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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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No Paywall, Still Profitable: How One Local Publisher Turns Free Readers Into Paying Members
Most publishers assume you need a hard paywall to generate reader revenue. One local news publisher is proving otherwise. This publisher has no paywall…
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How Local News Publishers Can Cut Subscriber Churn With Newsletters
Subscriber churn is quiet. It doesn’t announce itself. One month a reader is engaged, and a few months later they’re gone, and most publishers…
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WooCommerce Subscriptions Alternative for News Publishers
If you’ve searched for a way to charge readers for subscriptions on WordPress, WooCommerce Subscriptions has probably come up. It’s the biggest name in…
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