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<p>This widget is everything I ever wanted (so far) in a WordPress widget. Built to stand on it’s own, you can create as many these in different sidebars that you want. I wanted a unique widget for every podcast I was hosting on the AM Podcast Network. Each podcast could have it’s own support widget and it opened up new doors immediately.</p>
<p>There are 3 main areas of this widget to ensure you get your financial support, social support, and newsletter support. While I designed this for podcasting, it can be used on every single WordPress site. You have full control of all the controls and it uses Font Awesome for social icons that you can size. The widget supports Sendy and Mailchimp. I will consider adding more in the future.</p>
<p>I found it frustrating that getting widgets or plugins that are built with Sendy either suck or are premium plugins. This is the reason it’s free with no “Premium” version planned. If you are able to donate or support at all, it’s appreciated. No support is required to use this. All further updates will come as needed.</p>
<p>Let’s dissect this a little further:</p>
<p>Patreon</p>
<ul>
<li>The image for Patreon support should be a 300 x 300px.</li>
<li>Add your Patreon link and it will be an easy click for your supporters.</li>
<li>You can check the box on the widget to disable Patreon support.</li>
<li>Future platform support will be considered.</li>
</ul>
<p>Social Network Icons</p>
<ul>
<li>You choose the color & text size.</li>
<li>Only links you fill in will show.</li>
<li>This has 20 support links: A few notes about the sections above: Android (Google Play), Apple (iTunes), Behance, BTC (Bitcoin), Facebook, Github, Google Plus, Home (website link), Instagram, LinkedIn, Medium, Pinterest, RSS, SoundCloud, Trello, Twitch, Tumblr, Twitter, and YouTube.</li>
<li>All clicks open new tab/window.</li>
</ul>
<p>Newsletter Section</p>
<ul>
<li>You can choose Sendy or Mailchimp.</li>
<li>Add your API URL, API Key, and List ID for Sendy.</li>
<li>Add API Key & List ID for Mailchimp.</li>
<li>The widget can only use one or the other, not both at the same time.</li>
<li>Change the Successful Subscription Message to your own message.</li>
</ul>
<p>Support can be provided at <a href="https://www.ampodcastnetwork.com/forum/forums/total-support-widget/" title="AMPN Support Forum" rel="nofollow ugc">the AM Podcast Network Community</a>. You can ask for help, suggest future changes, or leave a comment.</p>


Total Support Widget

The Total Support Widget gives you Patreon, 20 social & support links, and Sendy or Mailchimp signup.

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<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>This plugin is developed and maintained by Patreon.</p>
<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>
<p><em>You can post entirely independently on your WordPress site from your Patreon page.</em> 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.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>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></p>
<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>
<p>Learn more in our <a href="https://www.patreon.com/portal" rel="nofollow ugc">developer portal</a>.</p>
<h4>PRICING</h4>
<p>This plugin is provided by Patreon for free.</p>
<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>
<p>Your plugin is now set up and you can start making your posts patron only!</p>
<h4>Gating Posts</h4>
<p>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”.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>To make a locked post public again, just choose “Everyone” from the select box and update your post.</p>
<h4>Protecting Videos</h4>
<p>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>.</p>


Patreon WordPress


Works well with a responsive developer. (Note, o)


Does What It Needs to do


The Pro Version stopped working at 1.6.4: Users were unable to connect to Patreon. 



Downgrading to 1.6.3 fixed the problem. Unfortunately all further updates didn't fix the problem, only a downgrade would make it work again. The current version can't be tested without updating my subscription. 



Support disappeared after the first response, where a fix was promised but never delivered


Pro Version stopped working - Support disappeared

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

Total Support Widget vs Patreon WordPress