Best paywall plugins for WordPress
The most popular paywall plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. codoc leads with 2K+ active installs, ahead of SureMembers (2K+) and Memberful (900+). All 89 plugins tagged “paywall” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 paywall plugins
- 1.
codocThe most installed paywall plugin, with 2K+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 weeks ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 2.
SureMembers2K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.Memberful
900+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 13 reviews, updated 2 days ago.
- 4.Steady for WordPress
600+ active installs. Rated 3.0 from 10 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 5.
Leaky Paywall600+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 35 reviews, updated 4 days ago.
- 6.
Zlick Paywall100+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 10 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 7.
Buy Me a Coffee90+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 8.Exodox
80+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 9.
Bitcoin Lightning Publisher for WordPress80+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 10.
WP VK-付费内容插件(付费阅读/资料/工具软件资源管理)70+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
All 89 plugins tagged “paywall”

codoc
Down in the last 7 days:11#4,637by codoc16 days ago
A WordPress plugin for monetizing your website with paid articles, Reader Plans, and tipping.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 50/day

SureMembers
Up in the last 7 days:24#4,687by Brainstorm Force2 months ago
Protect your content, build memberships, and control who sees what on your WordPress site, without writing a single line of code.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 58/day
Memberful
Down in the last 7 days:31#6,987by memberful2 days ago
Sell memberships and restrict access to content with WordPress and Memberful.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 4.7(13)
- Downloads
- 63/day
Steady for WordPress
Up in the last 7 days:28#8,073by Steady25 days ago
Steady is the perfect plugin for regular payments: offer subscriptions, pledges, use a flexible paywall or start a subscription crowdfunding campaign.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 3.0(10)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Leaky Paywall
Down in the last 7 days:59#8,138by ZEEN1014 days ago
The subscription engine for news & niche publishers.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 4.2(35)
- Downloads
- 55/day

Zlick Paywall
Down in the last 7 days:29#15,121by Zlick25 days ago
Sell subscriptions and one-off access to your content with industry-leading conversion rates, a simple platform to operate, and no upfront costs.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(10)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Buy Me a Coffee
Up in the last 7 days:241#16,801by Hasanuzzaman Shamim2 months ago
WordPress membership, paywall, donation, and subscription plugin for creators. Monetize content with Stripe and PayPal.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Exodox
Up in the last 7 days:45#17,953by Exodox1 year ago
With Exodox you can earn money from your web content, by locking access to selected posts and pages, which readers can unlock with a one-off payment.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Bitcoin Lightning Publisher for WordPress
Down in the last 7 days:144#18,028by getalby1 year ago
Bitcoin Lightning Publisher is a Paywall, Donation and Value 4 Value plugin to accept instant Bitcoin payments directly to your favorit wallet.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day

WP VK-付费内容插件(付费阅读/资料/工具软件资源管理)
Down in the last 7 days:300#18,963by wbolt.com2 months ago
WP VK,中文名称为付费内容插件。近几年付费内容在全球风靡起来,一些公众号及站长开始以付费模式经营有价值的文章、资料文档及工具软件资源等。但站长要在网站博客实现付费内容,需要实现支付接口的对接、付费内容部分加密及订单管理等,而WordPress默认功能又无法提供支持。 为此闪电博,开发了一款专属于 …
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
QuizAd
Down in the last 7 days:75#20,844by softpaywall1 year ago
This plugin allows QuizAd advertisement platform to manage quiz links on wordpress website.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Unlock Protocol
Down in the last 7 days:31#21,500by julien513 years ago
This plugin lets authors add locks to their posts and pages so that only paying visitors can view their content.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Pigeon Paywall
#22,257by Pigeon.io24 days ago
The official Pigeon Paywall plugin for WordPress
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
ITERAS
Up in the last 7 days:544#24,028by ITERAS12 days ago
Integration with ITERAS, a cloud-based state-of-the-art system for managing subscriptions and payments for magazines.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day

PaywallProject
#25,009by PaywallProject5 days ago
All-in-one paywall and subscription plugin for news publishers and magazines.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 12/day
Wallkit Subscriptions & Paywall Plugin for WordPress
Down in the last 7 days:1,044#27,392by wallkit1 year ago
A Plug & Play paid-content system to manage subscribers, gather fees and drive additional content sales.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

Subscription DNA®
Down in the last 7 days:261#28,683by subscriptiondna4 days ago
Connect your WordPress site to Subscription DNA for subscription billing, membership management, and paywall protection.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

PostGate
#29,377by QodeSphere1 month ago
WordPress paywall and content restriction plugin. Sell premium content with Stripe payments, membership access, and recurring subscriptions.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
P2Flux Agent Paywall
Up in the last 7 days:484#30,642by p2flux1 month ago
Get paid in USDC when AI agents read your site. People see your site as always.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

x402 Pay
Down in the last 7 days:547#31,258by Steve Dufresne4 months ago
A USDC paywall for AI crawlers and bots: return HTTP 402, accept a signed micropayment, then serve the content.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

InPlayer Paywall
Up in the last 7 days:371#32,469by InPlayer8 years ago
The InPlayer Paywall plugin is a simple way for monetizing your digital content.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

