myCred

Gamification

TL;DR

myCred is a free WordPress points-management plugin that adds gamified loyalty programs — points, ranks, badges and rewards — to WooCommerce stores, membership sites and online communities.

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Key Facts

VendorWPExperts
Best fit
SMB

Free version: Free open-source core plugin on WordPress.org — points, ranks, badges, hooks and central management included; premium addons require a paid plan.

Pricing

Starting at $99/year (Basic plan)

Free TierWordPress Plugin

Basic

$99
Per year (lifetime option available)
WordPress (self-hosted)
  • 23+ premium addons
  • 17 enhancement addons
  • 4 integration addons
  • All treasure asset icon packs
  • Standard support
  • Regular security updates
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Professional

$149
Per year (lifetime option available)
WordPress (self-hosted)
  • 33+ premium addons
  • 21 enhancement addons
  • 6 integration addons
  • 3 points purchasing addons
  • Points-to-cash withdrawal addon
  • Pro e-commerce integrations
  • Priority technical support

Business

$299
Per year (lifetime option available)
WordPress (self-hosted)
  • All 49+ premium addons
  • 2 e-commerce marketplace integrations
  • Stripe gateway for points purchase
  • All points purchasing addons
  • All points-to-cash withdrawal addons
  • All integration and enhancement addons
  • Priority technical support

Additional Pricing Information

The core plugin is free and genuinely usable on its own. Paid plans bundle the premium addon library at $99 (Basic), $149 (Professional) or $299 (Business) per year, with a lifetime billing option advertised at up to 75% off and site-count tiers (1/3/10/unlimited) that affect the final price. There is no free trial — myCred relies on a 14-day money-back guarantee instead, so you buy first and evaluate after. Plans renew automatically unless cancelled.

Details

What is myCred?

myCred is one of the longest-standing gamification engines in the WordPress ecosystem, published by WPExperts and installed on more than 10,000 sites with over a million downloads. The free core gives you a full points-management system: multiple point types, hooks that award or deduct points for virtually any user action, ranks, badges, leaderboards and a central dashboard. On top of that sits a library of 70+ addons covering everything from daily-login and birthday rewards to spin-the-wheel games, point expiration, cash-out gateways and deep WooCommerce loyalty features like points-to-coupon conversion and partial payment. Integrations reach BuddyPress, BuddyBoss, LearnDash, LifterLMS, Elementor, Easy Digital Downloads, Dokan and Zapier, and a REST API opens the engine to custom stacks. TrustRadius lists the product but has no written reviews yet; the stronger signals are WordPress.org (4.7 stars from 469 ratings) and G2 (4.0 from 13 reviews), where users highlight flexibility and unusually responsive support. Pricing runs from a genuinely useful free core to $99-$299/year paid plans with lifetime options — no free trial, but a 14-day money-back guarantee.

Key Features

  • *Points Management** — Unlimited point types with full transaction logging and manual adjustments
  • *Hooks & Triggers** — Automatic point awards for publishes, comments, logins, purchases and custom events
  • *Badges & Ranks** — Achievement systems with visual progress and tiered user levels
  • *WooCommerce Plus** — Points-to-coupon conversion, partial payments and purchase rewards
  • *buyCred & cashCred** — Sell points via Stripe, PayPal, Coinbase and more, or let users cash out
  • *Engagement Addons** — Daily login rewards, birthday points, referrals, transfers and spin-wheel games
  • *Integrations** — BuddyPress, BuddyBoss, LearnDash, Elementor, Easy Digital Downloads, Dokan, Zapier
  • *REST API** — Programmatic access to balances, awards and logs for custom stacks

Who is it for?

  • WooCommerce store owners who want a loyalty program that drives repeat purchases
  • Membership and community sites (BuddyBoss/BuddyPress) needing engagement mechanics
  • Course creators on LearnDash or LifterLMS adding gamification to learning paths
  • WordPress developers who want a hookable, API-accessible points engine they can extend

Who is it NOT for?

  • Non-WordPress businesses — hosted tools like Gametize or Smile.io fit better
  • Anyone expecting plug-and-play polish with zero configuration
  • Sites that need heavily customized frontend loyalty UIs out of the box
  • Teams unwilling to untangle plan-level, site-count and billing-period pricing choices

The Bottom Line

myCred is the most flexible points engine in WordPress, and the free core alone justifies an install — it does 80% of what paid loyalty plugins charge for. The 4.7-star WordPress.org rating across 469 reviews is the credibility signal here, not the thin G2 sample. My advice: start free, and only upgrade when you specifically need the e-commerce loyalty addons — at which point Professional at $149/year is the sweet spot. Just go in clear-eyed about the pricing maze and the no-trial policy, and use that 14-day money-back window decisively.

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