Patronage system. A free Patreon-like tool to monetize your creations and reward your backers with restricted content. Works great with WooCommerce.

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Patrons Tips is a free patronage system for artists and content creators (like Patreon, Tipeee, Buy Me A Coffee, Ko-Fi, etc.) that settles on your website.
It allows your audience to financially support your work!
<ol>
<li>Set up membership tiers and define their restricted content.</li>
<li>Customize and publish your patronage page.</li>
<li>Patrons subscribe to access this exclusive content and become part of your special community!!</li>
</ol>
Patrons Tips is fully integrated with WooCommerce to collect online payments.
Try this patronage tool live on the <a href="https://demo.patronstips.com/en/become-my-patron/" rel="nofollow ugc">demo website</a>, or <a href="https://tastewp.com/template/patronstips/?redirect=admin.php%3Fpage%3Dpatips_tiers&ni=true" rel="nofollow ugc">generate a temporary site</a> to test the backend!
<h4>Main features</h4>
★ Patron tiers
<ul>
<li>Create unlimited membership levels</li>
<li>Customize your tiers with your own titles, descriptions, images et prices. </li>
</ul>
Think about what could interest your fans to make your reward system: early access, exclusive work, being part of your very special members, being credited on your videos, posts, etc.
★ One-off and recurring payments with WooCommerce
<ul>
<li>Receive unique one-time payments using WooCommerce</li>
<li>Receive automatic monthly recurring payments, through one of the supported extensions :
<ul>
<li><a href="https://woocommerce.com/products/woocommerce-subscriptions/" rel="nofollow ugc">WooCommerce Subscriptions</a> by WooCommerce (paid)</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/subscriptions-for-woocommerce/" rel="ugc">Subscriptions for WooCommerce</a> by WP Swings (free)</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/flexible-subscriptions/" rel="ugc">Flexible Subscriptions</a> by WP Desk (free)</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
Automate a regular income to focus on your core activity and passion.
★ Content restriction
<ul>
<li>Restrict certain content categories and tags (posts, medias and products) to your patrons only</li>
<li>Define which patronage level gives access to which content</li>
<li>Restricted content is automatically unlocked for one month as soon as the patron subscribes to an eligible tier</li>
</ul>
★ Customizable sales page
<ul>
<li>A landing page with a familiar interface is automatically created</li>
<li>Customize it completely by following the recommendations to encourage your patrons to support you</li>
</ul>
★ Patron area
<ul>
<li>A page dedicated to your patrons in order to manage their patronage (integrated to “My account” with WooCommerce)</li>
<li>Your patrons can see their current status, patronage history and a list of unlocked rewards</li>
</ul>
★ Customize your website with Blocks and Shortcodes
<ul>
<li>Display a patron counter, subscription form, patron list, modular post/media/product lists, image of the month, etc. thanks to the many supplied blocks and shortcodes. </li>
</ul>
★ Translation ready
<ul>
<li>Multilingual support with WPML and Polylang</li>
<li>Available in English and French. You can also help us <a href="https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/patrons-tips" rel="nofollow ugc">translating Patrons Tips</a> in your language.</li>
</ul>
The best inside
<ul>
<li>API for developers (PHP actions and filters, JS actions).</li>
<li>Support WP privacy tools for exporting and erasing your patrons’ personal data</li>
</ul>
See the full <a href="https://patronstips.com/en/features/?utm_source=wp-plugin-page&utm_medium=wordpress&utm_content=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">list of features here</a>.
<h4>More features with Patrons Tips Pro</h4>
<a href="https://patronstips.com/en/downloads/patrons-tips-pro/?utm_source=wp-plugin-page&utm_medium=wordpress&utm_content=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">Patrons Tips Pro</a> allows you to restrict your content to patrons of the month of their publication.
If you published a restricted post/image/product in July 2025, then only people who were patrons in July 2025 will be able to see it. Newcomers will never have the permission to see it.
This way, you will no longer give access to all the content you have created to the first person who comes along.
This feature protects your work and increases its value and is exclusive to Patrons Tips Pro, no other patronage system offers it.
Patrons Tips Pro also includes many features:
<ul>
<li>Restrict posts, medias and products by tier to patrons of the month of publication</li>
<li>Restrict the availability of one or more tiers to offer limited premium rewards</li>
<li>Display monthly stretch goals (number of patrons or amount of money) to encourage more backers to contribute</li>
<li>Manually add patrons from the back office</li>
<li>Manually manage your patrons’ history, you can change, revoke and subscribe patrons to any tier, any month</li>
<li>Patrons can choose their own nickname which will be displayed in patron lists</li>
<li>Give your patrons annual badges to reward their loyalty and make them feel special</li>
<li>Send automatic reminder emails when a patronage expires (with WooCommerce)</li>
</ul>
<a href="https://patronstips.com/en/downloads/patrons-tips-pro/?utm_source=wp-plugin-page&utm_medium=wordpress&utm_content=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">Purchase Patrons Tips Pro here</a>.
<h4>How is Patrons Tips different from crowdfunding platforms such as Patreon or Tipeee?</h4>
<ul>
<li>Patrons Tips is free: there are neither fees nor commissions on sales.</li>
<li>Patrons Tips is independant: you and your patrons are not locked into a platform and its terms (pricing, features, policies, etc.) for life.</li>
<li>Patrons Tips settles on your website : customize your site and its features using WordPress plugins.</li>
</ul>
<h4>This plugin is perfect for… you ?</h4>
This sponsorship system was specifically created to meet the needs of most independant creators:
<ul>
<li>Artists (painters, cartoonists, photographers, 3D artists…)</li>
<li>Video makers (youtubers, streamers…)</li>
<li>Authors (reporters, writers, bloggers…)</li>
<li>Musicians (composers, singers, instrumentalists…)</li>
<li>Performers (humorists, dancers, circus artists…)</li>
<li>Podcasters (hosts, interviewers…)</li>
<li>Cosplayers (tailors, models…)</li>
<li>Developers (video games creators, web developers…)</li>
<li>Craftspeople (plush makers, ceramists, jewelers…)</li>
<li>Advisers (speakers, experts…)</li>
<li>Sportspeople (athletes, coaches…)</li>
<li>and maybe you!</li>
</ul>
If you want to be financially supported for your creative work, then you should give it a try!
<h4>We are listening</h4>
Patrons Tips is the result of a collaboration between an artist and a developer.
We will be happy to provide help and support:
<ul>
<li>Take a look at our <a href="https://patronstips.com/en/user-documentation/?utm_source=wp-plugin-page&utm_medium=wordpress&utm_content=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">documentation</a></li>
<li>Contact us at contact@patronstips.com (French and English)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Requirements</h4>
<ul>
<li>WordPress: 6.7 or later</li>
<li>PHP: 7.0 or later</li>
<li>MySQL: 5.7.22 or later (or MariaDB 10.5.4 or later)</li>
<li>WooCommerce: 8.8 or later</li>
<li>Patrons Tips can be used without WooCommerce</li>
</ul>

Patrons Tips


I’m a cartoonist and one of the creators of this plugin. I’ve been using a prototype version since 2020 and it helped me have a welcomed source of income. It works perfectly on my website entantquechat.fr and my backers (around 20 per month) are glad I shared exclusives with them (some of them have been backing me from the beginning!). My dear community is supportive and encourages me in my projects. I hope Patrons Tips will help other creators too!


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