BricksMembers vs Restrict Content Pro
Honest. Table-driven. No fluff. Bricks-native all-in-one vs. the membership plugin with 34 Pro add-ons.
Verified May 2026 by AI · please confirm with the vendorWhich one is right for you?
Renamed to Kadence Memberships; only via the Kadence Pro bundle ($299/yr), no standalone purchase
Choose Restrict Content Pro (now sold as Kadence Memberships) if you want a free core plugin to start with, the option to add extra payment gateways (Authorize.Net, Braintree) through its 34 Pro add-ons, and you’re fine without a built-in LMS or community features.
- Free core plugin, unlimited sites
- 34 Pro add-ons (bundled with Pro)
- Historically $249/yr unlimited, but no longer sold standalone; now Kadence Memberships inside Kadence Pro ($299/yr) or Elite ($499/yr)
Adds full LMS and community to membership.
Choose BricksMembers if you want complete control over how your membership and LMS site looks. Because it's built natively for Bricks, membership, courses, payments, drip and access all run on Bricks' own dynamic data and conditions, with custom elements added only where there's no native way, so every member-facing page is yours to design, with no fixed templates or locked layouts. It's a true all-in-one (membership, LMS, payments, community, automation) available on annual plans or a one-time lifetime license if you'd rather not pay every year.
- All-in-one: membership, LMS, payments, community, drip, certificates, chat, gifting, automation. No add-ons needed
- Membership, LMS, payments, drip and access are all handled natively in Bricks, through its own dynamic data tags and display conditions, with custom elements only where there's no native way, so you design every member-facing page (login, profile, paywall, course player, certificate, checkout, etc.) yourself in Bricks, with full control over the design and no locked layouts.
- Lifetime $497 one-time for 100 sites instead of forever-recurring yearly fees (60-day money-back guarantee, no free trial)
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3 things this comparison can't match
- Native Bricks integration that Kadence Memberships does not provide
- Bundled LMS (Kadence Memberships has none, pair with LearnDash)
- Lower at every tier: BRM Creator $97/yr, Studio $197/yr, or Lifetime $497 (100 sites) vs. Kadence Pro $299/yr only
Builder & Design
Membership & Access
Payments & Checkout
LMS & Courses
Emails & Automation
Community & Engagement
How the plans line up
Approximate prices.
The Migration Center handles the heavy lifting
A guided, dry-run-first wizard at BricksMembers › Migration Center in wp-admin. It scans your site, builds an import plan, runs in safe chunks, and offers rollback if anything looks off.
What it migrates automatically
- Course, lesson, and topic structure (with hierarchy preserved)
- Post content, titles, excerpts, and status
- Custom post meta fields (carried as-is)
- Required-level assignments (creates matching access rules)
- User level assignments and progress tracking
- Generic CSV exports of users, levels, courses, and progress
What you'll rebuild manually
- Quizzes from the source plugin (rebuild in BricksMembers' quiz module)
- Certificates and certificate issuance records
- Drip schedules from the source plugin
- Email automations (use BricksMembers' automation tab)
- For Restrict Content Pro specifically: import members + level assignments via the standard CSV path. RCP's batch processing tools handle bulk member updates well; the BRM Migration Center picks up where they left off.
From Restrict Content Pro
RCP follows a membership-level model not unlike BRM's. Export RCP members and subscription assignments via the CSV path; import through BRM's Migration Center. RCP levels map to BRM levels.
Active Stripe / Authorize.Net subscriptions stay on RCP until re-onboarded through BRM's checkout. If you used RCP add-ons for drip, downloadable files, group accounts, or the LearnDash integration, rebuild those flows in BRM's native equivalents. Important context: standalone Restrict Content Pro is no longer sold on its own. It now ships only inside the Kadence Memberships bundle (Kadence Pro / Elite), so migrating to BricksMembers moves you onto a purpose-built, Bricks-native membership platform you own for life.
Common questions: BricksMembers vs Restrict Content Pro
No. Liquid Web discontinued Restrict Content Pro as a standalone product on April 22, 2026 as part of their WordPress portfolio consolidation into four brands (Kadence, LearnDash, The Events Calendar, Give). Existing RCP licenses remain valid until April 2027, when both license support and critical security patches end. New customers cannot buy RCP directly. The membership feature set now ships as 'Kadence Memberships' inside Kadence Pro at $299/yr.
Year one, Kadence Pro is $299/yr forever versus BricksMembers Creator at $97/yr (1 site), Studio at $197/yr (10 sites), or Lifetime at $497 one-time (100 sites). Over five years Kadence Pro costs $1,495 USD in renewals; a BRM lifetime is a single $497 payment. The catch: Kadence Pro also bundles theme + backups + security + Shop Kit, so the comparison isn't apples-to-apples if you'd otherwise be paying for those separately.
Yes, via CSV. Export RCP members and subscription assignments; import via BRM's Migration Center CSV path. Membership-level IDs remap to BRM levels. Active Stripe subscriptions stay on RCP until re-onboarded. Add-on-specific data (drip, group accounts, file delivery rules) is rebuilt in BRM. Recommended path now that RCP is no longer sold to new customers.
Not natively. For courses, you pair Kadence Memberships with LearnDash (clean integration since same parent) or any other LMS plugin. BricksMembers includes the LMS in the same plugin.
No. Kadence Pro is yearly-only at $299/yr. RCP also never offered a lifetime license. BricksMembers offers a $497 lifetime license for 100 sites.
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Last reviewed May 2026. This comparison reflects our own assessment based on publicly available information. Features, pricing, and availability change often. Please verify current details on each vendor's official website before purchasing.
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