Subscription and Recurring Payments

Sell Subscriptions on WordPress

SureCart is a complete WordPress subscription plugin for recurring payments, subscription boxes, and membership plans — with billing, plan management, churn prevention, and recovery built in.

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Powering real subscription businesses

SaaS subscriptions

Give customers flexible monthly or yearly plans with automated recurring billing.

Subscriptions Box

Run subscription box businesses with recurring deliveries customers never miss.

Memberships

Sell gated content, communities, or member access with recurring payments.

Online Courses

Charge recurring access for courses, coaching programs, and learning communities.

License Based Software

Manage recurring software licenses, renewals, and subscription access with ease.

Internal Tools & Client Portals

Monetize private dashboards, client portals, and internal business tools through subscriptions.

How it Works

One plugin for your entire subscription business

From recurring payments to customer management, everything runs through a single plugin. No add-ons, no custom setup, no performance issues.

STEP 01

Install SureCart

Connect your payment processor and create your first subscription product in under 20 minutes.

STEP 02

Build your plans

Set pricing, billing cycles, trial periods, setup fees, and installment options all from one product editor.

STEP 03

Subscribers self-manage

Customers upgrade, pause, switch plans, and update payment methods without contacting you.

STEP 04

Billing runs on autopilot

Renewals, retries, reminders, and churn prevention run in the background automatically.

Billing Models

Subscription billing, designed to stay flexible

Recurring Subscriptions

Daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly billing with automatic renewals.

Installment Plans

Split payments into fixed schedules or convert into ongoing subscriptions.

Free and Paid Trials

Offer trials at any duration or price, with built-in protection against abuse.

Setup Fees

Add one-time charges on top of subscriptions or trials.

Customer Portal

Let customers manage their own subscriptions

Give customers full control over their subscriptions and billing. Reduce support requests and improve retention.

Upgrade or downgrade with automatic proration
Pause and auto-resume subscriptions
Switch billing intervals anytime
Update payment methods easily
Access invoices and billing history
Reactivate canceled subscriptions
Full admin control when needed

SureCart Customer Portal – Self-Serve Subscription Management

Subscription Saver

Reduce cancellations automatically

Ask customers why they’re leaving and give them a reason to stay. Show them the right offer before they cancel.

Create Custom cancellation survey
Offer discounts, pauses, or custom messages based on cancellation reason
Track exactly why people leave and which offers save them
Built-in dashboard: cancellation reasons, offer acceptance rates, trends over time
Applies across all subscription products automatically

Payment Recovery & Renewal Reminders

Recover failed payments. Keep renewals on track.

Involuntary churn costs more than cancellations. SureCart reduces both with reminders and automated payment recovery.

Send renewal reminders before billing dates
Automatic retry schedule after failed payments
Recovery emails with direct customer action links
Manual failed-payments retry options for admins
Real-time subscription status tracking

SureCart Payment Recovery and Renewal Reminders Dashboard

SureCart Subscription Analytics and MRR Reports Dashboard

Subscription Reports

Subscription analytics, built for WordPress stores

See what’s driving your recurring revenue. Track MRR, trial conversions, cancellations, and recovery in real time without extra tools or integrations.

MRR breakdown: total, new, expansion, contraction and churn rate
Active subscriptions with net growth tracking
Trial conversion rate: trials started, won, and lost
Cancellation reasons and recovery performance
Subscriptions saved by Subscription Saver, with preserved revenue
Coupon performance within your cancellation flows
All reports filterable by date range and interval

Billing Models

Subscription billing, designed to stay flexible

SureCart supports CSV import of existing subscriptions. Billing dates, plans, and payments continue without gaps or manual work.

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Migrate Subscriptions to SureCart – CSV Import Tool

Comparison

SureCart vs WooCommerce Subscriptions

A direct look at what it takes to run subscriptions on WordPress the WooCommerce way versus SureCart.

