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Bitcoin Lightning Publisher is a Paywall, Donation and Value 4 Value plugin for WordPress to accept instant Bitcoin Lightning payments. 
It allows you to monetize any digital content with instant microtransactions and receive payments from your visitors directly to your preferred wallet – no need for expensive service providers.
The plugin is the easiest and most flexible plugin to sell your digital content and to receive donations or Value 4 Value payments. 
Using the Bitcoin Lightning Network you can create the best visitor experience with seamless one-click payments.
Benefits for you, the publisher: 
– Monetize any digital content with instant microtransactions 
– Create custom paywalls according to your needs 
– Best and fastest checkout payment experience 
– Superior paywall user experience 
– Save payment fees by using the inexpensive Bitcoin Lightning Network – no need to payment service providers 
– Receive payments directly in your preferred wallet (see “Lightning node connections”)
Benefits for your vistors/customers: 
– Seamless one-click payments and quick access to the content 
– Global availability – let customers from around the world send you payments through the open Bitcoin payment network
Use Case Examples: 
– Accept donations / Value 4 Value payments from your visitors 
– Monetize any digital content on your website: Articles, pages, file, videos, music, podcasts 
– Receive payments (boosts and boostagrams) from podcasting apps via the Podcasting 2.0 <code>podcast:value</code> RSS standard 
– Integrate payments with your website functionality 
– many more
<h3>Features</h3>
<h3>Paywall to sell content</h3>
Sell any digital content (pay-per-post, pay-per-view, pay-per-download, etc.) with a highly configurable paywall
<ul>
<li>WebLN enabled by default for easy on-click payments</li>
<li>Add a paywall to posts and pages to easily charge for any published content</li>
<li>Crowdfund option: make the content freely available after a certain amount is received</li>
<li>Time-in option: keep the article freely available for a certain time and then enable the paywall after that</li>
<li>Time-out option: make the article freely available after a certain time</li>
<li>Configure the price in Satoshis, EUR, USD, or GBP (with real-time exchange rate)</li>
<li>Configure the paywall with a shortcode ([lnpaywall])</li>
<li>Or configure the paywall with a Gutenberg Block</li>
<li>Integrate with other tools and plugins like membership tools to control if the paywall should be enabled (see Paywall Hook section)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Donation / Value 4 Value payments</h3>
The plugin comes with various options to receive donations and Value 4 Value payments.
<ul>
<li>Gutenberg block for a donation widget</li>
<li>Donation widget for themes</li>
<li>Enable the Lightning meta tag to allow users to send payments (Value 4 Value)</li>
<li>Enable the <a href="https://github.com/Podcastindex-org/podcast-namespace/blob/main/value/value.md" rel="nofollow ugc"><code>podcast:value</code> tag</a> in your RSS feed to receive payments for your podcast</li>
</ul>
<h3>Lightning Node connections</h3>
Connect to your existing Bitcoin Lightning node or simply create a new Alby account to instantly receive Lightning payments.
<ul>
<li><a href="https://getalby.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Alby</a></li>
<li>LND</li>
<li>LNDHub (e.g. BlueWallet)</li>
<li>LNBits</li>
<li>BTCPay Server</li>
<li>Lightning Address</li>
</ul>
<h3>REST-API for full advanced custom usage</h3>
For more advanced, custom Lightning integrations you can use the REST API to create and verify invoices. The API also provides a LNURL-pay endpoint. See the REST-API section for details.
<h3>Documentation</h3>
Refer to the <a href="https://github.com/getAlby/lightning-publisher-wordpress#readme" rel="nofollow ugc">readme on GitHub</a> for documentation and more details on how to use the plugin.
<h3>Additional Info</h3>
Contributing 
This plugin is free and open source. We welcome and appreciate new contributions. 
Visit the <a href="https://github.com/getAlby/lightning-publisher-wordpress" rel="nofollow ugc">code repository</a> and help us to improve the plugin.
Donations 
Want to support the work on this plugin? 
Support the team behind it and send some sats to this Bitcoin Lightning Address hello@getalby.com

Bitcoin Lightning Publisher for WordPress

Bitcoin Lightning Publisher is a Paywall, Donation and Value 4 Value plugin to accept instant Bitcoin payments directly to your favorit wallet.

