Features

Take control of your tech

Our native WordPress platform helps publishers create the seamless website experience their readers expect.

Get more engagement

Lean on our nurturing funnel, targeting & flexible restrictions, flowletter email/SMS system, and apps to move casual readers into paid.

Deliver growth

Outperform search & social: Our framework builds email lists, swells traffic back to your website, and converts more paying subscribers.

“We’ve recently expanded from one paywalled website to two, and after two years of working with Leaky Paywall, I wouldn’t really consider any other option. Thank you LP for making our business possible, and for working with us to create our custom paywall website solution. You guys are great.”

Ben Moss – Publisher

Take control of your tech

The biggest complaint we hear from publishers is, “Things just don’t work.” Leaky Paywall fixes that by running subscriptions natively in WordPress, improving reader access, and providing the flexibility to design subscriptions that fit each audience.

  • Flexible WordPress native implementation
  • More control over the the reader experience on your website
  • The only paywall that works with server caching
  • No login required from newsletter links
  • Easily integrate with 3rd party WordPress plugins


See the full feature list

Finally, a paywall that actually engages your readers

Leaky Paywall’s flexibility lets you customize your website experience to precisely match your content offering.

  • Grow your audience with a high conversion free registration wall
  • Target your free and paid subscribers with dynamic messaging both on-site and via email/SMS
  • Prompt custom in-content subscription offers based on rules: category, tag, subscription level, and status
  • Use conditional displays to show/hide sitewide messages based on category, tag, subscription level, and payment status

See the full feature list

Over 1000 publishers depend on Leaky Paywall

More revenue than you thought possible

Offer flexible subscription tiers. Includes coupons, gift subscriptions, donations, free and paid trials as well as subscription delays.

  • Sell access that precisely matches your content: premium newsletters, pay-per-article, multiple websites, e-editions, ad-free plans, family & group plans, archives, and more
  • Robust Corporate, Group, and on-location access
  • Block Incognito mode browsing
  • Understand what articles are actually converting subscribers

See the full feature list

“Having been with a previous paywall which ended in disaster. Leaky Paywall set up and migrated our previous subscribers within a matter of days. The paywall has been working like a dream and support has been answered within minutes. Their advice has skyrocketed our subscribers and streamlined our business. Would highly recommend.”

Kate Langshaw – Technical Director

The newsletter platform for subscription publishers.


Our flowletter newsletter and SMS platform cuts your workflow in half, offers full sending automation and reduces your support emails with our auto-login feature.

  • Cut your workflow in half by publishing and sending directly from WordPress
  • Easily manage free and paid subscriber newsletters with full Leaky Paywall integration
  • Provide Instant Access (no login) to your premium content for a frustration-free subscriber experience
  • Let subscribers choose content categories easily with simple checkboxes during signup or anytime on their My Account page.

Buy back your time with flowletter

Your iOS and Android apps are ready already

Give your audience the best reading experience. Earn more revenue with in-app sponsorships and ads. No extra effort, our APIs instantly drive your WordPress content into your apps.

  • Easy login: Leaky Paywall subscribers use their existing email and password to gain app access
  • Push notifications can be sent manually and also automatically by WordPress article and category
  • We support AdMob, Google DFP, and the Advanced Ads WordPress plugin to push advertising into the apps
  • Use two dedicated in-app ad zones for you to sell a high visibility sponsorship

See the full feature list

“You guys have built a beast of a platform. Now we can get back to our publication’s original mission, and not have to spend resources fighting our technology.”

James Baxter – Publisher

Integrated with the software you already use.

Connect Leaky Paywall to email systems, CRMs, circulation software, 100’s of payment gateways, and fully integrated iOS & Android apps.

  • Stripe, Stripe Checkout, Apple/Google Pay, PayPal, Authorize.net, and WooCommerce for 100’s of additional payment gateways
  • CRMs: Mailchimp, HubSpot, Salesforce, Campaign Monitor, Acoustic, Pipedrive, ZOHO, Magnaquest, SecondStreet
  • Circulation software: simplecirc, SFS, Ad Orbit/MagHub, RunMags, Omeda, PSA, Darwin CX, PCS, Magazine Manager, Amplio, Acoustic, Interlink
  • Slack, Zapier and more in development

See the full feature list

Comparing the six months since to the six months before Leaky Paywall, Twitter followers have gone up more than 20%, Tweets more than 950%, impressions more than 1000%, engagement more than 2000%.

Bryan Fong – Publisher

The Practice @ Harvard

All the features your publication needs

Revenue

  • Sell subscriptions and next level membership access
  • Sell individual articles/video in tandem with subscriptions
  • Sell family, group and corporate access
  • Provide retail location access
  • Offer MultiPass multiple website access
  • Sell archive content subscriptions
  • Promote donations with your subscriptions
  • Dynamic offers via targeted messaging
  • Free and paid trials, subscription delay, gift subscriptions, coupons
  • Sell ad-free plans
  • Custom and Quick Registration wall integration
  • One click upsell on checkout
  • See all included advanced extensions

Integrations

  • Native WordPress integration to leverage hooks, filters, categories & tags
  • Circulation software: Simplecirc, Ad Orbit/MagHub, RunMags, Magazine Manager, Omeda, PSA, PCD, PCS, Darwin CX, Amplio, Interlink
  • flowletter.io for a faster newsletter publishing workflow and better subscriber experience
  • Stripe (Verified Partner), Stripe checkout, PayPal, Authorize.net, Apple/Google Pay
  • WooCommerce to unlock 100’s of international payment gateways
  • Mailchimp, HubSpot, Campaign Monitor, Pipedrive, ZOHO, Magnaquest, flowletter
  • Slack, HubSpot, and more in development
  • Zapier integrated to send full registration data
  • Mobiloud apps
  • PugPig apps

Utilities

  • Works with third party WordPress plugins
  • Supports server caching out of the box
  • Insights to track subscriber behavior
  • Incognito mode blocker
  • Shortcodes restrict in-article content
  • Restrict e-editions on-site
  • Lock down files
  • Ad Dropper subscription promotions
  • Send custom welcome emails by subscription level
  • Login and registration redirect to visited article
  • Reporting Tool (CSV export)
  • Offer invoices to subscribers
  • Article countdown nag
  • Ad Blocker pop-up
  • Custom Registration fields
  • Custom Landing pages
  • Registration mailing fields
  • Double Opt In registration, Recaptcha & Turnstile
  • SCA Compliant
  • GDPR Compliant