Members alternative

uiXpress vs Members

A roles, capabilities, and content-permissions plugin by the MemberPress team.

About this comparison

If you are looking for a Members alternative, this page compares what Members actually ships with what uiXpress includes. Members is a membership-oriented role editor. The official listing covers creating and editing roles, multiple roles per user, explicitly denied capabilities, role cloning, JSON import/export, content permissions, shortcodes, a private-site mode, and an administrator rescue magic link. All former add-ons are now included free: block permissions, privacy caps, admin access, taxonomy caps, ACF / EDD / GiveWP / Meta Box / WooCommerce integrations, and more. It is a permissions product, not an admin theme.

Compared against features published on wordpress.org/plugins/members and public pricing available in .

Feature comparison

Feature comparison of uiXpress and Members
Feature uiXpress Members
Modern rebuilt admin UI
uiXpress: Vue admin shell that replaces default wp-admin screens, not a skin over core markupMembers: Not available in Members
Built-in analytics dashboard
uiXpress: Privacy-first traffic, users, media, WooCommerce, and site-health cards with date rangesMembers: Not available in Members
Admin dark mode
uiXpress: Dark Engine styles the full admin, including Gutenberg, classic screens, and third-party pluginsMembers: Not available in Members
White label branding
uiXpress: Logos, favicon, text replacement, and plugin renaming across the adminMembers: Not available in Members
Login page customization
uiXpress: Modern login layout, custom login URL, per-role redirects, and optional Cloudflare TurnstileMembers: Login form widget — not a branded wp-login designer
Global command search
uiXpress: Keyboard-first search across posts, users, taxonomies, plugins, and admin menu itemsMembers: Not available in Members
Admin menu editor
uiXpress: Menu Creator with drag-and-drop, role targeting, custom links, and import/exportMembers: Not available in Members
Modern plugin manager
uiXpress: Split-panel plugin workspace with performance inspector, rollback, and fatal-error recoveryMembers: Not available in Members
Modern media library
uiXpress: Rebuilt media workspace with grid/list views, unused-file filters, tags, and replaceMembers: Not available in Members
Modern content tables
uiXpress: Rebuilt posts, pages, users, and comments tables with inline edit, filters, and batch actionsMembers: Not available in Members
Activity audit log
uiXpress: Searchable on-site activity log with before-and-after diffs, auth events, and retention controlsMembers: Not available in Members
Role and capability editor
uiXpress: Create and edit roles and grouped capabilities in a dedicated workspaceMembers: Full role editor plus content permissions and membership extras
Database explorer
uiXpress: Browse tables, inspect schema, and run guarded read-only SQL from the adminMembers: Not available in Members
Remote multi-site switcher
uiXpress: Connect remote WordPress sites with application passwords and switch without leaving adminMembers: Not available in Members
One-time license
uiXpress: Lifetime plans from Solo, with yearly billing as an optionMembers: Free, including former paid add-ons

Included Limited Not available

The short version.

Members is the free permissions and membership-adjacent role tool. uiXpress is the admin product with a role editor — not a membership plugin.

Where Members fits.

What it includes

  • Role editor for creating, editing, and deleting roles and capabilities
  • Multiple roles per user and explicitly denied capabilities
  • Clone roles and import/export roles as JSON
  • Content permissions and restricted-content shortcodes
  • Private site and feed mode
  • Administrator rescue magic link
  • Block permissions by logged-in status, role, or capability
  • Admin access control by role
  • Integrations for ACF, WooCommerce, EDD, GiveWP, and Meta Box
  • Privacy, taxonomy, and core create-capability add-ons included free

Strengths and limits

Strongest when

  • All add-ons are now free
  • Content restriction and private-site tools URE-style editors often omit
  • Strong membership and MemberPress adjacency

The boundary

  • Not an admin theme or analytics product
  • No activity log, media library, or plugin manager
  • Membership features are extra surface if you only need admin roles

Everything inside uiXpress.

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Admin interface
  • Rebuilt Vue admin shell with sidebar, toolbar, and SPA navigation
  • Theme Designer with color presets, density, radius, and custom fonts
  • Dark Engine for native WordPress and third-party admin screens
  • Light, dark, system, or forced global theme
  • Custom logos, dark-mode logos, and admin favicon
  • Admin custom CSS and extra stylesheets
  • Frontend toolbar that matches the admin chrome
  • Disable uiXpress by role, user, or URL pattern
White label and login
  • Rename the plugin in the plugins list and settings menu
  • Find-and-replace text across menus, plugin headers, and Vue screens
  • Modern split-panel login page with optional side image
  • Custom login URL and per-role login redirects
  • Optional Cloudflare Turnstile on login
Dashboard and analytics
  • Custom dashboard with Overview, Analytics, and WooCommerce Store tabs
  • Per-user card layout: drag, resize, show, and hide
  • Built-in privacy-first analytics or Google Analytics 4
  • Page views, visitors, sessions, countries, referrers, devices, and campaigns
  • Real-time active visitors, conversions, and event tracking
  • Media analytics, user registrations, scheduled content, and server health
  • WooCommerce revenue, orders, products, customers, and coupons
Workspaces
  • Global command search with history, quick actions, and menu links
  • Menu Creator with role targeting, drafts, and import/export
  • Modern plugin manager with WordPress.org browse, ZIP upload, and bulk actions
  • Plugin performance profiler and update protector with rollback
  • Modern media library with unused-file filters, tags, SVG, and font uploads
  • Modern posts, pages, users, and comments tables with inline and batch edit
Admin tools
  • Activity logger with diffs, IP, user agent, and retention cleanup
  • Role editor with grouped capabilities and role cloning
  • Database explorer with schema view and SELECT-only SQL
  • Admin notices targeted by role or user
  • Remote site switcher with encrypted application passwords
  • Settings import/export and optional GitHub settings sync

Common questions.

Is uiXpress a good alternative to Members?
Yes. uiXpress is a Members alternative for admin-focused teams that need to edit roles and capabilities without turning WordPress into a membership platform. Members is the free permissions and membership-adjacent role tool. uiXpress is the admin product with a role editor — not a membership plugin.
Is Members still a paid plugin?
The listing says all add-ons are now included free. MemberPress remains the paid membership commerce product from the same team.
Does uiXpress restrict frontend content by role?
No. uiXpress edits admin roles and capabilities. Members can restrict post content, blocks, and the whole site. Use Members (or similar) when the membership is on the frontend.
Can Members rebuild the WordPress admin?
No. uiXpress can, and includes a role editor for admin work.

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