# WebinarPress review (2026): is the free plan enough? > WordPress plugin for live, automated and paid webinars Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. WebinarPress is a WordPress plugin that runs webinars from your own site: live sessions streamed through a video service you connect, recurring and just-in-time automated webinars, replays, and paid or member-only sessions. A free edition is on WordPress.org, and paid licenses unlock the full feature set for one site or unlimited sites. Audience size depends on your own hosting, since the plugin runs on your server. - **Category:** Webinars & Live Streaming - **Made by:** Webinarpress Ltd. - **Website:** https://webinarpress.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you are not on WordPress, as there is no separate hosted service. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, WebinarPress has a free plan, and paid plans start at $197 per year for 1 site. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Free edition for 1 site with unlimited webinars and attendees, live webinars, email reminders and support through the WordPress.org forum only. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | 1 site, unlimited webinars and attendees, live webinars and email reminders. Community support on WordPress.org only. | | Single Site | $197 per year for 1 site | All features unlocked, including recorded, recurring, just-in-time, paid and member webinars, live chat, automated replays and mailing list integrations. Email support. | | Agency | $497 per year for unlimited sites | Everything in Single Site on unlimited sites, with white-labeling, WordPress Multisite support and priority email support. | Read from https://webinarpress.com/us/pricing/ on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with WebinarPress before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **14-day money-back guarantee** (Other savings): The pricing page says it refunds a paid license if you ask within 14 days. Source: https://webinarpress.com/us/pricing/ ## Key features - **Live webinars through your video service:** Broadcasts through video services such as YouTube Live, Vimeo, Zoom and Jitsi, or anything that supports HLS streaming or embedding. - **Automated and replay webinars:** Recurring, just-in-time and right-now sessions that start and stop on their own, with automated replays. - **Paid and member webinars:** Charge for access through WooCommerce and its payment gateways, limit the number of places, or restrict a session to members. - **Engagement tools:** Live chat, polls, raise hand, call-to-action elements and a certificate of attendance. - **Registration and email:** Custom registration fields and pages, per-webinar emails, and attendee sync with mailing list services. - **Webhooks and API:** Webhooks fire when attendees register, and an internal API and WordPress actions allow custom integrations. ## Good for - WordPress site owners who want webinars on their own domain - Agencies running webinars for several client sites - Hosts who want to sell webinar access through WooCommerce ## Worth knowing - Runs only inside WordPress; there is no separate hosted service. - Attendee capacity depends on your own server, and the vendor says it has hosted hundreds of attendees. - It does not stream video itself; live sessions need a connected video service. - After a year the plugin keeps working but stops receiving updates and email support until the license is renewed. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.6 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. WebinarPress is a WordPress plugin for live, automated and paid webinars, with a free edition for one site. It does not stream video itself, only works inside WordPress, and the free edition limits you to live webinars and forum support. - **Value for money: B.** $197 a year for one site, about $16 a month, inside the cheaper quarter of $20.80. Agency is $497 a year. - **Free plan and trial: B.** Free edition for 1 site with unlimited webinars and attendees, live webinars and email reminders. Support is the WordPress.org forum only. - **Features: C.** Live, automated and paid webinars, engagement tools and webhooks. It needs a separate video service, and the free edition lacks recorded and paid webinars. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You install it on WordPress and connect a video service such as Zoom or YouTube Live. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web inside WordPress, with WooCommerce, YouTube Live, Vimeo, Zoom, Jitsi and Zapier links. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from WebinarPress's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among webinar and live streaming tools - WebinarPress's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 54 of the 60 other webinar and live streaming tools we grade, and level with 4. - It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 52 of 60) and worst on features (C, above 4). - Its paid plans start at $16.42 a month when paid by the year, against a middle price of $47 for the category: 8 of the 45 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 2 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/webinars ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace WebinarPress you would be making live video to hundreds of people at once. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.6 is higher than 54 of the 60 other webinar and live streaming tools we grade. It costs $197 a year. - You could not: Live video to hundreds of people at once. - You could not: Newsletters sent to thousands of people that still reach the inbox. - You could not: Checkout, card payments and sales tax handled for you. - You could not: It plugs into other products, WooCommerce, YouTube Live and Vimeo among them, and has an API. - You could not: People on the other end: live sessions. No app builder makes those. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with WooCommerce, YouTube Live, Vimeo, Zoom, Jitsi, Zapier **Tags:** Webinars, Email campaigns, Public API, Online store ## Alternatives - [Livestorm](https://toolgpa.com/tools/livestorm): Browser-based webinars, live or on demand, priced per attendee. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/livestorm-vs-webinarpress) - [Demio](https://toolgpa.com/tools/demio): Browser webinars for marketing teams, live, on demand or automated. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/demio-vs-webinarpress) - [WebinarJam](https://toolgpa.com/tools/webinarjam): Live sales webinars with offers, reminders and replays. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/webinarjam-vs-webinarpress) - [EasyWebinar](https://toolgpa.com/tools/easywebinar): Live and automated webinars with built-in CRM and checkout. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/easywebinar-vs-webinarpress) - [ProProfs WebinarNinja](https://toolgpa.com/tools/webinarninja): Live and automated webinars priced per attendee. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/webinarninja-vs-webinarpress) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://webinarpress.com - https://webinarpress.com/us/pricing/ - https://webinarpress.com/features/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/webinarpress Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).