Subscribers-only Plugin for Wordpress
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Update: July 21, 2008: Subscribers-only will soon become available again! If you’re interested in obtaining this plugin to generate cash flow from your site then bookmark this page and make a note to check back in the next couple of weeks. However, keep this firmly in mind: Subscribers-only allows you to earn money from content on your site. Therefore the plugin will not be available for free. There will be a reasonably low cost to obtain it. We’ll also make available paid support should you need help integrating it or if you require custom modifications that go beyond the core functionality (which is currently being extended and finalized for the upcoming release of Subscribers-only 3.0).
If you want to be notified via email when v3.0 is released then send a message to subscribers-only [at] edwards (dot) org with a message subject of “SUBSCRIBERS ONLY PLUGIN”. And don’t worry, we’ll only use your email address to notify you about the release of the plugin. We do not like spam and likewise we’d never send you spam or share your email address with anyone.
UPDATE SEPT 25, 2008: Subscribers-only has now been ported to work with the latest versions of Wordpress. The next step is to tightly integration a payment subsystem that you can charge for your content. We hope to have that complete within the next week.
This plug-in is designed for Wordpress 2.0 and above. It relies on the new “roles” feature and therefore probably won’t work in previous versions.
The plugin lets you mark posts for subscribers-only. You can mark all posts in a category as subscriber-only, or mark individual posts regardless of category, or both. You define which roles are allowed to read subscriber-only posts. No template modifications are required.
Subscribers-only v1.02.1
Description
This plug-in is designed for Wordpress 2.0 and above. It relies on the new “roles” feature and therefore probably won’t work in previous versions.
The plugin lets you mark posts for subscribers-only. You can mark all posts in a category as subscriber-only, or mark individual posts regardless of category, or both. You define which roles are allowed to read subscriber-only posts. No template modifications are required.
In order to read posts marked for subscribers-only a person much register at your site and login.
When a post is marked as subscriber-only and your home page displays excerpts then the excerpt will be shown along with an optional “Subscribers-only” banner that you define. When a reader clicks on the link to go to the individual post page they must be logged in to read the post. If a person is not logged in then they will be presented a link to login or register.
If your home page doesn’t display excerpts then no post body content will be displayed for a post marked as subscribers-only. Instead the reader will see a link to login or register.
In other words, excerpts are ALWAYS shown (if they exist) to ALL readers — even non-subscribers. This applies to feeds also, including RSS, ATOM, and RDF feeds.
If a person is already logged in, but their role isn’t allowed to read a subscribers-only article then they will be presented with a “notice” message (if you define one) that informs them of their current membership level along with additional text that explains that they cannot read the post. A link can be provided to either register or login — assuming that they might want to register another account or login with another already-existing account.
Custom roles are not required to use this plugin, however custom roles are supported if you have any defined. If you want to establish custom roles in your Wordpress installation then see Owen Winkler’s Role Manager plugin.
Revision History:
1.00 (March 7, 2006)
- Initial release
1.01 (March 7, 2006)
- Added user-requested ability to define categories where all posts in defined categories are subscriber-only
1.02 (March 9, 2006)
- Fixed a bug where config would not appear on some servers.
- Fixed a bug in content filtering display where content would not appear for some non-subscriber-only posts.
- Added a note, sent from a user, who says that because Pages are placed in the default category, people should not use the default category for subscriber-only posts unless they want to restrict access to pages also.
1.02.1 (March 10, 2006)
- Fixed feeds so that subscribers-only content does not show up in them. Now when a feed is generated, subscribers-only posts will show a description of “Subscribers-only” or whatever banner you have configured in the plugin. If you use excerpts for your posts and your feeds support excerpts then the excerpt will be included in the feed for “subscribers-only” posts.
To-do:
- Add support for previous versions of Wordpress (1.5 and prior)
- Add drop-in modules that support taking payments via Paypal, Paymate, 2checkout, and maybe others such as Worldpay. Have code, will sling
See below for how you can assist. If you are interested in having this functionality then please post a comment to voice your interest. If there is enough interest, we’ll make it happen.
INSTALLATION:
*** WARNING : BACKUP YOUR DATABASE BEFORE BEGINNING THE INSTALL AND CONFIG ***
Drop it in your plugin directory (in wp-content/plugins or a sub-folder if you prefer) and active it.
To configure which roles can view subscriber-only articles use the Configure option located below the “Deactivate” button for this plugin in the admin Plugins panel (after you activate it).
- You can select whether to show a “Subscriber-only” banner with any articles marked as such.
