BerryPress

<p>LoginBerry gives your WordPress site real account security with simple, automatic email verification.<br />
Instead of letting fake signups, every new user must confirm their identity by entering a unique 6 digit code sent to their email. Until they complete verification, they are blocked from accessing the site.</p>
<p>This protects your site, your users, and your content with zero configuration.</p>
<ul>
<li>Stops fake accounts before they ever log in</li>
<li>Protects your WordPress site from spam, abuse, and bot registrations</li>
<li>Secures user identities by confirming they own the email they registered with</li>
<li>Reduces support requests caused by mistyped or invalid email addresses</li>
</ul>
<p>LoginBerry sends a clean, simple 6 digit activation code to the user’s email. Users enter the code on a dedicated activation page and are instantly verified.</p>
<p>This plugin requires your site to be able to send emails. Please make sure that email delivery is properly configured, for example, via an SMTP plugin.</p>
<h3>How It Works</h3>
<ol>
<li><strong>Automatic Redirect</strong>: Unactivated users are automatically redirected to <code>/account-activate/</code> page</li>
<li><strong>Email Verification</strong>: A 6-digit activation code is generated and sent to the user’s email</li>
<li><strong>Code Entry</strong>: Users enter the code on the activation page to complete activation</li>
<li><strong>Security</strong>: After 15 failed attempts, the account is locked to prevent brute-force attacks</li>
</ol>
<h3>Setup</h3>
<ol>
<li>Create a WordPress page with the URL <code>/account-activate/</code></li>
<li>Add the shortcode <code>[loginberry_account_activate]</code> to the page</li>
<li>Users will be automatically redirected to this page if not activated</li>
</ol>
<h3>Admin Features</h3>
<p>In <strong>Users <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> All Users</strong>, a new “Account Activated” column shows:<br />
– ✓ Activated (green) – User has verified their email<br />
– ✗ Not Activated (X/15 attempts) – Shows failed activation attempts<br />
– 🔒 Locked (15 failed attempts) – Account locked due to too many failed attempts</p>
<p><strong>Admin Actions:</strong><br />
– <strong>Activate Account</strong> – Manually activate user account without requiring email verification (green link)<br />
– <strong>Send Activation Code</strong> – Manually send/resend activation code to unactivated users<br />
– <strong>Unlock Account</strong> – Unlock locked accounts and reset attempt counter (red link)</p>
<h3>We Are Actively Growing This Plugin</h3>
<p>LoginBerry is a brand new plugin and we are improving it quickly based on real user feedback. If you have ideas, feature requests, or run into a theme-specific styling issue, we would love to hear from you.</p>
<h4>Planned Features (Roadmap)</h4>
<ul>
<li>Custom number of allowed failed attempts (instead of the fixed 15)</li>
<li>Custom activation page URL</li>
<li>Custom redirect URL after successful verification</li>
<li>Optional verification only for new users (existing accounts auto-verified)</li>
<li>WooCommerce integration: Skip verification for checkout-created accounts with a paid order</li>
<li>Social login options</li>
<li>Passwordless login</li>
<li>Better styling flexibility and theme compatibility</li>
</ul>
<p>Because every theme handles form styling differently, some layouts may look slightly different depending on your setup. If you notice anything you would like improved, let us know. Your feedback helps us polish the experience for all WordPress themes.</p>
<p>If you have a request, suggestion, or notice a compatibility detail, please contact us – we build this plugin together with you.</p>
<h3>1.0.0</h3>
<ul>
<li>Initial release</li>
</ul>


LoginBerry

Requires users to verify their email address before accessing the site.

