Membership plugin for WordPress?

[pcp]

I'd like to allow visitors to a WordPress site to be able to add their own profile page to the site, and be able to log in to update it etc. But I'd like the profile to be a standardized format - meaning they can put certain info, a photo and so on but not turn the page into a MySpace type monstrosity :bah:

I was looking at WordPress Mu, but think that may be overkill?
Anyone know of a WP plugin that could achieve this?

 

[Ronald Regging]

Wordpress MU might be overkill, but it might also encourage members to make blog posts. This is great for any site as you'll get a lot of user generated content, more pages indexed in the search engines, and ultimately more traffic.

Or, you could go with Joomla instead of Wordpress. They have a lot of components, Community Builder being one that would do what you're looking for. Joomla has a huge learning curve though. It can be a major PITA, but's a great CMS.

As for your original question.. . I'm not aware of any plugins of this nature. I think it might be asking too much of the WP core

 

[Lithium]

I haven't spent much time looking at them but I believe that's your job anyway
Here's two links-of-interest:
WordPress › Profiler « WordPress Plugins
WordPress › Social Profiles « WordPress Plugins

I'm betting on the first.

 

[kingdolar]

as long as i know i don't found better plugin like what are you looking for.
i am sorry

 

[pcp]

Thank you both for great advice.
That's a good point about Mu, but I think to begin with I will take a good look at those WP plugins.
Thanks again.

Edit: sorry kingdollar - I missed your post. Thanks for your thoughts!

 

[astrix]

Nanacast has membership plugin for most of the CMS out there. Other than that Simple Member Pro
Easy Member Pro,WP Wishlist, Fantasos are some the good softwares that you can use with your existing CMS to turn it into membership site.