Setting up Leaky Paywall

The page should now look like this: 

2. Create a page for the subscribe cards

Add the shortcode [leaky_paywall_subscription] to your subscription page and on the Leaky Paywall options select the page from the Page for Subscription dropdown.

After you add your subscription level(s), the page should look like this:

3. Create a page for the register form

You will need to create a page for the Register Form if you plan to use Stripe Credit Card as your payment gateway and/or enable Paypal.

*Note: Make sure you disable caching for the registration page url

Add the shortcode [leaky_paywall_register_form] to your register page and on the Leaky Paywall options select the page from the Page for Register Form dropdown.

 After adding subscription level(s), the registration form will look like this:

4. Create a My Profile or My Account page

Add the shortcode [leaky_paywall_profile] to your my profile page and on the Leaky Paywall options select the page from the Page for Profile dropdown. If using multisite, the My Account page will also show all current subscriptions that a subscriber has running in one spot regardless of which publication they are visiting.

On this page a subscriber can:

• Change their personal info
• See what they are subscribed to
• Update their credit card info with Stripe. PayPal simply links them to PayPal.
• Cancel their subscriptions
• Log in and log out

5. Set a page for the subscriber to be redirected to after they subscribe

This can be a new page or an existing page such as My Account. If you would like to redirect a subscriber to the content they were viewing before registering, use our Registration Redirect add-on.

6. Add links to your subscription and login pages

You could place them in your main menu or a sidebar widget.

7. Set the content restriction options

On the Subscriptions tab, choose the type of content to restrict and how many views are allowed. For more detailed information on our content restrictions and how they work, please view our article ' How Leaky Paywall’s Content Restrictions Work'.

When a user hits their article limit, they will see the the subscribe nag with a message to subscribe or login. This message can be customized on the General tab.

8. Create subscription levels

Set the name of the subscription level, if it will be recurring (or one time), the price of the subscription in dollars, the subscription length, and what the user has access to with the subscription level. You can add multiple access options by clicking on “Add New Post Type”.

You can create as many levels as you need using our Multiple Levels add-on.

You can create recurring subscriptions using our Recurring Payments add-on.

9. Enter payment gateway settings

On the Payments tab, choose one of the Stripe options, Paypal Standard, or both (do not enable both Stipe options). Enter the API keys from your Stripe and/or Paypal accounts.

For Stripe make sure you add your webhooks URL to your Stripe account settings (your Live Webhooks setting):

This is needed in order to ensure Leaky Paywall knows when a new payment has been made.

Next add your Live and Test Keys to Leaky Paywall. In Stripe if you go to Account Settings -> Webhooks, it should have something like this:

Add the webhooks you need to the Leaky Paywall Settings/Payment Gateway Settings screen

10. Create a welcome email message

New subscribers will get a custom message from you. You can use HTML for a fancier email if you like. Note: Stripe requires a $0.50 minimum transaction to trigger welcome messages.

Also make sure you have a transaction email service set up to ensure email delivery.

11. Testing Subscription access

Log in as a subscriber to test the experience: https://zeen101.helpscoutdocs.com/article/173-how-to-test-subscription-access

12. Adding subscribers manually

If you are adding a few subscribers manually to kick things off make sure the Payment Method you select is 'Manual' Otherwise Leaky Paywall will try to contact Stripe/PayPal to verify access.