Features Built for Publishers

Take Control of your Tech

Native WordPress means you have more control. Gain the flexibility to build the exact reader experience your audience deserves.

800+ Publishers depend on Leaky Paywall

List Builder

Grow your email list 5x faster than popups – and build the registered audience that converts to paid subscribers.

Registration Wall

  • Replaces low-converting popups with a content-driven registration wall that grows lists 5x faster
  • Readers give their email to keep reading – a fair exchange that builds a higher-quality list
  • Metered control over how many free articles readers see before the wall appears

3-in-1 Reader Gateway

  • Serves as registration, login, and password reset in a single step
  • Automatically checks if a reader is already a subscriber and routes them accordingly
  • Blocks AI scrapers from crawling your content for free


Email & Nurture Ready

  • Registered readers sync automatically to Mailchimp, Kit, ActiveCampaign, and more
  • Segment by category, tag, and subscription level
  • Every registered reader becomes a trackable, nurture-able contact on the path to paid

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Revenue tools

Flexible subscription products, corporate sales, and conversion tools to maximize revenue from every visitor.

Subscription Products

  • Sell access via audience segments (by category/tag, paid newsletters, pay-per-article, e-editions, archives)
  • Donations and ad free plans
  • MultiPass for multiple websites

Group & Corporate Sales

  • Corporate access via company email
  • Group access by # of seats and family plans
  • On-site location access (IP Exceptions)

Conversion Tools

  • Email only registration wall with opt-in newsletter categories
  • Tracks articles triggering free & paid readers
  • A/B testing

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“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.”

Jon Clarke – Owner

Targeting & Restriction tools

Protect your content, manage reader access, and personalize messaging based on subscription status.

Paywall & Access Control

  • Dynamic, metered, & hard paywall options
  • Restricts, categories/tags, single articles, e-editions, pdfs, video
  • Easily add permissions to 3rd party WordPress plugins

Registration & Authentication

  • Uses standard, social and SSO WordPress login
  • IP Blocker: blocks incognito browsing
  • Email verification to deter spambots

Dynamic Messaging & Prompts

  • Show/hide sitewide messages by segment
  • Targeted in-content messaging by level, category/tags, and payment status

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“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

Integrates with everything

Email platforms, payment gateways, CRMs, print circulation systems, and native mobile apps – all connected.

Email & Marketing Automation

  • Mailchimp, Campaign Monitor, Active Campaign, Kit, Mailerlite, Feedblitz, PostUp, Sendy
  • Automatically syncs segments based on category/tag/level
  • Opt-in content categories

Payments & Business Systems

  • Stripe (Verified Partner), Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal, Authorize.net, Xendit
  • HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive, ZOHO, Zapier, Slack, AffiliateWP
  • REST API integration framework
  • Simplecirc, Darwin CX, Ad Orbit, SFS, PCD, PCS, RunMags, Newzware, Acoustic, Magazine Manager, Omeda
  • UniPress, Mobiloud, PugPig iOS & Android apps
  • Native WordPress e-editions

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Utilities

Built on WordPress, designed to scale -with subscriber management tools and security built in.

Technical Foundation

  • 100% WordPress native and open source
  • Works with server caching (the only paywall that does)
  • GDPR and SCA compliant

Subscriber Management

  • Subscriber Import & Reporting Tool
  • Subscriber invoices
  • Attribution survey

Conversion Tools

  • reCAPTCHA and Turnstile integration
  • Login & registration redirect back to last read article
  • My Account page subscription management

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“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

Subscriber Insights

Most publishers know their subscriber count. Insights tells you what every logged-in reader is actually doing – and what to do about it.

Reader Activity Tracking

  • Every logged-in reader’s actions tracked in real time
  • See which free registered readers are engaged and ready for an offer
  • Individual subscriber profiles with full reading history

Subscriber Intelligence

  • At-risk subscribers identified before they cancel
  • Failed payments flagged before the revenue is gone
  • Best performing content for your most valuable readers

Subscriber Dashboard

  • Complete activity feed across your entire audience
  • Filter by subscription level, date range, and publication
  • Daily, weekly, or monthly digest emails with trends and action items

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Our experts on tap

From launch to ongoing support – we guide your publication to growth. Heck we even have a podcast.

  • We start by blueprinting your audience and subscription growth via zoom meetings
  • We are staffed to handle complete setup of all Leaky Paywall features and integrations – and hand off to your developer if you have one
  • After subscription launch we monitor activity and review next steps
  • Book a meeting whenever you need help – we’re always available

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

Pete Ericson – Founder & CEO

Want to learn more about Leaky Paywall?

Book a demo with Pete to learn more about how you can grow your audience and subscriptions.