Do members need a WordPress account to post?

For what it is worth, the same approach works with the PMPro adapter — the membership side is identical from here.

I respectfully disagree on one detail. In my setup the opposite held true, though I suspect it comes down to community size.

Solid breakdown. The only thing I would add is to back up before making the change — better safe than sorry.

We ran into the same situation last quarter. What worked for us was starting small and only adding complexity when a real need showed up.

Great point. I had not considered the angle you raised in the second paragraph — it reframes the whole thing for me.