If you are in the market for and application that is a plugin for WordPress (and Semiologic) that will send encrypted download links that can be time limited (you set the hours before it expires) and shows no address in the browser, then WP eStore is just the right thing. Plus, you can use it for as many websites as you wish!

WP eStore is designed as a shopping cart that gives you the ability to encrypt and time limit download links that you send to your customers. But you do not need to use the cart, you can just use the encrypting and time limiting functions to do the job. Customer support is excellent and the price you are not going to believe. For only $20, you can have the ability to encrypt and time limit your downloads! Yes, only $20! The good thing about this software is that it is a plugin, has great customer support and simply does what it needs to do, no bells and whistles.

I use this plugin on www.semiologicreloadedskins.com and can give it my highest recommendation. For $20 compared to over $100 for other products, it is not that difficult to realize which is the better option. Check it out for yourself. WP eStore is here.

To recommend a membership program is not an easy task, as each one does something more or less than the others. Plus, finding one that plays well with WordPress and Semiologic is another consideration. There are really only two that are any good, in my opinion, anyway.

Wishlist, that everyone cheers about, is no good if you want provide multiple downloads and it has an issue with some of Semiologic's plugins, which you only find out about once you have purchased and unpacked it.

Then there is aMember, which is a good program and will protect folders, and has a lot of great features, but it's biggest downfalls are setting it up, customizing it and it does not have an inbuilt shopping cart. aMember is also expensive, in comparison to other membership programs – you get 6 months of updates and then you need to purchase another 6 months worth of up dates to continue to get the latest version, which is just nickle and dime tactics.

But what I think is a real good all-round membership program, would have to be DLGuard membership software. This is a fairly simple script that has a lot of features. Plus, you can use it on multiple websites, where the others, are for one site only. One of the biggest pluses for me, is that it generates time limited download links, protects your folders and has a built in shopping cart. It is very simple to customize the "look" to blend in with your site.

DLGuard would be my recommendation for being the best all round membership software that is currently available. But checkout the three I have mentioned above and see for yourself.