Powerful Pay Per Post Plugin
The Pay Per Post WordPress plugin allows you to charge your visitors and users a specific amount in order to access restricted pages and posts on your website for a limited time by making a direct payment using WooCommerce cart system or Easy Digital Downloads.
This pay per view tool can also work with MicroPayment platform allowing users to pay by using your own defined virtual currency.
Post Pay Per ViewAfter you activate the pay-per-post plugin, a metabox will be added to all of your pages and posts.You can define the pricing plan or duration for that particular page or post. |
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Pricing Plans: Per Article or Group of Posts
The pay per post plugin supports unlimited pricing plans which can be divided into several tiers, i.e. granting access for differing length of time. The options are: minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years and lifetime.
For example, you can charge $1 for 1 day access, or $5 for 10 days access or even for unlimited time access.
Post Per Pay View Subscription PlansYou can also define a pricing plan or subscription service that will apply to a group of posts rather than just a single post.This will enable you to sell access to a collection of documents instead of just a single one. |
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Pay Per Post: Detecting User Pricing Plan
Once a post is assigned to a pricing plan, the plugin will automatically detect whether users are logged-in and whether they have an active subscription to that particular page.The plugin also support users which are not logged-in by adding a cookie once they purchase the access plan.
- If they paid – They will see the complete post content.
- If they didn’t pay – They will only see selected parts of the post, followed by a buy now button showing the different pricing tiers available. You define how much of the content they can see.
Pay Per View Reporting System
Active Subscriptions ListThe plugin's Admin reporting system shows all active subscriptions.Filter subscriptions by pricing plan for an optimized view. |
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Pay Per Post User Dashboard
Users will be able to see their active subscription services from their dashboard and get notified of the time they have left to view each document.
Pay Per Post Use Case Examples
- Sell Content – Sell varied content about diet plans, expats guides and much more. Create subscription plans and charge them for access to your posts and pages.
- Sell Recipes – Create a recipe directory on your site and lock guests from deserts.
Step-by-step GuideFor a more hands-on view, we have complete tutorials!Read:
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Using the Pay Per Post Plugin
- Pay Per View Posts – Sell access to specific posts and pages on your site
- Membership and Subscriptions – Sell membership plans to access a group of documents on your site
- Direct Payment Support – Integrate with Easy Digital Downloads or WooCommerce to support direct payments for each subscription
- Optional MicroPayments Support – Use with your own defined virtual currency. Support paying for reading the post with virtual currency and also paying the author who wrote the post
- Control Subscription Length – Supports tiered pricing based on lengths of time
Localization and Supported Languages
Localizing Plugin FrontendAll frontend labels can be easily changed to any language so the user interface will speak your language.This also includes adjusting the terms used to match your personal use case. |
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Setting up the Pay Per Post Plugin
- Define Pricing Plans – After installing CM Pay-Per-Post, define your pricing plans
- Define Pricing Tiers – Define pricing tiers for each pricing plan
- Select Post – Select the posts and pages you want to include in each pricing plan
- User Dashboard – Add a shortcode into your users’ dashboards to help them view their active subscription
- Manage Subscriptions – Monitor your plugin performance and active subscriptions from the admin panel
Pay Per Post Plugin Image Gallery
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- Shortcode support showing user’s active subscriptions
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- Manually Adding a Subscription to a Post
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- Admin Dashboard of Active Subscriptions
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- Metabox of Pay Per Post Pricing Option in each Page or Post
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- Pay Per Post Plugin Payment Screen
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- Pricing Groups and Pricing Tiers
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- Pay Per Post Labels
Back-end Gallery
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- General-Subscriptions
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- General-Post Types
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- General-Search Engines
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- Pricing
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- Refund
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- Notifications
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- Labels-Pay Box
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- Labels-Subscription
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- Labels-Shortcode
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- Labels-Refund
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- Add Subscriptions
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- Shortcodes
Pay Per Post Additional Addons and Modules
The following is a list of additional modules and addons which when installed together with the Pay Per Post plugin provide additional functionality
Pay Per Post Related Related Plugins
Pay Per Post Frequently Asked Questions
Please check the user guide to learn more about this plugin.
Can I use both EDD/WooCommerce and Micropayments?
Sure. You can install both MicroPayments and Pay Per Post, and use on per-post or group of posts decide if the payment should be made with direct payments or micropayments. This is ideal for small amount transactions.
Is there a way for users to view and track their subscriptions on WordPress?
Yes. Using the shortcode [cmppp-subscriptions] you can let each of your subscribers view exactly which pages and posts they are subscribed to and how much time they have left until their subscription expires. Once you insert this shortcode into the protected page or post, users will be able to see their subscriptions on WordPress frontend, and renew them if needed.
To learn more about this feature see this Help article.
Can I restrict content from other plugins?
It’s possible, but it depends on the other plugin.
Example: you can combine PPP with CM Answers and charge visitors to access each question.
Note that is a general rule. We cannot guarantee compatibility with other plugins, as that involves code we don’t control.
Learn more about the requirements: CM Pay Per Post (CMPPP) – How To – Restrict Content From Other Plugins (Custom Post Types).
Can I create a subscription plan for specified post groups?
Absolutely. You can create post groups that will be hidden or shown to users depending on their subscription status. Once a user subscribes to a post groups, all posts within the group will become available for viewing.
To learn more about this feature see this Help article.
Can I integrate the Pay Per Post plugin with a WooCommerce shopping cart?
Does this Plugin handle refunds or does this have to be done manually?
Our plugin assists you in managing refunds. Refunds can be processed automatically if the payment method was Micropayments, if they payment was made using EDD or WooCommerce then it will need to be processed manually
To learn more about this feature see this Help article.
Do you have a free version of this plugin?
No, this is not a free plugin and we do not have a free version of this plugin.
Do I miss out on SEO opportunities by hiding content behind a Pay Wall?
No. Our Pay per Post plugin has Configuration settings for displaying the content of paid posts to google’s spiders rather than the payment screen. This way, the paid content can be indexed to boost your site’s SEO.
To learn how this option is enabled see this Documentation Article.
Added options for styling paybox and checkout button