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We make small, friendly tools for people who write on the internet. Today that means Publisher Paywall: your newest posts stay free and find readers, your archive earns. Tomorrow, who knows. We're brewing.

↓Free downloadWWordPress 6.0+$Free, with Pro at $9.99/month
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The five rules of writing online
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Stripe payout · May 12
$1,284.50
312 members↑ 18% MoM
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Publisher Paywall

A Stripe paywall for WordPress. Install it, connect Stripe, get paid.

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Publisher Paywall · v2.0.3

Your newest posts stay free.
Your archive pays you.

Drop it in. Connect Stripe. Set one number: how many days a post stays free after you publish it. New writing goes out to everyone and does the work of finding readers. The archive those readers dig into is what they pay for.

  • Set it once — posts become premium automatically after the number of days you choose
  • Members log in with a one-time email link, no passwords
  • Monthly and annual subscriptions, in the free plugin. Tip unlock and per-article purchase are Pro.
  • Free to install and use. Pro is $9.99/month or $99/year.
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Essay · 6 min read

The five rules of writing online

Maya Chen · May 12

For three years I wrote into the void. Twice a week, every week, pretending an audience existed until one quietly did. The thing nobody told me is that publishing is the easy part.

What's hard is the next two thousand decisions. What to write about. How long it should be. Whether to put your best line in the headline or save it. Whether to take a Tuesday off.

Rule one: don't write what you already know — write what you suspect. Suspicion has a heartbeat. Knowledge has been embalmed. Rule two: the first paragraph is a promise; pay it back by the third. Rule three…

...rule four is the one I almost titled this essay after, but I'll save the punch for later. It's about cadence — about why writing 600 words four times a week beats 3,000 once.

And rule five, finally, is the rule that took me longest...

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Shown with Pro features enabled. Free-post quotas and per-post unlock are Pro. Subscriptions and magic login are included in the free plugin.

Features

Just enough plugin.

No CRM. No popup builder. No emails about your engagement score.

Lock by publish date
Posts become premium automatically after X days.
Set a free window — say, 7 days — and Publisher Paywall automatically puts older posts behind the paywall. No tagging posts one by one. Write, publish, done.
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One-time or recurring
Monthly and annual subscriptions in the free plugin. One-off unlocks are Pro.
Choose subscriptions, tip unlock, per-article purchase, or a mix. Set your own prices, keep full control. Publisher Paywall handles the checkout — you keep the revenue.
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No-password login
Email-link sign in — no passwords ever.
Readers enter their email, click a link, and they're in. No passwords to forget, no friction at the door. Just your writing and your readers.
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Free to start
The free plugin is free to keep. No card, no expiry.
Download Publisher Paywall free from WordPress.org. Subscription monetization is included at no cost. Upgrade to Pro when you're ready for tip unlock, per-article purchase, and more.
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Simple setup
Live in about two minutes, once your Stripe account is ready.
Install the plugin, connect Stripe, set your paywall rules, and launch. No developer needed, no complicated configuration. If you can publish a WordPress post, you can run a paywall.
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Your readers stay yours
Your readers' data stays in your WordPress database and your Stripe account.
Publisher Paywall runs entirely on your WordPress server. We don't collect your readers' emails, IPs, or reading habits. Your audience is yours — always.
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Earnings calculator

What could your blog
be brewing up?

Enter your numbers below. Publisher Paywall Pro is a flat $9.99/month — everything else goes straight to your Stripe.

%
$/mo
Estimated monthly earnings
$326
You write. Publisher Paywall turns 42 of your readers into members.
You only need 2 members to cover Publisher Paywall.
Member revenue
$336/mo
Publisher Paywall Pro
−$9.99/mo · or $8.25/mo billed annually
Yearly net
$3,912
Stripe fees apply (2.9% + $0.30 per transaction).
Hey, writers

Your blog can pay your
rent, your boba, your kid's piano lessons.

Pour Publisher Paywall into your site this afternoon. Set one number and your archive starts working. Cancel any time with a button that actually works.