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WordPress membership plugin: paywalls, subscriptions, courses and drip content with no revenue share.
#116k web rank · ▼ 1.4k this week · From $179/year; no per-sale cut · accepts Health & Supplements
7.9/10
MemberPress gates WordPress content behind subscriptions with drip scheduling, a course builder, coupons and Stripe or PayPal billing, for an annual licence from $179 and no revenue share. The standard choice for publishers who want a paywall inside a site they already own. Read more →
Pros
- Complete membership stack on your own WordPress site
- Courses, coupons, corporate accounts and Stripe billing
Cons
- You maintain WordPress and handle tax
- Annual licence
Pricing: Paid from $179/mo · Payout: Via your gateway · wordpress membership plugin paywall courses
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Open-source WordPress membership plugin with a free core and paid add-ons.
#259k web rank · ▲ 877 this week · ★ 528 · Free core; Plus from $174/year; no per-sale cut · accepts Health & Supplements
7.5/10
Paid Memberships Pro is a GPL-licensed WordPress plugin for membership levels, recurring billing and content restriction, with a free core and premium add-ons from $174 a year. It has no revenue share and supports Stripe, PayPal and Braintree. Read more →
Pros
- Free and open source with a large add-on library
- Flexible levels, gateways and gated content
Cons
- Less polished than MemberPress
- Setup takes configuration
Pricing: Free plan, paid from $174/mo · Payout: Via your gateway · wordpress open source membership plugin
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Enterprise subscription, paywall and audience platform used by major publishers.
#3.9k web rank · ▲ 41 this week · Custom enterprise pricing · accepts Health & Supplements
7.4/10
Piano provides paywall, subscription commerce, identity and analytics for large publishers, with dynamic offers tested per reader segment. Pricing is enterprise-level; independent publishers use Ghost, Memberful or WordPress plugins instead. Read more →
Pros
- Dynamic paywalls, offers, analytics and identity for large newsrooms
- Proven at scale
Cons
- Enterprise pricing and implementation
- Overkill below a large subscriber base
Pricing: Free plan, pay as you go · Payout: Via your gateway · enterprise paywall subscriptions newsrooms
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Metered paywall for WordPress publishers: free article counts, registration walls and subscriptions.
From $199/year; no per-sale cut · accepts Health & Supplements
7.2/10
Leaky Paywall adds a metered paywall to WordPress: readers get a set number of free articles, then hit a registration or subscription wall, with Stripe or PayPal billing and structured data so Google indexes gated content. Built for local news and magazine publishers. Read more →
Pros
- Purpose-built metering (X free articles, then subscribe) for news and magazine sites
- Google-friendly paywall markup
Cons
- Publishing-only focus
- Annual licence and add-ons
Pricing: Paid from $199/mo · Payout: Via your gateway · metered paywall wordpress publishers
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Dynamic paywall and registration wall platform for mid-sized publishers, with audience scoring.
Custom pricing · accepts Health & Supplements
6.9/10
Poool builds dynamic paywalls that show different walls (subscription, registration, newsletter, ad-supported access) to different readers based on behaviour, for mid-sized publishers, mostly in Europe. Pricing is quoted per publisher. Read more →
Pros
- Scenario-based walls (subscribe, register, watch an ad) by reader segment
- Cheaper than enterprise suites
Cons
- Custom pricing
- Mostly European client base
Pricing: Free plan, pay as you go · Payout: Via your gateway · dynamic paywall registration wall publishers
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Micropayments and time passes for articles: readers pay per piece or per hour without a subscription.
#511k web rank · ▼ 98 this week · Revenue share (publisher keeps about 85%) · accepts Health & Supplements
6.8/10
Supertab (from the LaterPay team) lets readers buy a single article or a time pass with a tab that is charged only when it reaches a few dollars, removing the sign-up friction that blocks most subscriptions. Publishers keep roughly 85%. It complements a metered paywall rather than replacing it. Read more →
Pros
- Converts readers who will pay 50 cents but never subscribe
- Fast integration with existing paywalls
Cons
- Small per-piece revenue
- Still niche in reader behaviour
Pricing: Free · Payout: Monthly · micropayments time pass paywall
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Uma ferramenta que quebra barreiras de acesso e elementos que atrapalham a leitura! / Marreta is a tool that removes access barriers and vis
#994k web rank · ★ 1.2k · GPL-3.0
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Uma ferramenta que quebra barreiras de acesso e elementos que atrapalham a leitura / Marreta is a tool that removes access barriers and visual distractions Read more →
Pricing: Open source · bypasser paywall paywall-bypasser