- You can select where to position the banner: Above the content or below the content
- You can define the banner text, including any HTML markup you might require
- You can select which roles can view “Subscriber-only” content
- You can define the notice text, including any HTML markup you might require
- You can define which categories will be considered subscriber-only
To mark individual posts as “Subscriber-only” check the “Subscriber-only” box on the post edit page in the “Post Status” section. If you define subscriber-only categories in the plugin’s Config then all posts in those categories will be subscriber-only by default, so you don’t have to set the flag on each individual post.
If for some reason this plugin causes problems on your site and you need to manually remove it then FTP to your site, and either delete this plugin or move it to another directory outside of your wp-content/plugins directory.
Please donate to help support further development! An upcoming version is planned to include support for several payment modules (Paypal, Paymate, 2checkout, Worldpay, and more) where you can charge your readers for access to your subscribers-only content. YOUR support is appreciated!
A new version will be posted soon! To learn when the new version is available subscribe to our Plugins Mailing List!
If you have any suggestions for improvements or comments about this plugin then please post them in response to this post. Note that all comments are moderated.
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March 7th, 2006 at 7:58 pm
moshu
It sounds great – I’ll try it out as soon as I leave this comment.
Question 1. Would it be possible to make that a whole category is marked as “Subscribers-only”?
Question 2. How would this work (if at all) with a real subscription, e.g. with a subscription page via PayPal? – and preferably with the solution to Q1
March 7th, 2006 at 8:03 pm
Fred
Answer to Q1 : It is certainly possible. However this plugin works on a per-post basis.
Answer to Q2 : The way it works is that people must register at your blog to read subscriber-only content. You config the plugin to set which roles can view such content. So for example, you could set the “Subscriber” role to be allowed to view such content. Or, if you use Owen Winkler’s Role Manager (linked in this post) then you could define a custom role of something like “Paid_Subscriber” and then set that role to be able to view subscriber-only posts. Long story short though, it doesn’t hook into Paypal so you have to manage that manually — e.g. when you get a notice somebody paid you money then go to their account and adjust their user role to which role you want that can view subscriber-only posts.
As for making it work for an entire category, I might look into doing that. Thanks for the idea! On another note, I’ve done some Paypal integration so maybe I can put in a hook somehow so that WP automagically adjusts somebody’s account when they pay. Maybe…
I should also point out that I considered making this work based on capabilities instead of roles. However, that would require a custom capabilities and I didn’t want to go into all that or require that people use Role Manager. So I just went the easiest route with this version. Depending on feedback, I might change it up to use capabilities instead and insert some code to add a custom capability.
March 7th, 2006 at 9:48 pm
Jon Livingston
Thanks for your work on Subscribers-only. I’ve actually been looking for something just like this and will try it out. I also like Moshu’s comments on having this work with Paypal. While that might not have been the attention it would be a nice feature that I think a lot of WP admins would use.
March 8th, 2006 at 12:27 am
Fred
Plugin is now updated to V1.01 — added the capability to mark posts as subscriber-only by category. So for example, you set which categories are subscriber-only, and if you also want to indivdually mark posts in other categories then you can do that too. Just set the subscriber-only flag for those indivdual posts regardless of category.
March 10th, 2006 at 1:28 pm
Till Marsel
Thank you very much for this cool and very useful plugin – I am searching for a long time for such a plugin, but I didn´t finde anyone…
But I have a little problem installing the plugin: After activation of the plugin there is no link to the options-page for the plugin. I only can reach the options-page by typing in the URL manually in the adress-bar of the browser (”/wp-admin/plugins.php?page=subscribers-only.php&config=1″), but when I make some changes and press the “Update”-Button at the Bottom of the page, the changes are not saved. What can be the reason for this problem (I am using WP 2.0.1)?
Many thanks for your help
March 10th, 2006 at 1:38 pm
Fred
Hi Till, I sent you email to try and help you get your problem sorted out.
March 12th, 2006 at 11:29 am
Robin
I don’t think I’ve done mine right, I can’t figure out how one registers through the post.
March 12th, 2006 at 1:47 pm
Fred
Hi Robin, “Subscribers” are those people who have registered for your blog — e.g. Somewhere on your blog you must provide a link to the Wordpress registration form — typically “wp-register.php”. You must also configure your blog so that people can register (under Options, General, “Anyone can register” checkbox) otherwise the wp-register.php script will tell people that your blog doesn’t allow registration.
With that done, then registered users who login to your blog can read posts that your define as “subscribers-only” posts.
If that’s not clear enough let me know and I’ll try to explain it further.
March 12th, 2006 at 2:32 pm
seraglia
Works a treat right out of the box.
and it now can be applied to whole categories, yay!
