home page of the site faster as well since I will then have fewer plugins in the main install of WordPress.

    Problem – with this set up is I do not want to have to have those that register for the site to have to create (in this example) 3 different logins on three different installs of WordPress.

    So my solution – is to locate or have a “bridge” of some sort that would allow people to signup and login on the main install (the one in the root directory) and then they will automatically be logged in to the other two installs of WordPress, so they can navigate flawlessly across the entire site made up of three installs of WordPress.

    So the bottom line question does anyone know of any type database bridge that would all the users to be created cross all WordPress installs and keep them logged in regardless of what install they are on?

    Thanks for any feedback

    Roy

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    I haven’t found any which will check current users to see which are legitimate versus bots. Does something like this exist? I have over 6000 users registered as subscribers. I expect a tiny percentage are actual people and the rest spambots.

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    very good job!!! Thank you for shearing important plugin list.
    Keep continue sir.

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    Hi, thank you for the list of user registration plugins. I’ve activated Theme My Login on my site, and have a question about it, which I’ve been searching for online with little success.

    It’s a simple request. When a new user registers, I would like them to be automatically logged in and redirected to the page they were on before registering. Alternately (but not as great), they could register, login, and then be redirected to the page they were on previously. Currently I have the redirect option checked, but after someone registers and logs in, they are redirected back to the registration page because that’s where they were before logging in – a frustrating loop! I want this to be easy for the visitors to my site. How can I get around this so the user has a more successful experience?

    In summary, I just want a new user who registers for my site to be redirected to the page they were originally on when prompted to register instead of experiencing this loop.

    Thanks so much in advance for any advice you can provide!

    Reply

    Greetings;
    Did you ever receive a solution to this problem?
    It is exactly one of the issues that concerns me.
    Thanks
    Wil
    w.laim@mail.com

    Reply

    I want to know which is best wordpress for plug in..
    I look for before log in or new register before bypass website for protocted for child enter my wesite..
    let me know

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    Good list. Which would you recommend to have people register in order to have access to free download material. They would also use their log in to access customer specific files.

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    when i started making a site, i rarely relly on plugins but as the more years i had experience, its best to think of the plugins to use before starting the site because there is a lot of problem occur if you decide to use a new plugin when your site is a bit older already, my problem now is user registration, thanks for this handful of very useful plugins for registration, my problem now is user management, how to delete a user that never login for a specific period of time

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    Good point. However I don’t know of the top of my head a plugin like that. Sorry.

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    You have a typo at the end of the following sentence..

    The plugins is not the most intuitive. But it could be worst.
    The plugins is not the most intuitive. But it could be worse.

    It is located on the review of:
    Members List

    All else is enjoyable.

    I’m going to go through some of those plug-ins. What I’m trying to do is get the name of people who look at my autobiography site so I can interface with them and see what they liked and what they didn’t like and chat with them later on so

    I need it to be really simple for them to leave their name and email but not onerous at all so I don’t turn them off.

    The next step is to trace what they look at and how long they spend reading. Right now I’m using Google Analytics for that but of course I don’t know the names of the people that are looking.

    I wish I could combine those two but I’m not holding my breath.

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    I’m looking for what I think is much more basic information about why users register in the first place. I have been blogging for awhile at kimberlyholman.com but never used the meta plugin on that site. I just recently started a magazine type site at contemplativetheology.com. I admittedly put the meta plugin in the sidebar with no real intention. Much to my surprise, about 30 people registered on my new site within a week.

    So it’s a curiosity to me. Is it a good practice to give people the opportunity to register as subscribers? Do these people likely have a wordpress account and know what they’re doing? Are they accessing my content via wordpress.com or something like that? Is there any way to incorporate them on my email list? Because I have an email sign up, but not nearly the response there (I also haven’t yet set it up with any free offers or anything). Or are they most likely just really disappointed to discover their registration got them nothing but a login to their profile?

    I’m really just getting started and trying to understand what has compelled these people to register with no clear direction to do so and what the best practices are around this. I’d appreciate any thoughts or directions on how I should “manage” these users to give them what they are most likely looking for.

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    > So it’s a curiosity to me. Is it a good practice to give people the opportunity to register as subscribers?

    Unless you have a real reason for doing this, no. So if your users just want to read your website content, you don’t need to allow people to register.

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    Hi,
    First of all thanks for the hole lot of plugins you listed here, I think Profile Builder will help me a lot.

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    Anyone have a plugin which does ALL of the following?:

    1. Presents registration page only from a link on the home page
    2 Registration page has customizable fields and accommodates photos
    3. Restricts certain pages on the site to registered members
    4. Allows payment for registration
    5. Populates a MySQL database on my host that I can access via Google Charts to graphically display member data on my site

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    Hi, I want to know if any of these plugins allow a user to be differentiated as ‘business’ and ‘customer’. Currently all plugins seem to have a single user type. Following from this, the fields for both registrations would be different too. Further can every user registered be automatically assigned a dedicated page such as http://www.domain.com/userpage

    Been racking my head on this for a while now. Thanks in advance.

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    I would like to have:
    1. a page for visitors to register as a member (fields include name, login id, password, email)
    2. the registration needs to be reviewed and approved first by the Approver.
    3. a login page for the approved member to login and redirect to the member pages.

    Is there a suitable plugin for the requirements above? Do i need a database to store the login accounts?

    Thanks

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    Hi,
    I have create a FIND YOUR DOCTOR page using free virtue theme and i also have shop page.Under Find Your Doctor page i have to insert a search boxes like city,state,country,name,location,Field(drop down).and wants the visitors to search for particular doctor.after search the list of doctors related to particular field should be displayed.I want to know how to implement this module in wordpress.I have to maunally add doctors profiles with photo in backend.

    Thanks,
    Dev

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    Hi Christian (and anybody else who can answer!)

    I have a very simple problem but one I can’t seem to find the solution for. I have a submission form on my website which allows users to upload a file. I want to make this page (the one with the form on) accessibly to registered, logged-in users only.

    So you click on ‘submit’ and you are directed to a log-in/registration form which you must fill in. Once registered, you can then log in and go to the ‘submit’ page with the file upload form on it. So you see, I ONLY want users to log in/register if they want to upload something. If they just want to browse the site I don’t want them to have to log in/register.

    The log in/reg form must be congruent to my site, i.e. the same colours, styles, fonts etc.

    I have no idea how to go about any of this! Despite searching high and low..

    Thanks

    Paul

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    Great blog! Do you have any tips and hints for aspiring
    writers? I’m hoping to start my own blog soon but I’m a little lost on everything.
    Would you advise starting with a free platform like WordPress or go for a paid
    option? There are so many options out there that I’m totally confused ..

    Any ideas? Thanks!

    Reply

    I’m planning a community website and asking your recommendations on the best plugin to use.

    Nothing fancy. The features I’d expect it needs are:
    — requiring first name, last name, street address, email address
    — approval by a moderator/administrator (me, for now)
    — captcha
    — “forgot password”

    The ability for a user to add a photo would be a plus. The items above are must-haves.

    Any features I forgot about?

    Any plugins to recommend? (I didn’t see a plugin in this article that seemed addressed to community websites.)

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    I recommend that you try the Profile Builder plugin. I have been using it for years, and it works great.

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    which plug in should i use
    when someone visit my website URL he must register first then he can see it?

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    @Ryan Moran Good answer and really makes sense. Thanks

    Reply

    That is a good tip particularly to those fresh to the blogosphere.
    Short but very accurate information… Thank you for sharing this one.
    A must read article!

    Reply

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