CleverConnected User Role by Subscription
Up in the last 7 days:12,440#33,134by Ambition4Clients9 months ago
This plug-in connects the subscribers or members data to your WordPress-accounts.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Dropp Pay Per Use
Up in the last 7 days:14#34,460by Dropp Payment App26 days ago
Effortlessly monetize your publication with Dropp Pay Per Use. Accept micropayments for your content.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Lightning Publisher for WordPress
Up in the last 7 days:10,489#35,201by nadaviv8 years ago
Lightning Publisher for WordPress allows you to offer previews of your blog posts and require a Lightning Network payment to release the rest.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Expandable Paywall
#36,585by Matt Pramschufer17 days ago
A paywall solution that can be easily expanded with integration with several third party providers.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

MicroPayments
Up in the last 7 days:9,778#37,235by videowhispertoday
Sell digital content and creator subscriptions with site wallets, searchable catalogs, and buyer and creator workspaces.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 47/day

Fluid
#41,658by Paul Bearne8 years ago
WordPress Integration for Fluid.us mircopayment Fluid is a new revenue partner for publishers. Capture revenues beyond advertising and traditional pay …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Pelcro
Up in the last 7 days:4,404#41,908by pelcro8 years ago
The #1 Content Subscription Platform. All the tools you need to drive subscription revenue from your audience. Setup a membership paywall in minutes.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Transact
Up in the last 7 days:1,385#44,886by transact2 years ago
Micropayments from $0.01. Receive payments for digital content on WordPress.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
YOMERU
Down in the last 7 days:1,056#46,507by DesignPlus3 days ago
Sell individual WordPress articles with Stripe Checkout and provide registered users with a My Page for accessing purchased content.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 22/day

Sesamy
Down in the last 7 days:4,825#48,538by Sesamy1 year ago
Add paywall functionality with Sesamy (sesamy.com) to your WordPress website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

TransX402 Paywall
Up in the last 7 days:22,621#49,775by jamesiscamping2 months ago
Monetize WordPress posts and pages with IDRX micropayments using the x402 protocol.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Pay to Unlock WooCommerce Paywall
Down in the last 7 days:251#50,410by Asif2 months ago
Sell premium parts of any post in minutes. Lock content sections and charge readers to unlock them instantly via WooCommerce.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Metered Content for WooCommerce
#52,284by webangon4 days ago
Free articles, then a paywall: sell metered reading passes, member perks and site licences for your posts with WooCommerce.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 12/day

Prototypux SaaS Engine
Down in the last 7 days:3,550#52,644by tiagoferreiradesign2 months ago
Turn WordPress into a SaaS: map Stripe subscriptions to user roles and publishing quotas. Hosted Checkout, no SDK, enforcement server-side.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

MugenCodex Chapter Coins Paywall
#53,092by mugencodex2 months ago
Lock chapters, episodes and serialized content, give readers coins, and let logged-in users unlock access.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
naulon
Up in the last 7 days:17,680#53,420by Raveen Abeywickrama3 days ago
AI agents pay to read your articles and files. People always read free, and every author is paid directly.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

PayGate Content Restriction
#53,681by joshswebservices6 months ago
Restrict post and page content behind membership tiers with Stripe-native payments. No page builders needed.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

PayButton
Up in the last 7 days:14,088#53,690by Blockchain Ventures Corp.8 months ago
Monetize your content with configurable no-signup paywalls.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 3/day

FlowOnboarding
Up in the last 7 days:17,749#55,230by Gregory Moise3 months ago
Build multi-step onboarding quiz funnels with a built-in paywall screen that turn visitors into paying subscribers.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Zephr
Up in the last 7 days:17,726#55,409by zephr4 years ago
A companion plugin to Zephr which is used to integrate sites with Zephr.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

PREMIUUM Content Monetization
Down in the last 7 days:2,743#56,099by Premiuum4 years ago
Revenue-per-Link™ content monetization. PREMIUUM makes it easy to sell articles, music, videos, files & links via subscriptions and/or micropayments.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

2WayMicropay
#56,144by DReardon1 month ago
Monetize WordPress content with low-cost purchases, author onboarding, revenue sharing, and optional paid comments.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Adless
Up in the last 7 days:3,863#56,166by Adless4 years ago
Monetize your content easily with Adless subscription networks and the official Adless plugin!
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

SubscriptionFlow Add-On for Paywall
Down in the last 7 days:4,928#56,669by appssf2 months ago
SubscriptionFlow Add-On for Paywall is a powerful tool for managing content access restrictions based on user subscriptions.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Easywpkit Paid Content Access
Up in the last 7 days:15,142#57,529by easywpkit2 months ago
🔒 Lock any content by user role – free and unlimited. ⚡ Upgrade to Pro to accept payments via Stripe, PayPal, or WooCommerce.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day

CaphLabs
Up in the last 7 days:15,142#57,541by CaphLabs8 months ago
Detect ad blockers and show a clean, customizable “support us” fence (popup) after a configurable grace countdown.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Micropayments Paywall
Up in the last 7 days:6,281#57,669by Trelis3 years ago
Paywall your posts with a micropayments paywall.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Inklatch
Down in the last 7 days:10,103#58,817by ddoubs221 month ago
Server-side content gating behind email capture. Locked content never appears in your page source — not hidden with CSS, actually absent.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Visitor Content Wall
#59,988by Joshua Almasin4 years ago
Allow only members of your site to view certain posts/pages on your site. If a user is not logged in they will be shown a modal with a content restri …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day