MemberClicks is now part of Momentive Software, the association technology portfolio created when Community Brands was rebranded by TA Associates in July 2024. In January 2026, Momentive acquired Personify, creating a combined platform serving approximately 37,000 customers. MemberClicks occupies the small-to-mid-size segment of that portfolio — it is designed for associations with straightforward membership structures that want an all-in-one platform for member management, event registration, email communication, and website hosting.
That last point — website hosting — is critical to understanding the integration challenge. MemberClicks was designed as a self-contained ecosystem. The AMS and the website are meant to work together as a single product. When you pull the website out of that ecosystem and replace it with WordPress, you gain a dramatically more powerful CMS, but you lose the tight coupling that makes MemberClicks simple. And the available integration tools have significant limitations that every association should understand before making the switch.
The MemberClicks Oasis API: Read-Only by Design
The most important technical fact about a WordPress-MemberClicks integration is that the Oasis API is read-only. This single constraint shapes everything else about the integration. You can pull data from MemberClicks into WordPress — member records, event information, membership types, contact details — but you cannot push data back. Updates made on your WordPress site do not flow into MemberClicks. Event registrations submitted through WordPress forms do not appear in MemberClicks. Profile changes made by members on the WordPress side are invisible to the AMS.
The Oasis API is a JSON REST API, which means it uses standard web protocols and returns data in a widely supported format. Querying it from WordPress is technically straightforward — any developer comfortable with REST API consumption in PHP can pull data from MemberClicks endpoints. The API provides access to member profiles, membership types, event data, and organizational information. The responses are well-structured and predictable.
But "read-only" is not just a technical limitation. It is a fundamental architectural constraint that determines what your integration can and cannot do. In a bidirectional integration, the website becomes an extension of the AMS — members can update their profiles, register for events, renew their dues, and every action flows back to the central database. In a read-only integration, the website is a display layer. It can show information from MemberClicks, but it cannot accept input that changes MemberClicks data. That is a very different value proposition, and it is important to set realistic expectations with your staff and board before committing to the project.
The MemberClicks Auth WordPress Plugin
The good news is that MemberClicks provides an official WordPress plugin for single sign-on. The MemberClicks Auth WordPress Plugin allows members to log in to your WordPress site using their MemberClicks credentials. This is the one piece of the integration that is pre-built, supported, and relatively straightforward to configure.
The plugin works by redirecting the WordPress login process to MemberClicks for authentication. When a member clicks the login button on your WordPress site, they are sent to MemberClicks to enter their credentials. If authentication succeeds, MemberClicks redirects back to WordPress with the member's identity and membership type information. The plugin creates or updates a WordPress user account based on this data and assigns a WordPress role that corresponds to the member's MemberClicks membership type.
This enables the most basic but most valuable form of integration: content gating based on membership status. You can restrict pages, posts, or sections of your WordPress site to logged-in members, and the membership validation happens against MemberClicks' actual database. A member whose dues have lapsed in MemberClicks will not be able to access member-only content on WordPress — assuming your role mapping is configured correctly and the plugin is checking status on each login.
The plugin also provides the membership type information that allows you to differentiate content access. If your association has multiple membership tiers — regular members, premium members, student members, retired members — you can map each MemberClicks membership type to a WordPress role and use a membership or access control plugin to gate content accordingly. This requires some configuration work, but it does not require custom development.
Displaying Member Data on WordPress
With the Oasis API providing read access to member data, you can build WordPress templates and shortcodes that display information pulled from MemberClicks. The most common use cases are member directories, event listings, and personalized member dashboard pages.
A member directory built on the Oasis API queries MemberClicks for member records matching your display criteria and renders them in a WordPress template. You can filter by membership type, geographic location, industry sector, or any other field available in MemberClicks. The directory can include search and filtering functionality on the WordPress side, with the actual data coming from MemberClicks through the API.
Event listings work similarly. The API provides event data — titles, dates, locations, descriptions, pricing — that your WordPress site can display in a custom events page or calendar widget. Members can see what events are available and get the information they need to decide whether to attend.
But here is where the read-only limitation bites. That event listing can display information, but the "Register" button cannot submit a registration back to MemberClicks. Instead, you have two options: redirect the member to MemberClicks' own event registration page to complete the transaction, or build a parallel registration system in WordPress (using a forms plugin and payment gateway) that does not sync with MemberClicks. Neither option is elegant. The redirect breaks the user experience by sending members to a different-looking site mid-transaction. The parallel system creates data silos where registration information lives in two places and someone has to reconcile them manually.
What the Integration Can and Cannot Do
Let us be concrete about capabilities and limitations:
- SSO (works well): Members log in to WordPress with MemberClicks credentials. Membership type and status are passed to WordPress for role assignment and content gating.
- Member directory (works well): Read-only display of member information pulled from MemberClicks via the Oasis API. Search, filtering, and display are handled by WordPress.
- Event listing (works, with caveats): Display event information from MemberClicks. Registration requires redirecting to MemberClicks or building a separate system.
- Content gating (works well): Restrict content based on membership type. Requires proper role mapping between MemberClicks membership types and WordPress roles.
