Introduction

Access & Security, User Management, Membership & Subscriptions, Payment systems

QC Membership Manager helps Joomla site owners create membership plans, sell one-time PayPal memberships, manage member access, track billing records, and connect active memberships to Joomla user groups.


All QuantaCade extensions offer a Free Basic plan with a 3-day free trial of all Max features


What it does...

Instead of manually tracking access or building a custom membership workflow, site owners can create plans, let members subscribe from the frontend, collect payments with PayPal Card Fields, assign Joomla groups after successful payment, manage renewals manually, send lifecycle emails, and review membership activity from the admin area.


Core Features

• Free Basic plan with a 3-day free trial of all Max features
• Create and publish Joomla membership plans
• Display membership plans on the frontend
• Let logged-in users subscribe through frontend checkout
• Process one-time PayPal membership payments
• Assign Joomla user groups after successful payment
• Create subscription, invoice, and payment records after payment capture
• Support manual membership renewals
• Show members their membership and billing information from the frontend dashboard
• Customize frontend plan, checkout, dashboard, button, text, and display controls
• Edit plain-text Email Templates on Basic
• Use protected user group safeguards for lifecycle access changes
• Review subscription, billing, payment, refund, credit, and plan activity reports

Pro Features

• Free Basic plan with a 3-day free trial of all Max features
• Create additional membership plans
• Assign additional Joomla groups per plan
• Use HTML Email Templates
• Run scheduled expiration checks and reminder emails
• Send lifecycle reminder emails before membership expiration
• Send expired membership notifications
• Use enhanced billing and receipt customization
• Review CSV report exports where enabled
• Use advanced lifecycle automation safeguards

Max / All Access Features

• Unlimited membership plans
• Unlimited Joomla groups per plan
• Use full reporting and CSV export tools
• Manage account credits and credit ledger records
• Record manual payments and refunds
• Use advanced billing, receipt, and payment-event tracking
• Use coupon tools where enabled
• Review detailed PayPal payment event support information
• Access Max-level frontend design, text, and membership workflow controls


Safety First
QC Membership Manager is designed around controlled membership access. Members do not receive Joomla administrator access. Active memberships connect to approved Joomla user groups only after successful payment, free completion, manual activation, or an approved admin action. Payment records are not created just because someone opens checkout, and failed or cancelled payments do not activate access. Safety protections are available across the extension, including protected user group safeguards, server-side feature checks, PayPal-only payment handling for this release, and lifecycle automation rules that help prevent accidental access changes.

Functionality
It does plans, front end sign-up, PayPal payments, and Joomla group access very well.
Ease of use
Not hard at all. I thought it was simple to figure out. Not overly complicated with unnecessary features, but it had everything I needed.
Support
Super fast on support. But with the layout and documentation, you probably won't need support.
Documentation
AMAZING. I've never seen full-blown manuals like this has. Literally an 11-page PDF. No pictures in the PDF, but easy to follow.
I used this to: I'm using this for 3 different sites to sell subscription access.
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QC Membership Manager

Version:
0.5.17
Developer:
QuantaCade
Last updated:
Jul 22 2026
5 days ago
Date added:
Jul 09 2026
License:
GPLv2 or later
Type:
Free download
Includes:
c p
Compatibility:
J4 J5 J6
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