What’s new in 4.1
PaywallProject 4.1 lets an AI app help with subscriber support, adds refunds and subscription actions to wp-admin, reminds readers who leave checkout, and protects e-edition PDFs.
Tyler Channell
Tyler is the founder of PaywallProject and CEO of Newsletter Glue, helping independent publishers grow revenue through digital subscriptions and email newsletters.
PHP2Shell: How PaywallProject Sites Were Protected Before a Fix Existed
Two critical PHP flaws put every WordPress site at risk in October. Sites hosted by PaywallProject were shielded before a fix existed and patched the same day. Publishers had nothing to do.
What’s new in 4.0
PaywallProject 4.0 adds recurring coupons, free plans by email domain, Newsletter Glue sync, profile photos and AI Shield, and makes Connect with Stripe the one way to take payments.
How to Get Your First 100 Paid Subscribers With a Free Registration Wall
Most local publishers tend to be too generous with their free views. In our experience, they let readers have 10 or more free stories a month before asking for anything, even a free registration. It comes from a good place.…
How to Block AI Bots Without Blocking Google: A Guide for News Publishers
AI companies send bots to local news sites every day. Some copy (scrape) your articles to train their AI models. Others summarize your stories inside ChatGPT, Perplexity and similar tools, so readers get the news without ever clicking through to…
How a Small-Town Newspaper Built Digital Subscription Revenue
A newspaper in a town of 758 people, in a county of 17,000, started selling online subscriptions with PaywallProject. It began with virtually no online subscribers. $2,500+ A month in subscription revenue, up from almost nothing at launch 3× Email…
Case Study: 127% Subscription Revenue Growth for a City News Site
A digital news site serving a city of about 180,000 people moved to PaywallProject. Since then, its monthly subscription revenue has more than doubled and its email list has tripled. 2× Monthly subscription revenue, more than doubled since the move…
Should You Stop Printing? A Publisher’s Guide to the Print to Digital Transition
When should a newspaper stop printing? Most advice says “it depends.” We think there’s a clearer answer: stop when your paid digital subscriptions can carry the paper. The best reason to end print is that something better has taken its…
Newspaper CMS Comparison: PaywallProject (WordPress) vs. BLOX CMS vs. Surf CMS
Choosing a newspaper CMS is one of the highest-stakes technology decisions a local publisher makes. It touches everything from how fast a reporter can file a breaking story to whether the paper collects a single dollar in digital subscription revenue.…
NoticePress: Public Notice Software Built Right Into WordPress
For most newspapers, dealing with public notices is a manual, offline process: an emailed PDF, a mailed check that has to clear before anything gets typeset, followed up by an affidavit among other requirements. Getting that process online has always…