Iain Poulson

Alessandro Tesoro

WP User Manager

<h4>The most customizable profiles & community builder WordPress plugin</h4>
<p><a href="https://wpusermanager.com?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=free%20plugin%20listing&utm_campaign=WP%20User%20Manager" rel="nofollow ugc">WP User Manager</a> lets you create highly customizable user profiles together with custom user registration, login, password recovery and account customization forms to your WordPress website.</p>
<p><a href="https://wpusermanager.com?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=free%20plugin%20listing&utm_campaign=WP%20User%20Manager" rel="nofollow ugc">WP User Manager</a> is the best solution to manage your community. Powerful and flexible, yet easy to setup and use. With WP User Manager you can create almost any type of WordPress membership website where your visitors can join and become members.</p>
<p>Create a custom login page, have full control over the registration form, give your site a member area, let the users manage their user data.</p>
<p><a href="https://wpusermanager.com?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=free%20plugin%20listing&utm_campaign=WP%20User%20Manager" rel="nofollow ugc">Website</a> | <a href="https://wpusermanager.com/addons?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=free%20plugin%20listing&utm_campaign=WP%20User%20Manager" rel="nofollow ugc">Addons</a> | <a href="http://docs.wpusermanager.com/?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=free%20plugin%20listing&utm_campaign=WP%20User%20Manager" rel="nofollow ugc">Documentation</a> | <a href="https://wpusermanager.com/support/?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=free%20plugin%20listing&utm_campaign=WP%20User%20Manager" rel="nofollow ugc">Support</a></p>
<h4>Features included</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wpusermanager.com/features/front-end-forms/?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=free%20plugin%20listing&utm_campaign=WP%20User%20Manager" rel="nofollow ugc">Frontend forms</a>: Allow users to register and login from the front of the site. Customize the registration form with custom fields to collect data</li>
<li><a href="https://wpusermanager.com/articles/332-stripe/?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=free%20plugin%20listing&utm_campaign=WP%20User%20Manager" rel="nofollow ugc">Stripe integration</a>: Customize the emails sent to users when the register, reset their password and more</li>
<li><a href="https://wpusermanager.com/features/custom-email-notifications/?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=free%20plugin%20listing&utm_campaign=WP%20User%20Manager" rel="nofollow ugc">Custom email notifications</a>: Customize the emails sent to users when the register, reset their password and more</li>
<li><a href="https://wpusermanager.com/features/custom-avatars/?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=free%20plugin%20listing&utm_campaign=WP%20User%20Manager" rel="nofollow ugc">Custom avatars</a>: Users can edit their site avatar by uploading an image from the account page</li>
<li><a href="https://wpusermanager.com/features/elegant-user-profiles/?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=free%20plugin%20listing&utm_campaign=WP%20User%20Manager" rel="nofollow ugc">Elegant user profiles</a>: All users have a public profile page to display their data</li>
<li><a href="https://wpusermanager.com/features/shortcodes/?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=free%20plugin%20listing&utm_campaign=WP%20User%20Manager" rel="nofollow ugc">Shortcodes editor</a>: Easily add the plugin shortcodes to pages or posts with the shortcode generator and editor</li>
<li><a href="https://wpusermanager.com/features/roles-and-permissions-editor/?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=free%20plugin%20listing&utm_campaign=WP%20User%20Manager" rel="nofollow ugc">Roles editor</a>: Edit roles and their capabilities. Create new roles and duplicate existing ones</li>
<li><a href="https://wpusermanager.com/features/user-directories/?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=free%20plugin%20listing&utm_campaign=WP%20User%20Manager" rel="nofollow ugc">Beautiful user directories</a>: Display users in a directories that can be displayed anywhere on the site</li>
<li><a href="https://wpusermanager.com/features/seo/?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=free%20plugin%20listing&utm_campaign=WP%20User%20Manager" rel="nofollow ugc">SEO URLs</a>: All the URLs are SEO friendly</li>
<li><a href="https://wpusermanager.com/features/content-restriction/?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=free%20plugin%20listing&utm_campaign=WP%20User%20Manager" rel="nofollow ugc">Content restriction</a>: Restrict content for certain users, by logged in status, or by role</li>
<li><a href="https://wpusermanager.com/features/passwords-management/?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=free%20plugin%20listing&utm_campaign=WP%20User%20Manager" rel="nofollow ugc">Passwords management</a>: Allow users to update their password from their account page</li>
<li><a href="https://wpusermanager.com/features/custom-fields/?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=free%20plugin%20listing&utm_campaign=WP%20User%20Manager" rel="nofollow ugc">Custom fields editor</a>: Create custom user fields that can be used to collect data on registration</li>
