Hey everyone! 👋

We’re excited to share that Advanced Members 1.0 is finally live! This has been a passion project for our team – a WordPress membership plugin built specifically with Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) users in mind.

Why We Built This

Like many of you, we’ve been using various membership plugins over the years. While there are some great options out there, we kept running into the same frustrations: learning new interfaces, dealing with complex integrations, and watching our favorite plugins become slower and more bloated over time.

As heavy ACF users ourselves, we kept thinking – wouldn’t it be amazing if we could just use our existing ACF Field Groups as membership forms? That simple idea became the heart of Advanced Members.

What Makes It Different

The core concept is pretty straightforward: your ACF Field Groups become your membership forms. No extra learning, no complex setup – just the ACF interface you already love.

Here’s what this approach brings to the table:

Feels Familiar: If you’re already comfortable with ACF, you’ll feel right at home. Create user profiles and membership forms using the same workflow you know.

Everything Plays Nice: As a true ACF add-on, it integrates user data modeling with membership functionality in one smooth workflow.

Works with Your Existing Setup: Using Repeater fields, Flexible Content, Gallery fields, or other ACF add-ons? They all work seamlessly in your membership forms.

Keeps Things Simple: No more juggling separate form builders or worrying about data syncing. Everything just works together.

Actually Fast: We built this as a lightweight ACF add-on, so it won’t slow down your sites like some of the heavier alternatives.

What’s Inside

We’ve included the essentials without the bloat:

• Complete form set – Registration, user accounts, password management, account deletion
• Smart content control – Restrict content, manage menu visibility, set up redirects
• Member-focused features – Local avatars, clean admin bar options
• Security integration – Google reCAPTCHA support
• Email automation – Triggers, templates, and automated messaging
• Performance-first design – Modular, lightweight, and fast

What’s Coming

We’re not stopping here! Already working on integrations with WooCommerce and MailChimp that should be ready soon.

A Personal Note

This project wouldn’t exist without the incredible WordPress community and all the plugin developers who’ve paved the way. We’ve learned so much from existing solutions and the feedback from users like yourselves.

We’re genuinely excited to see what you build with Advanced Members, and we’d love to hear your thoughts, feedback, or questions. The WordPress community has always been amazing at sharing knowledge and supporting each other’s work.

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Thanks for taking the time to read about our project. Hope some of you find it useful! 🚀