PubCare June-July: Updates and New Features

Hi there, and welcome to PubCare for June and July. We shipped useful updates, launched Paywall Pete, and posted new blogs and podcasts to help you grow subscribers.

Grab a coffee and skim the highlights below.

Extension Updates

Leaky Paywall 4.22.2

  • Create a subscriber from a webhook if page does not load correctly after a registration

Leaky Paywall 4.22.1

  • Add level ID throughout admin settings
  • Allow subscriptions less than a dollar
  • Fixed formatting on subscriber admin page
  • Adjust subscriber table columns
  • Fixed output of email exists error during registration
  • Added check for subscription data to invoice payment succeeded event
  • Added Paywall Pete widget

Leaky Paywall 4.22.0

  • Added new subscriber admin screens
  • Optimized Stripe code throughout plugin
  • Updates for Stripe Connect

Group Accounts 1.6.0

  • Moved group migrate subscribers form to edit groups page

Group Accounts 1.5.9

  • Add more translation strings
  • Code cleanup

Group Accounts 1.5.8

  • update translation strings

Recurring Payments 1.5.4

  • Allow scheduled subscriptions to be changed
  • Add Stripe Connect params
  • Check for update card element before mounting Stripe card element

Coupons 2.3.5

  • Add updates for Stripe Connect integration
  • Code cleanup

Bulk Import Subscribers 1.4.2

  • Move import form to its own settings page
  • Remove non printable characters in header row

Subscriber Downloads 1.5.1

  • Fix index error
  • Code cleanup

SimpleCirc 1.9.6

  • Added check for US country during subscriber creation by webhook
  • Added leaky_paywall_simplecirc_subscriber_update_data filter during registration
  • Added Do Not Renew check to renewals going to simplecirc
  • Added handler for gift subscriptions if the recipient already has a simplecirc account

User History 1.1.0

  • Updated plugin to set cookie with javascript instead of PHP so that Bigscoots caching will work with it

Meet Paywall Pete

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New on the Paywall Podcast

Missed any recent episodes? Catch up on quick wins to grow your list and paid subs:

Ep. 76: Case Study: List Builder vs Conversion Champ
Two similar markets. One builds a big list. One converts more paid subs. See what changed and what to copy.

Ep. 75: Scaling Local: A Publisher’s 104% Subscription Playbook
How a local newsroom rebuilt its model and grew email and revenue fast. What they changed and why it worked.

Ep. 74: Cloudflare’s Pay-Per-Crawl: Sustainable Income or Just Spare Change?
What Pay Per Crawl means for publishers, how to treat unknown bots, and why subscriptions still win.

Ep. 73: The Truth About Paywall Evasion, AI, Google, and Passwords
Metered vs hard walls, indexing, and shared logins. Practical ways to protect content while keeping reach.

Ep. 72: Copy Clarity 101: Turning Scanners into Subscribers
Simple words, clearer offers, better signups. Welcome emails and page tweaks that lift conversions.

Ep. 71: Revenue Roadblocks: How the Little Things on Your Website Cost You Big
Fix small friction that kills revenue. Think ad blockers, CAPTCHA, checkout flow, and cleaner signup forms.

New Blog Posts

Here are some of the most helpful blog posts we published this month to help you grow smarter and faster:

zeen101 issues, How to, Strategy, WordPress How-to

Protecting Content from AI Circumvention with Smart Paywalls

Bots are grabbing your best work. What if the fix also grows your list and subs? Learn the simple paywall plan inside.

Read more
zeen101 issues, Metered Paywall, Strategy, Paywall Podcast, Subscription Optimizer

Scaling Local: A Publisher’s 104% Subscription Playbook

From “flip book only” to whole‑site funnel: free registration, steady newsletters, and on‑site checkout with automatic renewals turned this local site into a reliable engine for traffic and subscriber revenue.

Read more
zeen101 issues, Strategy, Case study

Case Study: Similar Paywall Setups, Two Very Different Outcomes

Two WordPress publishers run the same paywall stack but get very different results. This case study breaks down the tweaks behind each win and the flywheel that blends them.

Read more

That is it for this round. Try Paywall Pete if you get stuck or need a quick answer, and feel free to reply to this email with questions. If you want a simple plan for your site, contact Pete for a quick demo.

Keep the flywheel spinning!

Thanks,
Pete Ericson & Jeremy Green

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PO Box 855 Grantham, NH 03753

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