Title: Patreon WordPress Author: patreon Published: December 5, 2017 Last modified: March 18, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/patreon-connect/assets/banner-772x250.jpeg?rev=1782351) ![](https://ps.w.org/patreon-connect/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=1782351) # Patreon WordPress By [patreon](https://profiles.wordpress.org/patreon/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/patreon-connect.1.9.17.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/patreon-connect/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/patreon-connect/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/patreon-connect/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/patreon-connect/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/patreon-connect/) ## Description Bring Patreon features to your WordPress website and make them work together. You can even easily import your existing Patreon posts and keep your Patreon posts synced to your WP site automatically! Your patron-only content at your WordPress site will encourage your visitors to become your patrons to unlock your content. You can lock any single post or all of your posts! You can also lock any custom post type. Your visitors can log into your site via Patreon, making it easier for them to use your site in addition to accessing your locked content. This plugin is developed and maintained by Patreon. #### FEATURES FOR CREATORS * Choose one of your tiers or a minimum pledge amount necessary to access a post or custom post * All patrons with pledge at or above that minimum tier will be able to access your post * Alternatively, you can set a minimum pledge amount to see all posts * Visitors who are not your patrons can click the “Unlock with Patreon” button on the locked post to pledge to you and access content * Visitors will be automatically redirected to Patreon, pledge to you and come back to your site to original unlocked post * Plugin will automatically log in Patreon users * Import your existing Patreon posts, with Video and images * Sync your Patreon posts as you go * Choose the post type, category which posts will be synced to * Choose the author to be used for synced posts * Your posts will be automatically updated as you add/update/delete your Patreon posts * Set custom HTML that non-patrons see instead of the post, prompting them to become a patron * Patreon WordPress is compatible with Paid Memberships Pro – you can gate your content with either plugin * Patreon pledges are matched with Paid Memberships Pro monthly memberships – works out of the box with no changes * Any Patreon patron or Paid Memberships Pro member who qualifies for content via either plugin will access content > _You can post entirely independently on your WordPress site from your Patreon > page._ There is no need for WordPress and Patreon posts to correspond to one another > in content or in locked status. The choice is up to you as a creator. Got ideas? Post them on our [Patreon WordPress Ideas Thread](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/t/wordpress-plugin-feature-ideas/215) #### FEATURES FOR PATRONS * This plugin adds a “Unlock with Patreon” button to every post you lock. * “Unlock with Patreon” takes care of everything: whether they’re not a patron yet, or they need to upgrade their pledge, or if they are already pledging enough, the plugin will guide them through the process and back to your content #### FEATURES FOR DEVELOPERS * Extend this free basic WordPress plugin with your own inter-operable plugins that install side by side. * Rapidly develop patron-only WordPress features without initial overhead * Immediately usable by existing Patreon creators running this plugin Learn more in our [developer portal](https://www.patreon.com/portal). #### PRICING This plugin is provided by Patreon for free. #### Install the Patreon WordPress Plugin 1. Install & activate the plugin 2. The setup wizard will kick in, helping you to easily connect your WordPress site and Patreon in only two clicks 3. That’s it! Your plugin is now set up and you can start making your posts patron only! #### Gating Posts When posting a new post or editing an existing post (or a custom post type) you will see a dropdown in the right hand column titled “Patreon Level”. This box shows a dropdown of your Patreon tiers. When you select a Patreon tier and then update the post, visitors will need to be your patrons from that tier level or above to be able to access that post. To make a locked post public again, just choose “Everyone” from the select box and update your post. #### Protecting Videos It is difficult to protect videos due the intensive bandwidth requirements of hosting video and having to rely on third parties such as Youtube or Vimeo. Youtube allows you to set videos to ‘private’ but Vimeo offers extra controls by only allowing videos to be played on specific domains. Visit this guide to [protecting your video content with Vimeo](https://help.vimeo.com/hc/en-us/articles/224817847-Privacy-settings-overview). ## Screenshots * [[ * An example gated patron-only post * [[ * Example permission screen when a site user unlocks a post * [[ * Example unlocked patron-only post ## Installation 1. Install & activate the plugin 2. The setup wizard will kick in, helping you to easily connect your WordPress site and Patreon in only two clicks 3. That’s it! ## FAQ ### Does it work with any theme? Patreon WordPress works with any theme. ### Does it work with this particular plugin? Patreon WordPress should not affect functioning of any of your other plugins. Patreon WordPress sticks to WP coding standards and would play nice with any other plugin that does the same. ### Does it work with this particular membership plugin? Yes, you can use Patreon WordPress side by side with any other membership plugin. ### Does it work with WooCommerce? You can easily install and use Patreon WordPress alongside WooCommerce at the same time. ### Do my patrons get charged again if they unlock a post on my site? Your patrons do not get charged again if they unlock any post on your site via the‘ Unlock with Patreon’ button. The plugin just checks if they are qualifying patrons, and if so, it lets them access your content. ### Do my posts at my site and Patreon need to be the same? Not at all – you can post different content totally independently at your site and Patreon. ### Will anything be changed at my site after I install the plugin? Nothing will be changed at your site – the plugin will just connect your site to Patreon to allow communication in between your site and Patreon. ### How can I report security bugs? You can report security bugs through the Patchstack Vulnerability Disclosure Program. The Patchstack team help validate, triage and handle any security vulnerabilities. [Report a security vulnerability.](https://patchstack.com/database/vdp/patreon-connect) ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1f28a3dd9615d005bf180158d93dce222a1ad8623e074caf64a802701d64cbb6? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Poorly coded mess](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/poorly-coded-mess/)󠁿 [erdeme61](https://profiles.wordpress.org/erdeme61/) June 7, 2025 This version is stable. Don’t buy or try the pro plugin. That plugins code is garbage and it crashes everything. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f565b1f857cb200ce9a9fcf391e1ce8d497a80ca2644d9b1ce4318555742db91? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Works as a start but doesn’t include featured images](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-as-a-start-but-doesnt-include-featured-images/)󠁿 [whoaitsaimz](https://profiles.wordpress.org/whoaitsaimz/) April 30, 2025 I have to go in and manually edit each post as this plugin doesn’t pull in the main image from Patreon. I would expect it to pull the image as a featured image in WP. It does pull in the images from the body of the post which is great. Also seems to use Classic editor instead of blocks / Gutenberg by default, which is not a big deal but also something I update when I go in to edit. it doesn’t pull videos that are the main part of my Patreon posts either, so I do have to manually embed them in WP. I understand this may be a bigger development task as Patreon supports a number of different video types, but it would be nice to at least have, say, a raw URL link of whatever is in my Patreon posts either so I do t have to keep cross referencing. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aa5bc0b710226e75fb4d10ebb8108344ea317fb9132c2d6eaa13db5480708b76? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[It stopped working out of nowhere](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/it-stopped-working-out-of-nowhere/)󠁿 [theman45](https://profiles.wordpress.org/theman45/) February 21, 2025 1 reply It stopped working on my 2 hostings, and support doesn’t provide a solution. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cdfc60467e49671d92da40742582cbc79fb827132b1e48579a1c2b115a8f30ae? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[It doesn’t work](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/it-doesnt-work-350/)󠁿 [malbuquerque306](https://profiles.wordpress.org/malbuquerque306/) February 18, 2025 It has conflicts with UM plugin, making it useless (page/post is visible by any means regardless tier is selected). ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f87f400a59161d69717b07c961de5ebd3dedeec93cebcad38b86ddb17801c6fc? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Perfect](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/perfect-10614/)󠁿 [triskele](https://profiles.wordpress.org/triskele/) December 16, 2024 plugin admin in simple mode access in site! wonderful! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b793537babb59f10bf684174af373aa154d38a662470d13bc164b91b616896f8? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Does What It Needs to do](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nagware-5/)󠁿 [Brian Moakley](https://profiles.wordpress.org/vegetarianzombie/) December 9, 2024 3 replies Works well with a responsive developer. (Note, o) [ Read all 52 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/patreon-connect/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Patreon WordPress” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ patreon ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/patreon/) * [ CodeBard ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/codebard/) [Translate “Patreon WordPress” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/patreon-connect) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/patreon-connect/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/patreon-connect/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/patreon-connect/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/patreon-connect/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.9.17 * Fixed: HTTP 429 responses no longer incorrectly mark credentials as invalid — only HTTP 401 triggers this * Fixed: Token refresh is no longer attempted when API calls fail due to rate limiting or server errors * Fixed: Added a 5-minute cooldown to `check_creator_tiers` to prevent repeated`/ oauth2/v2/campaigns` calls on every admin page load * Fixed: Tier dropdown refresh icon in post editor metabox was hidden when tier names were long ## Meta * Version **1.9.17** * Last updated **4 weeks ago** * Active installations **3,000+** * WordPress version ** 4.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.8.5** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Tags * [members](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/members/)[membership](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/membership/) [patreon](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/patreon/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/patreon-connect/advanced/) ## Ratings 3.6 out of 5 stars. * [ 24 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/patreon-connect/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 7 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/patreon-connect/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 3 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/patreon-connect/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 8 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/patreon-connect/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 9 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/patreon-connect/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/patreon-connect/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/patreon-connect/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ patreon ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/patreon/) * [ CodeBard ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/codebard/) ## Support Issues resolved in last two months: 0 out of 1 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/patreon-connect/)