<li><a href="https://wpusermanager.com/features/custom-widgets/?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=free%20plugin%20listing&utm_campaign=WP%20User%20Manager" rel="nofollow ugc">Custom widgets</a>: Display user data and forms in sidebars using widgets</li>
<li><a href="https://wpusermanager.com/features/custom-redirects/?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=free%20plugin%20listing&utm_campaign=WP%20User%20Manager" rel="nofollow ugc">Custom redirects</a>: Control where the users are redirected to on login, registration and more</li>
<li><a href="https://wpusermanager.com/features/tools/?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=free%20plugin%20listing&utm_campaign=WP%20User%20Manager" rel="nofollow ugc">Powerful tools</a>: Tools to be in control of your site and who registers</li>
<li><a href="https://wpusermanager.com/features/developers-friendly/?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=free%20plugin%20listing&utm_campaign=WP%20User%20Manager" rel="nofollow ugc">Developers friendly</a>: Customize and integrate with other plugins with a large number of hooks and filters</li>
<li><a href="http://docs.wpusermanager.com?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=free%20plugin%20listing&utm_campaign=WP%20User%20Manager" rel="nofollow ugc">Extensive documentation</a>: Full documentation and expert support</li>
<li>Translation Ready – The plugin and addons are fully localized ready for translation</li>
</ul>
<p>Read more about our features on <a href="https://wpusermanager.com/features/?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=free%20plugin%20listing&utm_campaign=WP%20User%20Manager" rel="nofollow ugc">wpusermanager.com</a></p>
<h4>Premium Features</h4>
<p>For more advanced functionality check out the <a href="https://wpusermanager.com/pricing/?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=free%20plugin%20listing&utm_campaign=WP%20User%20Manager" rel="nofollow ugc">pricing page</a>.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wpusermanager.com/addons/custom-fields/?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=free%20plugin%20listing&utm_campaign=WP%20User%20Manager" rel="nofollow ugc">Custom Fields</a>: Add custom fields to members profiles and registration forms</li>
<li><a href="https://wpusermanager.com/addons/woocommerce/?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=free%20plugin%20listing&utm_campaign=WP%20User%20Manager" rel="nofollow ugc">WooCommerce</a>: Integration with WooCommerce. Collect payment at registration, allow members to update their billing and shipping addresses, display product purchases, reviews and more!</li>
<li><a href="https://wpusermanager.com/addons/stripe-pro/?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=free%20plugin%20listing&utm_campaign=WP%20User%20Manager" rel="nofollow ugc">Stripe Pro</a>: Integration with Stripe. Collect payment at registration with Stripe, restrict access to your site, remove the commission fees.</li>
<li><a href="https://wpusermanager.com/addons/user-verification/?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=free%20plugin%20listing&utm_campaign=WP%20User%20Manager" rel="nofollow ugc">User Verification</a>: Send a verification link via email upon registration or manually approve users before they can login</li>
<li><a href="https://wpusermanager.com/addons/groups/?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=free%20plugin%20listing&utm_campaign=WP%20User%20Manager" rel="nofollow ugc">Groups</a>: Give your users the ability to create and join groups</li>
<li><a href="https://wpusermanager.com/addons/security/?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=free%20plugin%20listing&utm_campaign=WP%20User%20Manager" rel="nofollow ugc">Security</a>: Add password security features and user login management features</li>
<li><a href="https://wpusermanager.com/addons/registration-forms/?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=free%20plugin%20listing&utm_campaign=WP%20User%20Manager" rel="nofollow ugc">Registration Forms</a>: Create unlimited registration forms, create multi-step forms, customize forms with HTML, and have full control over form settings</li>
<li><a href="https://wpusermanager.com/addons/frontend-posting/?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=free%20plugin%20listing&utm_campaign=WP%20User%20Manager" rel="nofollow ugc">Frontend Posting</a>: Allow your users to submit posts and other content from the frontend</li>
<li><a href="https://wpusermanager.com/addons/acf/?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=free%20plugin%20listing&utm_campaign=WP%20User%20Manager" rel="nofollow ugc">Advanced Custom Fields</a>: Collect <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-custom-fields/" rel="ugc">ACF</a> user data at registration and allow users to see and edit the data on their profile</li>
<li><a href="https://wpusermanager.com/addons/social-login/?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=free%20plugin%20listing&utm_campaign=WP%20User%20Manager" rel="nofollow ugc">Social Login & Registration</a>: Allow your users to quickly login and register with their favorite social network account, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & Instagram</li>
<li><a href="https://wpusermanager.com/addons/private-content/?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=free%20plugin%20listing&utm_campaign=WP%20User%20Manager" rel="nofollow ugc">Private Content</a>: Provide private content for all your users, as well as user specific content so you can tailor for each member</li>
