BricksMembers vs Wishlist Member
Honest. Table-driven. No fluff. Bricks-native all-in-one vs. the long-running membership plugin with bundled CourseCure LMS.
Verified May 2026 by AI · please confirm with the vendorWhich one is right for you?
Mature plugin, in market since 2008
Choose Wishlist Member if you've been on the platform for years (it's been in market since 2008), want its deep catalog of 20+ built-in email-provider integrations, and rely on legacy payment gateways BricksMembers doesn't offer natively such as Authorize.net or eWay.
- In market since 2008 with a deep history
- 20+ native email-marketing integrations (AWeber, ActiveCampaign, ConvertKit)
- 20+ built-in email provider integrations and 20+ payment-gateway integrations
$497 lifetime (100 sites) instead of $699/yr (5 sites).
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
- Because it's native to Bricks Builder, you design every member-facing page yourself, with full control over the layout and styling, with no fixed templates or locked layouts in the way.
- 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 with member and course state as dynamic data tags
- Bundled visual automation, chat, likes, gifting (Wishlist has none of these)
- $497 one-time lifetime for 100 sites vs. Wishlist Pro $349.50 year 1 then $699/yr renewal forever for only 5 sites
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 Wishlist Member specifically: import members + level assignments via the standard CSV path. CourseCure courses, badges, and points need manual rebuild in BRM's quiz / certificate / progress modules.
From Wishlist Member
Wishlist exposes member-level assignments and CourseCure LMS content (bundled on every paid tier). Export Wishlist members + level assignments as CSV from Wishlist's admin; import through BRM's Migration Center CSV path. Levels remap to BRM levels.
CourseCure courses are not directly imported by an automated path today (no native adapter); plan to rebuild them or use CSV exports for course content. Active subscriptions on Stripe / Authorize.Net stay on Wishlist until re-onboarded through BRM's checkout.
Common questions: BricksMembers vs Wishlist Member
Yes, materially. Wishlist Basic is $149.50 year 1 / $299/yr renewal (1 site). BRM Creator is $97/yr or Lifetime is $497 one-time. Wishlist's top tier (Pro) is $349.50 year 1 / $699/yr renewal for 5 sites; BRM's lifetime covers 100 sites at $497 one-time.
Yes, via CSV. Export Wishlist members and level assignments; import through BRM's Migration Center CSV path. Levels remap to BRM levels. CourseCure LMS content has no automated importer today and is rebuilt in BRM. Active subscriptions stay on Wishlist until re-onboarded through BRM's checkout.
No. Wishlist is paid-only, starting at $149.50/yr year 1 for the Basic tier. BricksMembers also has no free tier; it has a 60-day money-back guarantee.
Yes. CourseCure LMS is bundled in every paid tier (Basic, Plus, Pro, Elite), supporting courses, quizzes, progress tracking, badges, and points. Pro tier adds unlimited CourseCure quizzes. BricksMembers includes LMS in core on every tier with native Bricks dynamic tags for course state.
Wishlist works on any builder but does not provide Bricks-native conditions, dynamic data tags, or first-class Bricks elements. BricksMembers is built around Bricks integration.
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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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