Introduction

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

Sell and manage Joomla memberships, plan groups, member access, renewals, billing, and scheduled promotions from one Joomla-native extension. QC Membership Manager includes a Free Basic plan with a 3-day free trial of all Max features. Create grouped membership plans, let logged-in users subscribe from the frontend, process one-time PayPal Card Fields payments, apply site credits, assign Joomla user groups after successful payment, manage renewals, send lifecycle emails, provide a configurable Member Area, and review billing activity from the Joomla administrator.



Core Features

• Free Basic plan with a 3-day free trial of all Max features
• Create and publish 1 live Plan Group with up to 3 live membership plans
• Assign 1 Joomla user group per plan
• Organize Plan Groups and plans with drag-and-drop ordering
• Display responsive membership plan cards and Plan Details pages on the frontend
• Let logged-in users subscribe through the normal frontend checkout flow
• Process one-time PayPal Card Fields payments
• Support free checkout and full or partial payment with site credits
• Create membership, invoice, payment, and billing records after successful checkout
• Renew memberships through the normal plan and checkout flow
• Schedule early renewals to begin when the current membership ends
• Run lifecycle automation, expiration processing, and reminder emails
• Edit plain-text email bodies with tokens
• Add 1 custom Member Area tab
• Show members current memberships, membership history, billing, and invoices in the frontend Member Area
• Preserve historical billing currency and pricing records
• Use the Joomla configured Site Time Zone for QC Membership Manager scheduling and displayed dates/times

Pro Features

• Create and publish up to 2 live Plan Groups
• Create and publish up to 6 live membership plans
• Assign up to 2 Joomla user groups per plan
• Create HTML email templates with tokens
• Add up to 2 custom Member Area tabs
• Control plan visibility by selected Joomla user groups
• Control who can subscribe to a plan by selected Joomla user groups
• Keep all Basic lifecycle, renewal, billing, credit, and PayPal functionality

Max / All Access Features

• Unlimited live Plan Groups
• Unlimited live membership plans
• Unlimited Joomla user groups per plan
• Unlimited custom Member Area tabs
• Full Reports and CSV export tools
• Create Scheduled Promotions for plans and Plan Groups
• Offer a fixed promotional price or percentage discount
• Schedule promotion start and end dates/times using the Joomla Site Time Zone
• Target promotions to individual plans, multiple plans, or entire Plan Groups
• Target promotions to everyone, selected Joomla user groups, current customers, previous/expired customers, or new customers
• Display sale pricing with the original price and promotional price on eligible frontend plans
• Revalidate promotional eligibility and pricing at checkout
• Prevent promotion stacking; the lowest eligible price is always offered
• Reorder promotions with drag-and-drop; ordering breaks equal-price ties and the first promotion in the order wins
• Preserve Promotion ID, promotion name, original price, and savings in billing/report history


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, credit checkout, manual activation, or another approved administrator action.

Opening checkout does not create an active membership. Failed or cancelled payment attempts do not grant access, and completed PayPal captures are protected against being reused for a second membership. Renewal transitions are processed so the previous membership completes its expiration/group reconciliation before a scheduled successor becomes active.

Protected Joomla user group safeguards, server-side entitlement checks, preserved historical billing records, single-use PayPal capture handling, and lifecycle automation help prevent accidental access or billing changes. Scheduled Promotions affect eligible future checkout pricing only and never rewrite historical invoices or payment records.

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:
1.6.6
Developer:
QuantaCade
Last updated:
Aug 25 2026
4 days ago
Date added:
Jul 09 2026
License:
GPLv2 or later
Type:
Free download
Includes:
c p
Compatibility:
J5 J6
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