- Profile updates (does not work): Members cannot update their MemberClicks profile from WordPress. Changes must be made in MemberClicks directly.
- Dues renewal (does not work): Cannot process dues through WordPress and have the transaction reflect in MemberClicks. Members must be redirected to MemberClicks for renewal.
- Event registration (does not work): Cannot submit registrations to MemberClicks from WordPress. Same redirect or parallel-system limitation.
- Bidirectional data sync (does not work): Data flows one way — from MemberClicks to WordPress. Any data created or modified in WordPress stays in WordPress.
The Honest Limitations
The read-only API is the elephant in the room, but it is not the only limitation worth discussing.
- Working against the platform design: MemberClicks was built as an all-in-one platform. Its own Weebly-based website builder is designed to work seamlessly with the AMS, with tight integration between the website, member database, event system, and email tools. When you replace the website with WordPress, you are deliberately stepping outside the ecosystem that MemberClicks was designed to provide. This is not inherently wrong, but it means you will not get support from MemberClicks for WordPress integration issues, and some features that work automatically with the built-in website will require custom development or manual workarounds with WordPress.
- Plugin dependency: The SSO plugin is the linchpin of the integration. If MemberClicks stops maintaining it, or if a WordPress core update breaks compatibility, your login system stops working. There is no alternative path for authentication that does not involve custom development.
- Data freshness: Because the Oasis API is read-only and you are pulling data into WordPress, there is always a lag between when data changes in MemberClicks and when it appears on your WordPress site. If you cache aggressively for performance, that lag can be hours. If you query in real time, every page load depends on the API being available and responsive.
- Momentive Software consolidation: MemberClicks is now part of a portfolio that includes Aptify, Personify, YourMembership, and other platforms. Portfolio consolidation under private equity ownership typically means some products get investment and others get sunset. There is no public indication that MemberClicks is at risk, but the acquisition landscape should be a factor in your long-term planning.
When WordPress Plus MemberClicks Makes Sense
Despite the limitations, there are legitimate scenarios where this combination works. The sweet spot is a small to mid-size association that has invested in MemberClicks for member management, is satisfied with MemberClicks for dues processing and event registration, but finds the built-in website builder inadequate for their content strategy.
If your primary website needs are content publishing, SEO, blogging, resource libraries, and public-facing marketing — and you are willing to redirect members to MemberClicks for transactional functions like registration and renewal — then WordPress gives you a dramatically better content management experience without requiring a deep or expensive integration.
The key is accepting the boundaries. Your WordPress site handles content. MemberClicks handles transactions. The SSO plugin bridges member identity between the two. The Oasis API lets you display member data on the WordPress side. And any transactional action redirects the member to MemberClicks to complete. This is a viable architecture if your association can live with the user experience of switching between systems for different tasks.
Where this combination does not make sense is when your association wants a fully unified digital experience — a single site where members can browse content, update their profiles, register for events, renew their dues, and access their continuing education credits without ever leaving the WordPress environment. The read-only API makes that impossible without building parallel systems that create data synchronization headaches.
Implementation Approach
If you decide to move forward, the implementation is relatively straightforward compared to other AMS integrations:
- Phase 1 — SSO: Install and configure the MemberClicks Auth WordPress Plugin. Map MemberClicks membership types to WordPress roles. Test login flows with multiple membership types and edge cases (lapsed members, suspended accounts, new members).
- Phase 2 — Content gating: Use a WordPress membership or access control plugin (such as Members, Restrict Content Pro, or MemberPress) to gate content based on the WordPress roles created by the SSO plugin.
- Phase 3 — Data display: Build custom templates or shortcodes that query the Oasis API for member directory data, event listings, and personalized dashboard content. Implement caching to minimize API calls and ensure performance.
- Phase 4 — Transaction redirects: Create seamless redirect flows from WordPress to MemberClicks for event registration, dues renewal, and profile management. Use consistent branding between the two systems to minimize the jarring experience of switching platforms.
Total development time for this implementation is typically four to eight weeks, with costs ranging from $8,000 to $25,000 depending on the complexity of your directory, the number of membership types, and how much custom design work is needed to make the redirect experience feel cohesive.
The Bottom Line
A WordPress-MemberClicks integration is a compromise, and the key to making it work is being honest about what you are gaining and what you are giving up. You gain WordPress's superior content management, design flexibility, SEO capabilities, and plugin ecosystem. You give up the seamless transactional integration that MemberClicks' built-in website provides. For associations whose primary challenge is content — reaching new audiences, ranking in search, publishing resources, and building a professional digital presence — that is a trade worth making. For associations whose primary challenge is member self-service — online registration, renewal, profile management, and interactive member tools — the read-only API means WordPress cannot solve those problems, and you may be better served by investing in MemberClicks' built-in website capabilities or exploring a different AMS platform with stronger API support.
Request a WordPress-MemberClicks integration assessment for your association. We will evaluate your current MemberClicks configuration, map the available API endpoints to your website requirements, and provide an honest recommendation about whether WordPress integration or an alternative approach better serves your members.