Capability

Subscriptions included in base plugin

Yes

Extension required (~$279/yr)

Subscription Saver (churn prevention)

Built-in, fully automated

Requires additional paid extension

Cancellation analytics & insights

Dashboard included

Requires additional paid extension

Customer self-serve portal

Full-featured, out of the box

Basic My Account page only

Pause & auto-resume subscriptions

Customer-initiated, auto-resumes

Suspend only — manual reactivation required

Installment plans with auto-restart

Native, with toggle

Basic installments only. No auto-restart

Auto payment recovery emails

Automated sequence

Basic retry only

WordPress database overhead

Zero. Cloud-processed

Stored in WP database. Slows at scale

Site performance impact

Minimal. Doesn’t grow with subscription volume

Increases with subscription volume

Everything WooCommerce charges extra for, included by default in SureCart

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Leo Lauretti

DJ & Producer

“Future of WordPress E-Commerce”

The plugin by itself is already amazing, but the support.. WOW! Really looking forward to spending years on SureCart!

Patsy

Small-Business Owner

“Simple, Lightweight, and Supportive – Perfect for Small Businesses”

Dan Stanley

Owner of DS-Web

Simple, Efficient and Easy to Setup and Use

This is…what I have been looking for. It’s easy to set up and use. Don’t have to worry about speed and difficult settings, since most of the plugin settings are run directly from SureCart server. So security and speed are likely top notch.

Ronner Urbina

Award-winning violinist

Seriously Changing the Game!

Already in its free version, SureCart is one of the game-changing plug-ins of today! It gives you the ability to sell products in one-time payments, subscriptions, payment plans, etc. and the paid version gives you all the marketing tools you need to really max your profit! Also the team behind it is one of the most reliable teams in the WordPress world. 5 stars and I know it just gonna be better and better. I see a bright future for SureCart and it’s user base.

Pascal Claro

Creator of WP Roads

“Wow, the Future Is Bright!”

I fell in love with SureCart the moment I saw the first video of Adam talking about it. I immediately felt like a huge new thing was coming into the WordPress ecosystem… and now we can finally begin to taste this new flavour! A great plugin built by a great team. Can’t wait to see the bright future of this super piece of software.

Devyn Brugge

Creative Strategist

Significantly Performant E-Commerce System

This is the next gen sales system marketers, small business owners and non profits managers need. SureCart is an incredible solution from an ease of use perspective for store managers but also customers. The work done by Sujay Pawar and Adam Preiser is outstanding in every respect, from UX to UI, cart to inbox. Thank you for transforming E-Commerce for the future, the WordPress way.

Barb Henry

Website Designer

Perfect E-commerce Solution

SureCart is a game-changer for those needing a simple, easy to use E-commerce solution. Huge thanks to the developers for bringing SureCart to us all!

Yavuz Yaylak

WordPress Enthusiast

Redefining E-Commerce Efficiency: SureCart Is A Game-Changer!

SureCart is a revolutionary plugin for WordPress e-commerce. With its seamless functionality and user-friendliness, it surpasses other plugins I’ve tried. Installation and setup are a breeze, even for beginners. Its intuitive design makes it a must-have for any WordPress-based e-commerce store. Take the plunge and elevate your online store with SureCart!

Shane S

Owner, S-FX.com

“Launch Your Online Store in Less Than 5 Clicks… Literally!”

Tim O’Donnell

WordPress Enthusiast

A Breath of Fresh Air

Very slick, very well implemented, and development seems to be being driven by real user needs which is great to see

Amanda Richardson-Meyer

Digital Creator

Seamless Launch – Awesome Product!

I had a fantastic launch with no hiccups. This was the easiest e-commerce plugin I’ve yet to setup. Adam is incredibly responsive to the wishes and requests of the customers. I’m excited for my next launch. Oh yeah… glad i upgraded to the business plan. The abandoned cart feature practically paid for itself in 24 hours after it was activated!

Sibila Ribeiro

Digital Creator

SureCart is Revolutionizing The Way We Sell Digital Products.

SureCart is the ultimate solution for digital product and service sellers. It’s easy to set up, packed with powerful features, and has a simple interface. No other e-commerce plugin has impressed me like this one in my 15+ years of using WP. It’s lightweight, fast, and beautiful – a game-changer. Kudos to the revolutionary authors of SureCart for transforming online selling!

