Title: Metered Content for WooCommerce Author: webangon Published: October 30, 2026 Last modified: October 30, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/metered-content-for-woocommerce/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev =3775553) ![](https://ps.w.org/metered-content-for-woocommerce/assets/icon-256x256.gif?rev =3775553) # Metered Content for WooCommerce By [webangon](https://profiles.wordpress.org/webangon/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/metered-content-for-woocommerce.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/metered-content-for-woocommerce/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/metered-content-for-woocommerce/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/metered-content-for-woocommerce/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/metered-content-for-woocommerce/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/metered-content-for-woocommerce/) ## Description Metered Content for WooCommerce adds flexible access plans and a publisher-friendly paywall to WordPress. * Unlimited access plans or a fixed number of unique articles per day, week, month, or year. * Repeat reads of the same article do not consume another credit in the same period. * Metered paywall: let readers without a plan open a number of free articles per period before the paywall. * Restrict individual posts, whole post types, or any category, tag, and custom- taxonomy term. * Sell plans with ordinary WooCommerce products as fixed-duration passes; buying again extends the pass. * Automatically recognize active WooCommerce Subscriptions when that extension is installed. * Refunded or cancelled orders revoke the access they granted. * Manual grant and revoke from the user profile. * Hard, partial-preview, and metered paywall presentations. * Shortcodes for partial-content protection, remaining usage, and pricing. * A WooCommerce My Account screen with plan usage and reading history. * Registration wall: visitors who run out of free articles are asked to create a free account for more, before being asked to pay. * Gift links: members share a link that opens one premium article for anyone, with a monthly limit and an expiry. * Expiry reminder e-mails before and after a pass expires, managed as WooCommerce e-mails. * Reports: reads, paywall views, sign-ups and purchases started at a paywall, attributed revenue, gift usage, top articles and active passes. ### Notes * Guests must create an account when the cart contains a plan product, because access is attached to the account. Filter `wcmc_require_account_for_plans` to disable this; guest orders are then granted once WooCommerce links them to an account. * Metered free reads for visitors are tracked in a signed cookie, and metered premium pages are excluded from page caching (`DONOTCACHEPAGE` plus no-cache headers). * Only users with the `manage_options` capability (filter `wcmc_manage_capability`) can manage plans, settings and manual grants. * Reports count paywall views on article pages that are not served from a full- page cache; hard-paywall pages for visitors may be cached and undercounted. * Gift tokens are signed with the site salts; changing the salts invalidates outstanding gift links. ### Shortcodes ``` [wcmc_premium_content plan="pro,unlimited"]Protected content[/wcmc_premium_content] [wcmc_subscriber_only]Visible to members[/wcmc_subscriber_only] [wcmc_non_subscriber_only]Visible to visitors without a plan[/wcmc_non_subscriber_only] [wcmc_remaining_articles] [wcmc_pricing_table]

Hooks

``` Filters: `wcmc_access_result`, `wcmc_restriction`, `wcmc_paywall_args`, `wcmc_paywall_html`,` wcmc_teaser_text`, `wcmc_plans_url`, `wcmc_bypass_paywall`, `wcmc_should_meter_visitor`,` wcmc_require_account_for_plans`, `wcmc_manage_capability`, `wcmc_supported_post_types`,` wcmc_active_subscription_statuses`, `wcmc_reads_retention_days`, `wcmc_enqueue_frontend_style`,` wcmc_can_gift`, `wcmc_gift_box_html`, `wcmc_gift_notice_html`. Actions: `wcmc_plan_granted`, `wcmc_plan_revoked`, `wcmc_read_recorded`, `wcmc_visitor_read_recorded`,` wcmc_paywall_rendered`, `wcmc_order_granted`, `wcmc_gift_created`, `wcmc_event_logged`. ## Screenshots [⌊Settings: paywall style, free articles per period and registration wall, with a status bar for every feature.⌉⌊Settings: paywall style, free articles per period and registration wall, with a status bar for every feature.⌉[ Settings: paywall style, free articles per period and registration wall, with a status bar for every feature. [⌊Engagement settings: gift links and pass expiry reminder e-mails.⌉⌊Engagement settings: gift links and pass expiry reminder e-mails.⌉[ Engagement settings: gift links and pass expiry reminder e-mails. [⌊Access plan editor: plan title, subtitle, button text, WooCommerce product, allowance, reset period and duration.⌉⌊Access plan editor: plan title, subtitle, button text, WooCommerce product, allowance, reset period and duration.⌉[ Access plan editor: plan title, subtitle, button text, WooCommerce product, allowance, reset period and duration. [⌊Content Access panel in the post editor: choose who can read the post and how many preview words to show.⌉⌊Content Access panel in the post editor: choose who can read the post and how many preview words to show.⌉[ Content Access panel in the post editor: choose who can read the post and how many preview words to show. [⌊Partial-preview paywall on an article, offering the plan that unlocks it.⌉⌊Partial- preview paywall on an article, offering the plan that unlocks it.⌉[ Partial-preview paywall on an article, offering the plan that unlocks it. ## Installation 1. Activate WooCommerce. 2. Activate Metered Content for WooCommerce. 3. Open Metered Content > Add Access Plan and publish at least one plan. 4. Associate a WooCommerce product with paid plans, or leave the product empty for a free registered-user plan. 5. Configure global rules under Metered Content > Settings, or use the Content Access panel on individual posts. ## FAQ ### Does it need WooCommerce? Yes. Plans are sold as ordinary WooCommerce products, so WooCommerce must be active. A plan without a product is a free plan for every logged-in user. ### Does it work with WooCommerce Subscriptions? Yes, optionally. When WooCommerce Subscriptions is installed, an active subscription to a plan product keeps the plan active. Without it, plans are fixed-duration passes. ### Is it compatible with HPOS? Yes. It declares compatibility with WooCommerce custom order tables and the Cart and Checkout blocks. ### Does it contact any external service? No. Everything runs on your own site. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Metered Content for WooCommerce” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ webangon ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/webangon/) [Translate “Metered Content for WooCommerce” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/metered-content-for-woocommerce) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/metered-content-for-woocommerce/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/metered-content-for-woocommerce/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/metered-content-for-woocommerce/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/metered-content-for-woocommerce/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0.0 * Initial release. ## Meta * Version **1.0.0** * Last updated **1 day ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 6.6 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.1.4** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Tags * [membership](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/membership/)[metered content](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/metered-content/) [paywall](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/paywall/)[subscriptions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/subscriptions/) [woocommerce](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/woocommerce/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/metered-content-for-woocommerce/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. 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