Constellation for WooCommerce

Create and grow your community with the all-in-one WooCommerce memberships extension

Build content paywalls, member-only products, exclusive discounts, subscriber directories, and purchasing clubs, all perfectly integrated with your existing WooCommerce store.

Whether the membership perk you offer is content access, exclusive event tickets, course access, listings in a directory, store discounts, or special products (or something we haven’t even imagined yet!), you can create that membership with WordPress amd WooCommerce.

Get your membership site running in under 10 minutes with our guided setup wizard

• No limits: create an unlimited number of plans, sign up an unlimited number of members.
• Sell memberships with one-time payments, recurring billing, or installment plans.
• Give away memberships for free by granting access for registration or for free purchases.
• Use free trials to let members try before buying — you can even delay some perks until after the trial period.
• Compatible with WooCommerce Subscriptions to enhance recurring billing even more, adding prorated upgrade and downgrade paths.
• Create paywalls for blog posts, pages, products, and custom content types (like forums, videos, portfolios, podcasts, and more).
• Use content dripping to unlock member perks over time, retaining members for longer.
• Reward members with discounts store-wide or for specific products.
• Show a directory of members publicly on protected pages to advertise your roster.
• Enrich member profiles with custom fields (for admins only, or to display in your directory).
• Save churn and win back expired members with baked-in member emails.
• Manage members in bulk through your member list or import/export tools.
• Offer free shipping rates specifically for active members.

Perfect for every type of membership store

• Online course creators and educators: Protect course content with drip-fed lessons, offer member-only resources, and sell certifications exclusively to enrolled students.
• Content publishers and bloggers: Create article paywalls, premium content access, and subscriber-only archives that grow your recurring revenue.
• Retail store owners: Build VIP purchasing clubs with exclusive member discounts, early access to products, and members-only categories.
• Communities and associations: Create private member directories, protected forums, and exclusive networking opportunities for your members.
• Service providers and consultants: Offer tiered access to tools, resources, and premium support based on membership levels.

Key features that drive member growth

Essential membership extension features

Real-world membership site examples

• Retailers drive recurring revenue by offering store discounts for members. Sell a $99 per year membership and give members 10% off your store. Use memberships to create loyal customers and dependable recurring revenue.
• Publishers create content paywalls to sign up new subscribers for access to articles or blog posts. They can even use content dripping for access to older content, so members unlock access over time, vs getting everything at signup.
• Podcasts can protect their recordings or videos to provide extra content to subscribers, boosting support for a free podcast or show.
• Communities or companies create locked, member-only stores (or categories) that require membership to make purchases. Use exclusivity to keep your members happy, or to drive new subscriptions that unlock special access.
• Online educators protect their course content and drip out access to new lessons over time. They can even offer products, forums, supplementary videos, or certifications only to learners.
• Guilds or hobby communities connect their members by creating private listings of all members who have signed up, with their content information. Some even create private forums, boards, or direct messages¹ to help members get in touch with one another.
• B2B sellers can create discounts for wholesalers, to give them a percentage discount on all purchases throughout the store. Constellation works seamlessly alongside tiered discount plugins, too (like Dynamic Pricing) so you can also create quantity-based discounts.
• Event sites can require free sign up to get early access to tickets, or keep the best seats available to members only by protecting product purchases.

¹We recommend using bbPress or BuddyPress (both free!) to offer enhanced member communities. Constellation supports both of them out of the box.

Why you should choose Constellation

• Better value: Get recurring billing, enhanced member directories, and unlimited plans.
• Simpler setup: Launch your membership site in under 10 minutes with our guided onboarding wizard (no complex configuration required).
• Developer-level support: Direct access to the developers — tell us what you’re working on extending or customizing!
• Built by WooCommerce experts: Developed by Kestrel, featuring top WooCommerce core contributors with 12+ years of experience building extensions.

How to get started

1. Buy this extension.
2. Download and install the Constellation .zip file into your WooCommerce store.
3. Complete the onboarding wizard to create a plan for member access and perks.
4. That’s it! Start accepting members and grow your recurring revenue!

Ready to transform your WooCommerce store into a thriving membership site? Constellation is built by Kestrel, featuring top WooCommerce core contributors who’ve been building premium WooCommerce extensions since 2012. We’re here over a decade later because we love empowering entrepreneurs and we can’t wait to bring that same enthusiasm to your membership venture.