Orazio Puglisi Paywall

Orazio Puglisi Paywall turns any WordPress page or post into paid content with a simple shortcode or block:

[veo_pa_premium]Your content here[/veo_pa_premium]

No WooCommerce, no shop to set up, no user accounts to manage. Visitors pay once (no recurring subscription) with PayPal — PayPal account or credit card — and instantly unlock access.

Free features

• Unlimited, fully customizable pricing tiers (name, description, price, access duration)

• One-time payments only — no subscriptions, no automatic renewals

• PayPal Checkout: pay with a PayPal account or a credit card, no PayPal account needed

• Personal 4-digit login code sent by email, so customers can unlock their purchase on any device, with a self-service “Forgot your code?” link

• Customers page: search, manual add, resend or renew a code, CSV export

• Lock a whole category in one click: every post in it becomes paid content, with a free preview of the first paragraphs

• “My access” page where customers see their plans and expiry dates

• Structured data telling Google which part of a page is paid, so your SEO is preserved

• One-click buttons to get your PayPal (live and sandbox) keys

• Gutenberg blocks: “Orazio Puglisi Paywall – Premium content”, “Orazio Puglisi Paywall – Pricing tiers”, “Orazio Puglisi Paywall – Code login” and “Orazio Puglisi Paywall – My access” (shortcodes also available)

• Brute-force protection on the login form

• Payment form, emails and admin available in 24 languages, independent of the site’s language

• Customizable accent color and a “Most popular” badge

• Secret owner link to see all premium content without logging in

• Export / import of all your settings in one file (backup, or copy to another site)

• “Premium content” padlock button in the classic editor: select the paid part, click, done

Three steps: Free, Essential, Pro

Start simple and move up a step when you are ready — your settings and customers are kept.

• Essential adds: Stripe (card, Apple Pay, Google Pay), pay what you want and donations (with a “Support” page), pay-per-article, numbered receipts with VAT details, sales statistics.

• Pro adds everything below.

Pro features

• Renewable access (optional): a tier can be charged automatically every period through Stripe or PayPal subscriptions, and customers stop it in one click from their “My access” page. One-time payment stays the default.

• Metered paywall: offer a few paid articles to each visitor before showing the payment options

• Pay what you want (the tier price becomes a minimum) and support donations

• Protected files (PDF, PGN, ZIP, audio…) downloadable only by readers with access, stored in a closed folder

• Numbered receipts sent by email after each payment, with your details, VAT breakdown and tax note

• “Subscribe to the newsletter” checkbox connected to Brevo or Mailchimp

• Conversion rate in the statistics (paywall views, started and completed payments, active subscriptions, renewals)

• Pay-per-article: a “This article only” option next to your plans, with a price per post or a default price

• Category tiers: a plan that unlocks only one category (e.g. “Openings pack”)

• Promo codes with a percentage, an end date and a maximum number of uses

• Expiry reminder: an email with a one-click renewal link a few days before access ends (no automatic renewal)

• Stripe Checkout: credit cards, Apple Pay and Google Pay, alongside or instead of PayPal

• “Email booking” tiers for services such as one-on-one lessons or consultations

• Gift codes: create them yourself, or let customers buy a gift online

• Automatic referral codes with a discount for the new customer and free days for the referrer

• Sales statistics (revenue, average order, sales by tier, payment method and month) and CSV export

• Send an email to all your customers at once, in small batches, with an unsubscribe link

• Customer reviews, published after your approval

Just want to sell each article at its own price?

Orazio Puglisi Paywall Ultra Lite is a separate, even simpler plugin: write [paywall price="3"] where the text becomes paid, and each article has its own price. PayPal, one settings screen, $10 lifetime licence. Your settings and customers carry over if you later move up to Orazio Puglisi Paywall Essential or Pro.

External services

This plugin connects to the following third-party services. No data is sent to them until you configure the related credentials, and only when a visitor makes a payment.

• PayPal (payments). The PayPal JavaScript SDK is loaded from paypal.com on pages showing the payment tiers, and the plugin calls the PayPal REST API (api-m.paypal.com, or api-m.sandbox.paypal.com in test mode) to create and capture orders. Data sent: order amount, currency and tier name. The customer’s payment details are entered on PayPal’s own form and never pass through your site. PayPal terms, PayPal privacy statement.

• Stripe (Pro version only, when enabled). The customer is redirected to Stripe Checkout (checkout.stripe.com) and the plugin calls the Stripe API (api.stripe.com) to create and verify the payment. Data sent: amount, currency, tier name and the customer’s email. Stripe terms, Stripe privacy policy.

• Brevo / Mailchimp (Pro version only, when configured). When a customer ticks the newsletter box, the plugin sends their email, first name and last name to api.brevo.com or to your Mailchimp data center (*.api.mailchimp.com) to add them to your list. Brevo privacy policy, Mailchimp privacy policy.

• Freemius (licensing and updates of the Pro version, optional usage data). Freemius only collects data if you explicitly opt in when activating the plugin. Freemius terms, Freemius privacy policy.