[09-March-2026] Membership Pro 4.5.0 - 4.5.1 released

Dear customers !

I’m happy to announce the release of Membership Pro version 4.5.0! This release contains improvements listed below:

1. Improve Authorize.net Payment Integration

- Support refund subscription directly from subscription management (same with other payment plugins like PayPal, Stripe, Mollie). 
- Added a new paid payment plugin MP Authorize.net Hosted Checkout which uses Hosted Checkout payment option from Authorize.net.  The new payment plugin should be used to replace the MP Authorize.net SIM (which was deprecated by Authorize.net and not really reliable these days)
- Support webhook instead of Slient Post (which is not reliable) for handling recurring subscription renewal. If you are using Authorize.net, please read documentation at  docs.joomdonation.com/membershippro/basi...lugins/authorize-net  , configure Signature Key and webhook to make recurring subscription works in more reliable way

2. Improve Group Membership

- Allow searching for group members by group admin username from backend group members management
- Allow group admin to export group members from frontend group members management
- Added a new parameter to System - Membership Pro Reminder plugin to allow sending reminder email to group members if required.

3. Improve Frontend Subscriptions Management

Allow cancel recurring subscription and refund subscription payment from frontend subscriptions management.

4. Improve Subscription Upgrade

Added a new config option Apply Setup Fee on Upgrade to allow not charging users setup fee when they upgrade their subscription to new plan if needed.

5. Allow Using Joomla Mail Template Layout

Joomla 6 supports Mail Template Layout  . If you use mail template layout on your site to have consistent mail styling and layout for all emails (HTML emails). If you want to use that mail template layout in Membership Pro, you can just set Use Joomla Mail Template config option to Yes and Membership Pro will use global Joomla Template Layout for sending email instead of using it's own layout. It makes Membership Pro emails look consistent with all other emails send from your site

6. Other Improvements

- Improve Membership Pro - Documents plugin, allow sending modified date of document (inside plugin and menu item)
- Added a new Filter option to custom field to allow converting entered data to have first character of entered string become upper case, all other characters are lowercase
- Improve GDPR layout to make it consistent with other fields on the form
- Added CSV delimiter config option to allow control the separate character in case you export data to CSV instead of Excel in Membership Pro

Update: There was a small bug in the code prevent Sign up button from being displayed, so I released new version 4.5.1 on 16 March 2026 to fix it.

Please update your site to this latest version of Membership Pro to use these improvements. Thank you for continuing to use our product and support our development

Best regards,

Tuan

Thanks Tuan

What happens to the subscription status or other data if:
- subscription is cancelled?
- refund is processed?

Alan

- When subscription is cancelled, the subscription won't be renewed anymore. The status of the subscription remains unchanged.
- When refund is processed, the status of the subscription changed to Cancelled - Refunded. So the status of the subscription is not active anymore

Regards,

Tuan

So where do i go to download the new file? I don't seem to see a download link.

Hi Steve

You can access to My Downloads menu item joomdonation.com/my-downloads.html to download latest version from there

Or better, configure Download ID docs.joomdonation.com/membershippro/gett...on#use-joomla-update so that you can update to latest version using Joomla updater from administrator area of your site each time there is new version release

Regards,

Tuan

Using Joomla Update it failed for me. Had to download manually and unzip first, then install the nested zip package manually.

Hi Tobi

Joomla updater should work OK. Do you know the error you having?

Tuan

I think if I remember right it was a “no manifest” error in the update installer.

That's strange because It worked well for me (and guess for other customers because I saw no-one else reported). Will wait to see if there are other customers got the same issue

Thanks for reporting, Tobi

Tuan

Questions regarding "Improve Group Membership" & Membership Pro Reminder Plugin

Hi,

Regarding the "2. Improve Group Membership" feature announced in the 4.5.0/4.5.1 changelog, I have a few specific questions about the System - Membership Pro Reminder plugin:

1. Customizing Email Templates: Is it possible to customize the email template for the System - Membership Pro Reminder plugin directly within the Message Manager?
2. Dedicated Template for Group Members: If the "Send To Group Members" option in the plugin is set to "Yes", can we create a separate, dedicated email template specifically for Group Members in the Message Manager?
3. "Number Subscribers" Setting & Best Practices: Does the "Number Subscribers" field refer to the number of emails sent per batch? How should we determine the optimal value for this? Furthermore, what are the potential consequences (e.g., server timeout, spam flagging) if we set this number too high, such as hundreds or more at once?
4. Multiple BCC Emails: Can the "BCC Email" field in the plugin accept multiple email addresses simultaneously (e.g., separated by commas)?
5. Documentation: Is there any official documentation or tutorial available that provides detailed instructions on using these specific plugin settings?

Thank you in advance for your help!

Johnny