Aurora Membership Manager is a free, self-contained membership management plugin built for associations, clubs, nonprofit organizations and other membership-based groups that want to manage members directly inside WordPress and securely from a phone with the Aurora Admin companion app.

The Core plugin works without an Aurora account, license key or external service. Member data stays in the site’s WordPress database, and Core updates are delivered only through WordPress.org.

What Core includes

Member records with contact details, status, reference numbers and expiry dates.
Configurable rolling or annual membership validity, including a selectable next-membership-year sales cutover for annual expiries.
Renewal overview for active, expiring and expired members.
Member search and a mobile-friendly staff workspace.
Secure Aurora Admin mobile access with one-time device pairing and revocable credentials.
Capability-controlled mobile member list, search, profile, creation and updates through the same Core rules used in WordPress.
Server-authoritative QR membership verification from the Aurora Admin scanner.
Least-privilege scanner credentials for staff or volunteers who should verify cards without receiving member administration access.
CSV import and export with spreadsheet-formula protection.
Secure member portal with opaque, expiring email access links.
Member profile and privacy-consent management.
WordPress personal-data exporter and eraser integration.
Backup, restore, reconciliation, diagnostics and audit tools owned by Core.
Stable hooks and APIs for separately installed extensions.

Manage members from your phone with Aurora Admin

Aurora Admin is the companion mobile app for day-to-day association work. A WordPress administrator pairs a phone with a short-lived, one-time code; the app never needs to store the WordPress password. The paired device receives revocable credentials and can only use the operations allowed to that WordPress user.

With the Core mobile API, authorized administrators can search and open member profiles, create members, update supported member information and verify membership cards by QR code from the phone. For entrance desks and events, a dedicated scanner-only credential can be given to staff or volunteers without exposing the member list or member-editing functions.

When the separately installed Membership Manager Pro extension is active, Aurora Admin can also use Pro’s event workflows to show the active event and register event check-ins from the QR scanner. Pro can additionally expose communications and other authorized operational tools to the app. Event management, event check-in storage and communications are Pro features and are not included in the free Core package.

Built for organizations that want to keep control

Aurora runs inside WordPress rather than moving your membership database to a separate closed platform. Core can be used on its own and does not require WooCommerce, a digital-card provider or a commercial Aurora license.

Optional extensions

Core remains fully usable without paid extensions. Separate add-on plugins are available when an organization needs additional workflows:

Membership Manager Pro — communications, campaigns, events, member benefits and Aurora Admin event check-in workflows.
Membership Manager Commerce — WooCommerce membership products, order-to-member workflows and renewals.
Membership Manager Digital Cards — Passcreator-based digital membership cards and wallet delivery workflows.

Aurora can also support organization-specific extensions for workflows that do not belong in Core or in a standard add-on. These separately installed extensions can combine reusable Aurora capabilities with rules, labels, mappings, templates or integrations tailored to one organization.

For example, an organization may need different digital-card templates according to age, membership type or role, or may have its own membership categories and operational workflow. Aurora keeps reusable capabilities generic while organization-specific behavior remains isolated in a separate extension rather than creating a fork of Core.

During the 2026 launch period, eligible associations and membership organizations can request no-cost access to the standard separately distributed add-ons until 31 December 2026. Early Adopter 2026 programme details

Explore optional extensions and regular pricing or contact Aurora about an organization-specific extension.

Standard and organization-specific extensions are separate plugins with their own code, configuration, licensing, external-service disclosures and update channels. They are not included in or unlocked by this WordPress.org package.

Documentation and support

Aurora documentation
For Core support, use the support forum available from this plugin’s WordPress.org page.

Privacy

Aurora Membership Manager can store member names, email addresses, membership status, expiry dates, profile details, consent choices and administrator audit events in the local WordPress database.

The public member portal can send an access email through the site’s configured WordPress mail system. Access links use opaque, expiring tokens. The plugin integrates with WordPress personal-data export and erasure tools.

When an administrator pairs the Aurora Admin companion app, Core can store device identification metadata, granted scopes and usage timestamps. The bearer-token secret itself is not stored in plaintext; Core stores a cryptographic hash used to validate the presented credential. Device credentials can be revoked from WordPress.

Site administrators are responsible for choosing an appropriate legal basis, retention period and privacy notice for their organization. Installing this plugin does not by itself make a site compliant with any privacy law.

External services

Aurora Membership Manager does not require or automatically contact an external service.

Separately installed extensions and the separately distributed Aurora Admin app may use their own external services or network connections. Those components must disclose their behavior, transmitted data, terms and privacy policy in their own documentation.