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ProfileGrid
What it is
ProfileGrid is a WordPress plugin for building user profiles, groups, communities, directories, and paid memberships. Administrators can create groups with separate profile fields, registration forms, membership prices, member limits, and group leaders. Community features include user blogs, private messaging, notifications, and a friends system. Privacy settings can restrict posts, pages, and profile data, including at group level. Listed integrations include WooCommerce, bbPress, MailPoet, RegistrationMagic, EventPrime, and Elementor. PayPal is available in core, while Stripe is offered as an extension. The free Core plan costs nothing and includes 90+ core features plus free extensions. Premium is $79 a month, billed, for one site with one year of updates and support. Premium+ costs $139 a month, billed as a one-time payment, for unlimited sites with lifetime updates and support. Profile and registration data stays in the WordPress database unless integrations send it externally.
For and against
For
- Free Core plan with 90+ features
- Supports profiles, groups, and directories
- Includes privacy controls for content
- Integrates with major WordPress tools
- Premium+ covers unlimited sites
Against
- Third-party compatibility is not guaranteed
- Stripe requires an extension
- Personal data may leave through integrations
- Paid plans have different support terms
The verdict
ProfileGrid combines profile, community, privacy, and membership functions inside WordPress. Review integration compatibility and the differing paid-plan terms before choosing a plan.
Who it suits
It suits WordPress site owners creating communities, directories, gated pages, or membership subscriptions.
Plans and prices
Core
90+ core features · free extensions · WordPress.org download
Read 15 Oct 2026 · profilegrid.co
Premium
1 site · all extensions
Read 15 Oct 2026 · profilegrid.co
Premium+
unlimited sites · all extensions
Read 15 Oct 2026 · profilegrid.co
On the record
- API authentication
- API access uses a token obtained with a WordPress user and Application Password and sends that token with subsequent requests.profilegrid.co · read 15 Oct 2026
- API documentation depth
- The developer documentation describes endpoint URLs, HTTP methods, actions, request formats and response keys and provides an in-dashboard API reference.profilegrid.co · read 15 Oct 2026
- Community tools
- Core features include user blogs, private messaging, notifications, and a friends system.profilegrid.co · read 11 Oct 2026
- Company
- Metagauss is a privately held information-technology company whose LinkedIn page lists 11–50 employees and headquarters in Mississauga, Ontario.ca.linkedin.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Compatibility limitation
- The terms say the maker does not guarantee compatibility with all third-party products, plugins, themes, or browsers.profilegrid.co · read 11 Oct 2026
- Content controls
- Administrators can set privacy for posts, pages, and profile data, including group-level restrictions.profilegrid.co · read 11 Oct 2026
- Content gating
- pageprofilegrid.co · read 20 Sep 2026
- Content restriction
- ProfileGrid restricts Gutenberg and other site content according to group or membership settings.profilegrid.co · read 15 Oct 2026
- Directories
- Group members can be displayed in frontend directories and filtered by group or profile data.profilegrid.co · read 15 Oct 2026
- Documentation
- The knowledge base covers shortcodes, registration, profiles, members, groups, blogs, payments, restrictions, WooCommerce and developer topics.profilegrid.co · read 15 Oct 2026
- Friends and notifications
- A built-in friends system supports friend requests, while notifications report group activity, messages and requests.wordpress.org · read 15 Oct 2026
- Groups
- Administrators can create groups with separate fields, registration workflows, managers, membership limits, roles and paid or free membership.profilegrid.co · read 15 Oct 2026
- Import and export
- Tools can import users from CSV and export selected group users and fields to CSV.profilegrid.co · read 15 Oct 2026
- Installation
- WordPress installation consists of downloading the plugin, uploading it from the Plugins dashboard and activating it.wordpress.org · read 15 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Official extensions integrate ProfileGrid with WooCommerce, bbPress, MailPoet, RegistrationMagic, EventPrime and Elementor.profilegrid.co · read 15 Oct 2026
- Intended use
- The maker describes ProfileGrid as an open-source user profile, community, and membership builder for websites.metagauss.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Licence
- The WordPress directory identifies ProfileGrid as open-source software and exposes its code and SVN repository.wordpress.org · read 15 Oct 2026
- License and support terms
- The terms say the standard version is distributed under the GNU General Public License and Premium receives one year of updates and priority support.profilegrid.co · read 11 Oct 2026
