Leaky Paywall
Leaky Paywall is a WordPress subscription platform for publishers combining content gating, newsletters, and subscriber relationship tools.
What Leaky Paywall is
Leaky Paywall is a WordPress subscription platform for publishers combining content gating, newsletters, and subscriber relationship tools. The maker describes it as built for news and magazine publishers and suitable for any WordPress content site. Publishers can use metered or hard paywalls, restrict categories, tags, articles, e-editions, PDFs, or video, and show targeted messages. List Builder provides a registration wall, metered free articles, account access, and password reset. Revenue options include donations, ad-free plans, pay-per-article access, group subscriptions, family plans, and corporate access. Subscriber Insights tracks logged-in reader actions, identifies readers ready for offers or at risk of cancelling, and sends digest emails with trends and action items. Email integrations include Mailchimp, Campaign Monitor, ActiveCampaign, Kit, MailerLite, FeedBlitz, PostUp, and Sendy. Payment methods listed include Stripe, Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal, Authorize.net, and Xendit.
Good
- Metered and hard paywall controls
- Multiple subscription and revenue options
- Subscriber behavior insights and digests
- WordPress native with REST API framework
- Migration included
Watch out
- No free plan
- Pro plans charge 5% revenue share
- Setup fees apply to listed Pro plans
Who it suits
Leaky Paywall suits news, magazine, and other WordPress publishers selling subscriptions or gated content. It fits teams needing paywall controls, subscriber tools, newsletters, and multiple revenue options.
Verdict
Leaky Paywall provides publishing, subscription, newsletter, and subscriber-management functions in a WordPress-focused platform. Its plan fees, setup charges, and revenue share should be weighed against the included tools.
Plans and prices
From Leaky Paywall's own pricing page, checked 7 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Pro | $299 a month | 50+ premium revenue extensions · Stripe and PayPal · priority email support · migration included · $299/mo; $750 one-time setup fee; 5% revenue share on new subscribers |
| Pro + Flowletter | $499 a month | Everything in Pro · Flowletter newsletter platform · FastPass auto-login · priority email support · migration included · $499/mo; $999 one-time setup fee; 5% revenue share on new subscribers |
| Enterprise | $1,000 a month | Everything in Pro + Flowletter · iOS and Android apps · dedicated account manager · custom payment gateways · from $1,000/mo; setup fee TBD; no revenue share; custom pricing based on volume and needs |
The facts
Each one read from Leaky Paywall's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Audience
- The maker describes Leaky Paywall as built for news and magazine publishers and says it supports any WordPress content site.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Content gating
- postchecked 20 Sep 2026
- Developer access
- The product lists a REST API integration framework and describes itself as open source and WordPress native.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The maker lists email integrations including Mailchimp, Campaign Monitor, ActiveCampaign, Kit, MailerLite, FeedBlitz, PostUp, and Sendy.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Migration
- The maker includes migration and says its team handles subscriber importing and paywall setup at no extra charge.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Paid from
- 299checked 20 Sep 2026
- Payment methods
- The features page lists Stripe, Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal, Authorize.net, and Xendit; pricing says Stripe is built in and PayPal is included in Pro.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Paywall controls
- It offers metered and hard paywalls, restrictions by categories, tags, articles, e-editions, PDFs, and video, plus targeted messaging.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Product
- Leaky Paywall is a WordPress subscription platform for publishers that combines a paywall, newsletter, and CRM tools.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Registration
- List Builder uses a registration wall, supports metered free articles, and handles registration, login, and password reset.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Revenue tools
- The listed revenue tools include donations, ad-free plans, pay-per-article access, group subscriptions, family plans, and corporate access.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Security and compliance
- The maker states that the product is GDPR and SCA compliant and supports reCAPTCHA and Turnstile.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Subscriber analytics
- Subscriber Insights tracks logged-in readers’ actions, identifies readers ready for offers and subscribers at risk of cancelling, and provides digest emails with trends and action items.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Support
- Pricing says support responds within 24 business hours, usually within a couple of hours, during 9am–5pm ET, and offers Zoom meetings.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Transaction fee
- 5% of gross subscription revenue from new subscribers on Pro and Pro + Flowletterchecked 20 Sep 2026
The company
- Company history
- The maker says Leaky Paywall was built in 2013 after a publisher requested a way to restrict articles without blocking search engines and social media.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2013checked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Nochecked 20 Sep 2026
- Subscription billing
- bothchecked 20 Sep 2026
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