<li><a href="https://wpusermanager.com/addons/mailchimp/?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=free%20plugin%20listing&utm_campaign=WP%20User%20Manager" rel="nofollow ugc">Mailchimp</a>: Sync users with Mailchimp upon registration & more</li>
<li><a href="https://wpusermanager.com/addons/recaptcha?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=free%20plugin%20listing&utm_campaign=WP%20User%20Manager" rel="nofollow ugc">Google reCAPTCHA</a>: Stop spam registrations on your website for free</li>
<li><a href="https://wpusermanager.com/addons/content-restriction/?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=free%20plugin%20listing&utm_campaign=WP%20User%20Manager" rel="nofollow ugc">Content Restriction Plus</a>: One-click restriction to posts, pages and custom post types</li>
<li><a href="https://wpusermanager.com/addons/likes/?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=free%20plugin%20listing&utm_campaign=WP%20User%20Manager" rel="nofollow ugc">Likes</a>: Allow your users to like posts, pages and other content</li>
<li><a href="https://wpusermanager.com/addons/hcaptcha/?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=free%20plugin%20listing&utm_campaign=WP%20User%20Manager" rel="nofollow ugc">hCaptcha</a>: Stop more bots. Start protecting user privacy with hCaptcha</li>
<li><a href="https://wpusermanager.com/addons/wpml/?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=free%20plugin%20listing&utm_campaign=WP%20User%20Manager" rel="nofollow ugc">WPML</a>: Translate your custom fields, field groups, registration forms, and emails using <a href="https://wpml.org/" rel="nofollow ugc">WPML</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wpusermanager.com/addons/personal-data?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=free%20plugin%20listing&utm_campaign=WP%20User%20Manager" rel="nofollow ugc">Personal Data</a>: Allows the user to request an export of personal data and request erasure of personal data from the account page for GDPR compliance</li>
<li><a href="https://wpusermanager.com/addons/delete-account?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=free%20plugin%20listing&utm_campaign=WP%20User%20Manager" rel="nofollow ugc">Delete Account</a>: Allows the user to delete their own profile from the frontend account page</li>
</ul>
<h4>Free Extensions</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpum-newsletter" rel="ugc">Newsletter</a>: Subscribe your members to your Newsletter plugin lists easily during registration</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpum-username-length" rel="ugc">Username Length</a>: Set minimum and maximum characters length for usernames</li>
</ul>
<h4>Translations</h4>
<p>Want to add a new language to WP User Manager? Awesome! You can contribute via <a href="https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-user-manager" rel="nofollow ugc">translate.wordpress.org</a>. Please read the official <a href="https://docs.wpusermanager.com/article/67-translate-wp-user-manager/?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=free%20plugin%20listing&utm_campaign=WP%20User%20Manager" rel="nofollow ugc">translation tutorial</a> for more information.</p>
<h4>Support</h4>
<p>Support is provided only through the <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-user-manager" rel="ugc">support forum</a>. Join the <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-user-manager" rel="ugc">support forum</a> to ask questions and get help regarding WP User Manager. Free support is provided exclusively for bugs and help using the plugin. Please read the support policy <a href="https://wpusermanager.com/support-policy/?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=free%20plugin%20listing&utm_campaign=WP%20User%20Manager" rel="nofollow ugc">https://wpusermanager.com/support-policy/</a>.</p>
<p>Before opening a <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-user-manager" rel="ugc">support topic</a> please read the <a href="http://docs.wpusermanager.com/category/66-faq-tutorials/?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=free%20plugin%20listing&utm_campaign=WP%20User%20Manager" rel="nofollow ugc">faqs</a> and <a href="http://docs.wpusermanager.com/?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=free%20plugin%20listing&utm_campaign=WP%20User%20Manager" rel="nofollow ugc">documentation</a>.</p>
<p>Support for premium addons is provided exclusively <a href="https://wpusermanager.com/support/?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=free%20plugin%20listing&utm_campaign=WP%20User%20Manager" rel="nofollow ugc">through the premium support platform</a>. Support for premium addons cannot be provided through WordPress.org due to the rules put in place by the WordPress.org team.</p>


WP User Manager – User Profile Builder & Membership

Seriously just what I needed to make a login system for my site. Best of all it's FREE! and the hooks/actions are great for devs. Highly recommend.

AMAZING!


All in all, the plugin is well-intentioned but poorly implemented, as there are several translation gaps and manual code adaptions required, e.g. for translating name fields (as they aren't translatable by Loco translate) and defining data privacy link. The documentation is also very limited.



The support has unfortunately not helped me and has taken far too long. 


Good but dirty solution

The most customizable profiles & community builder WordPress plugin with front-end login, registration, profile customization and content restriction.

LoginBerry vs WP User Manager – User Profile Builder & Membership