Coinsnap

The <a href="https://coinsnap.io/en/" rel="nofollow ugc">Coinsnap</a> Bitcoin Paywall protects your high-quality content and ensures that you are fairly remunerated for your work.
It allows you to build up a sustainable source of income and be less dependent on advertising revenue or sponsors. With your Coinsnap Bitcoin paywall, you can target loyal users who are willing to pay, which leads to a high-quality community in the long term.
<ul>
<li>Coinsnap Bitcoin Paywall Demo Site: https://btcpaywall.com/</li>
<li>Blog Article: https://coinsnap.io/modules/bitcoin-paywall-plugin/</li>
<li>WordPress: https://wordpress.org/plugins/coinsnap-paywall/</li>
<li>GitHub: https://github.com/Coinsnap/Coinsnap-Paywall</li>
</ul>
<h3>Bitcoin and Lightning payments in Coinsnap Bitcoin Paywall</h3>
The Coinsnap Bitcoin Paywall allows you to accept Bitcoin for exclusive content and clearly differentiate your offer from the competition.
This is how you create added value – both for yourself and for the growing target group of Bitcoin customers!
With the Coinsnap Bitcoin Lightning payment processing plugin you can immediately accept Bitcoin Lightning payments on your site. You don’t need your own Lightning node or any other technical requirements if you’d like to provide payments via Coinsnap payment gateway.
Simply register on <a href="https://app.coinsnap.io/register" rel="nofollow ugc">Coinsnap</a>, enter your own Lightning address and install the Coinsnap payment module in your WordPress backend. Add your store ID and your API key which you’ll find in your Coinsnap account, and your customers can pay you with Bitcoin Lightning right away!
If you want to use another BTCPay server as Payment provider, you need to know your store ID, your API key and gateway URL as required parameters.
<h4>Coinsnap features:</h4>
<ul>
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All you need is your email and a Lightning Wallet with a Lightning address. <a href="https://coinsnap.io/en/lightning-wallet-with-lightning-address/" rel="nofollow ugc">Here you can find an overview of suitable Lightning Wallets</a>
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Accept Bitcoin and Lightning payments in your online store without running your own technical infrastructure. You do not need your own server, nor do you need to run your own Lightning Node. You also do not need a shop-system, for you can sell right out of your forms using the Coinsnap for Content Form 7-plugin.
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Quick and easy registration at Coinsnap: Just enter your email address and your Lightning address – and you are ready to integrate the payment module and start selling for Bitcoin Lightning. You will find the necessary IDs and Keys in your Coinsnap account, too.
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100% protected privacy:
<ul>
<li>We do not collect personal data.</li>
<li>For the registration you only need an e-mail address, which we will also use to inform you when you have received a payment.</li>
<li>No other personal information is required as long as you request a withdrawal to a Lightning address or Bitcoin address.</li>
</ul>
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Only 1 % fees!:
<ul>
<li>No basic fee, no transaction fee, only 1% on the invoice amount with referrer code.</li>
<li>Without referrer code the fee is 1.25%.</li>
<li>Get a referrer code from our <a href="https://coinsnap.io/partner/" rel="nofollow ugc">partners</a> and customers and save 0.25% fee.</li>
</ul>
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No KYC needed:
<ul>
<li>Direct, P2P payments (instantly to your Lightning wallet)</li>
<li>No intermediaries and paperwork</li>
<li>Transaction information is only shared between you and your customer</li>
</ul>
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Sophisticated merchant’s admin dashboard in Coinsnap::
<ul>
<li>See all your transactions at a glance</li>
<li>Follow-up on individual payments</li>
<li>See issues with payments</li>
<li>Export reports</li>
</ul>
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A Bitcoin payment via Lightning offers significant advantages:
<ul>
<li>Lightning payments are executed immediately.</li>
<li>Lightning payments are credited directly to the recipient.</li>
<li>Lightning payments are inexpensive.</li>
<li>Lightning payments are guaranteed. No chargeback risk for the merchant.</li>
<li>Lightning payments can be used worldwide.</li>
<li>Lightning payments are perfect for micropayments.</li>
</ul>
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Multilingual interface and support: We speak your language
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</ul>
<h4>Documentation:</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://docs.coinsnap.io/" rel="nofollow ugc">Coinsnap API (1.0) documentation</a></li>
<li><a href="https://coinsnap.io/help/coinsnap-faq/" rel="nofollow ugc">Frequently Asked Questions</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://coinsnap.io/info/general-terms-and-conditions/" rel="nofollow ugc">Terms and Conditions</a></li>
<li><a href="https://coinsnap.io/info/privacy-policy/" rel="nofollow ugc">Privacy Policy</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>4.2. configure your paywall shortcode</h3>
In the window that now appears, make the following settings (see orange entries):
<ul>
<li>First you assign a name so that you know later what the short code is intended for.</li>
<li>Then you can enter a short description as background information for yourself or your editors.</li>
<li>Then set the text of the payment button.</li>
<li>Set your price!</li>
<li>Select the currency in which the price is to be displayed</li>
<li>Set the duration of the activation and</li>
<li>select the color scheme of the paywall.</li>
</ul>
Now you can copy the shortcode at the bottom and use it in your content!

Coinsnap Bitcoin Paywall

Offer pay-per-text, -video/audio, -digital goods with a Coinsnap Bitcoin paywall. Buyers get instant access after sending Bitcoin/Sats to your wallet

Bitcoin Lightning Publisher for WordPress vs Coinsnap Bitcoin Paywall