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patreon

Bring Patreon features to your WordPress website and make them work together. You can even easily import your existing Patreon posts and keep your Patreon posts synced to your WP site automatically! Your patron-only content at your WordPress site will encourage your visitors to become your patrons to unlock your content.
You can lock any single post or all of your posts! You can also lock any custom post type. Your visitors can log into your site via Patreon, making it easier for them to use your site in addition to accessing your locked content.
This plugin is developed and maintained by Patreon.
<h4>FEATURES FOR CREATORS</h4>
<ul>
<li>Choose one of your tiers or a minimum pledge amount necessary to access a post or custom post</li>
<li>All patrons with pledge at or above that minimum tier will be able to access your post</li>
<li>Alternatively, you can set a minimum pledge amount to see all posts</li>
<li>Visitors who are not your patrons can click the “Unlock with Patreon” button on the locked post to pledge to you and access content</li>
<li>Visitors will be automatically redirected to Patreon, pledge to you and come back to your site to original unlocked post</li>
<li>Plugin will automatically log in Patreon users</li>
<li>Import your existing Patreon posts, with Video and images</li>
<li>Sync your Patreon posts as you go</li>
<li>Choose the post type, category which posts will be synced to</li>
<li>Choose the author to be used for synced posts</li>
<li>Your posts will be automatically updated as you add/update/delete your Patreon posts</li>
<li>Set custom HTML that non-patrons see instead of the post, prompting them to become a patron</li>
<li>Patreon WordPress is compatible with Paid Memberships Pro – you can gate your content with either plugin</li>
<li>Patreon pledges are matched with Paid Memberships Pro monthly memberships – works out of the box with no changes</li>
<li>Any Patreon patron or Paid Memberships Pro member who qualifies for content via either plugin will access content</li>
</ul>
<blockquote>
You can post entirely independently on your WordPress site from your Patreon page. There is no need for WordPress and Patreon posts to correspond to one another in content or in locked status. The choice is up to you as a creator.
</blockquote>
Got ideas? Post them on our <a href="https://www.patreondevelopers.com/t/wordpress-plugin-feature-ideas/215" rel="nofollow ugc">Patreon WordPress Ideas Thread</a>
<h4>FEATURES FOR PATRONS</h4>
<ul>
<li>This plugin adds a “Unlock with Patreon” button to every post you lock.</li>
<li>“Unlock with Patreon” takes care of everything: whether they’re not a patron yet, or they need to upgrade their pledge, or if they are already pledging enough, the plugin will guide them through the process and back to your content</li>
</ul>
<h4>FEATURES FOR DEVELOPERS</h4>
<ul>
<li>Extend this free basic WordPress plugin with your own inter-operable plugins that install side by side.</li>
<li>Rapidly develop patron-only WordPress features without initial overhead</li>
<li>Immediately usable by existing Patreon creators running this plugin</li>
</ul>
Learn more in our <a href="https://www.patreon.com/portal" rel="nofollow ugc">developer portal</a>.
<h4>PRICING</h4>
This plugin is provided by Patreon for free.
<h4>Install the Patreon WordPress Plugin</h4>
<ol>
<li>Install & activate the plugin</li>
<li>The setup wizard will kick in, helping you to easily connect your WordPress site and Patreon in only two clicks</li>
<li>That’s it!</li>
</ol>
Your plugin is now set up and you can start making your posts patron only!
<h4>Gating Posts</h4>
When posting a new post or editing an existing post (or a custom post type) you will see a dropdown in the right hand column titled “Patreon Level”.
This box shows a dropdown of your Patreon tiers. When you select a Patreon tier and then update the post, visitors will need to be your patrons from that tier level or above to be able to access that post.
To make a locked post public again, just choose “Everyone” from the select box and update your post.
<h4>Protecting Videos</h4>
It is difficult to protect videos due the intensive bandwidth requirements of hosting video and having to rely on third parties such as Youtube or Vimeo. Youtube allows you to set videos to ‘private’ but Vimeo offers extra controls by only allowing videos to be played on specific domains. Visit this guide to <a href="https://help.vimeo.com/hc/en-us/articles/224817847-Privacy-settings-overview" rel="nofollow ugc">protecting your video content with Vimeo</a>.

Patreon WordPress


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Does What It Needs to do

Connect your WordPress site to Patreon and increase your members and pledges!

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patronstips

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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 monetize 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!


Great & free alternative to Patreon, Tipeee, etc.

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

Patreon WordPress vs Patrons Tips