Got Questions? We’ve Got Answers

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How do I add subscription payments to WordPress?

Install SureCart, connect it to your payment processor, then create a product with a subscription price type. Set your billing frequency (daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, or yearly), add a free or paid trial period if you want one, configure any setup fees if required and publish — all from your product editor, without touching code.

Do I need multiple plugins along with SureCart to run subscriptions on WordPress?

No. SureCart includes recurring billing, trials, plan management, payment recovery, and customer self-service in one plugin.

Do I need WooCommerce to sell subscriptions on WordPress?

No. SureCart is an independent ecommerce plugin. You don’t need WooCommerce at all. SureCart handles subscriptions, payments, customer management, and billing entirely on its own.

Which is the best WordPress plugin for recurring payments, SureCart or WooCommerce?

For stores that need recurring billing, plan management, churn prevention, payment recovery, multiple payment processors and a customer self-serve portal all from a single plugin, SureCart is the most complete option. It avoids the database bloat of WooCommerce, requires no separate subscription extension, and includes tools like Subscription Saver and installment plans that WooCommerce charges extra for.

Can I sell subscription boxes with SureCart?

Yes. You can create recurring products with fixed delivery intervals for physical or digital subscription boxes.

How does SureCart handle failed subscription payments?

SureCart sends a renewal reminder before each billing date so card issues can be caught early. If a payment still fails, it retries on a smart schedule, sends a recovery email with a direct portal link, and lets the subscriber update their cards themselves. Admins can also manually retry from the dashboard at any time.

Can subscribers upgrade, downgrade, pause, or reactivate their own plan?

Yes. This is one of SureCart’s strongest features. Subscribers can handle upgrades, downgrades, pause with a set resume date, switch billing cycles, update payment method, and reactivate a canceled subscription on their own. No admin involvement required. Prorate billing adjusts automatically on mid-cycle plan changes.

Can I offer free or paid trials for subscriptions in WordPress?

Yes. SureCart supports free trials (with or without a card required upfront), paid trials at any price, and setup fees on top of a trial. The best part is that SureCart has duplicate trial prevention built-in. A subscriber who has already used a trial on a given product cannot claim another one.

Does SureCart support installment payment plans?

Yes, natively. Split any product into any number of payments at any interval. Customers get access on the first payment and subsequent charges happen automatically. You can also set installment plans to auto-restart as a recurring subscription once fully paid off. A 6-payment course, for example, can roll straight into a monthly membership.

Can I bring my existing subscribers when I switch to SureCart?

Yes. SureCart supports CSV import of existing subscriptions. Export your subscriber data from your current platform, upload it into SureCart, and subscriptions are recreated with their original billing dates. Renewals continue on schedule and your subscribers never see a gap.

Sell Subscriptions on WordPress

Powering real subscription businesses

SaaS subscriptions

Subscriptions Box

Memberships

Online Courses

License Based Software

Internal Tools & Client Portals

One plugin for your entire subscription business

Subscription billing, designed to stay flexible

Let customers manage their own subscriptions

Reduce cancellations automatically

Recover failed payments. Keep renewals on track.

Subscription analytics, built for WordPress stores

Subscription billing, designed to stay flexible

SureCart vs WooCommerce Subscriptions

Hear It from OurHappy Customers

Got Questions? We’ve Got Answers

How do I add subscription payments to WordPress?

Do I need multiple plugins along with SureCart to run subscriptions on WordPress?

Do I need WooCommerce to sell subscriptions on WordPress?

Which is the best WordPress plugin for recurring payments, SureCart or WooCommerce?

Can I sell subscription boxes with SureCart?

How does SureCart handle failed subscription payments?

Can subscribers upgrade, downgrade, pause, or reactivate their own plan?

Can I offer free or paid trials for subscriptions in WordPress?

Does SureCart support installment payment plans?

Can I bring my existing subscribers when I switch to SureCart?

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