To Miss cute Robin, here’s the link for your users to subscribe to your site. yoursite.com/wp-register.phpYou can put this is in the notification text if you like.
People can then sign up. (you will have to set this in the admin here yoursite.com/wp-admin/options-general.php)
If you want to invite selected people ask thenm to conact you and have you add them manually. at yoursite.com/wp-admin/users.php
Hope this helps.
March 12th, 2006 at 4:31 pm
Robin
Thanks that makes sense, I will work on that now.
March 12th, 2006 at 4:57 pm
Robin
Strange question, how do I make it so I can see the posts too?
March 12th, 2006 at 5:06 pm
Fred
What you mean, “so I can see the posts too” ?
If posts are marked subscribers-only, then you can only see them if you’re logged in. If you, as admin, or some other user role, cannot see the posts while logged in then you need to add your role to the list of allowed roles that can read subscribers-only post.
Does that answer your question? If not, please clarify your question.
March 12th, 2006 at 5:11 pm
Robin
Yes, damn I knew it would be answered and I would think “duh.” Thanks.
March 12th, 2006 at 6:41 pm
Mew
Good idea. I think it’d be cool if authors could also select only parts of an entry that are subscriber online. Maybe something like any content within defined tags will only display if the reader is logged in. Just an idea. ^^
March 12th, 2006 at 10:52 pm
Fred
BAM! Here it is. Took me every bit of about 15 minutes to create it.
HideThis v1.0 – Plugin For Wordpress
March 13th, 2006 at 11:14 am
Robin
Is there a way to make sure certain people cannot register or at least have it so whoever registers goes into moderation so I can approve?
March 13th, 2006 at 11:32 am
Fred
There would be ways to do that. You could use Owen Winkler’s Role Manager plugin, create a new role called Unapproved or whatever, give it no rights (you’ll see what I mean when you use Role Manager), then config WP to use that role as the default for new registrations. Then just make sure that your new role isn’t allowed to read subscribers-only content.
Or, maybe there is some other plugin to moderate registrations — check wp-plugins.net to check.
March 14th, 2006 at 11:51 am
Nick The Geek
Thanks for a great plugin …
I can’t wait for PayPal et al integration …
Donation sent …
March 14th, 2006 at 8:04 pm
Andrew
Wow, this might be what I am looking for. I am rather new to this whole wordpress thing and am trying to make a multi level content site. Where free member would have to pay for some content while the pro’s would get it for free. Can this plugin do that? And what if I wanted to use another plugin to manage my ’subscribers’ database, like aMember?
March 15th, 2006 at 12:02 am
Fred
Andrew wrote:
I’m not familiar with aMember. I am familiar with Roles Manager, it lets you define new roles and rights for those roles.
This plugin let’s you define which roles can view subscribers-only content. So for example you could set certain content so that only certain roles can access such content. You could establish new roles for regular non-subscribers readers and make that sort of role the default for newly registered readers. Then if they pay to become a “member” or whatever you want to call it then you could change their role so that they can access the subscribers-only content.
It works like this: You set which roles can access subscribers-only content. You also configure which post categories are for subscribers-only, or you can mark individual posts for subscribers-only, or both.
In a nutshell, this plugin gives you the base functionality you need to restrict access to content — far more functionality than comes out-of-the-box with Wordpress, which as of v2.0.2 only let’s you restrict access to posts by defining a password for each restricted post.
March 15th, 2006 at 12:03 am
Fred
Nick wrote:
Thank you Sir Nick!
March 15th, 2006 at 3:03 am
Will
Hey,
I’ll be waiting for the 1.5 version, paciently.
Nice plug-in though.
Take Care,
Will
March 15th, 2006 at 4:41 pm
Bradley
Wow, great timing!
I’m in the middle of transferring a few sites from Drupal (www.drupal.org, CMS software) to WordPress and I have an existing client who wants me to use Vision Gate (www.visiongateportal.com) for her member management (re note above about “amember”, it’s similar, member management software) for a new site. Frankly, I’d rather stick with WP.
She thinks it’s too much for WordPress to handle, but maybe with the help of your plugin, I can do her site in WP and get that memeber mgmt. working. She will want at least two levels of users and one of them will be a paid level (PayPal, other merchant account software), so when you integrate it with that, I’ll be all the more interested.
I just signed up to be notified for news about this post, so I’ll look forward to it.
Best regards and thanks,
– Bradley
March 15th, 2006 at 5:13 pm
Snoezel
I have the exact same problem:
After activation of the plugin there is no link to the options-page for the plugin. I only can reach the options-page by typing in the URL manually in the adress-bar of the browser (”/wp-admin/plugins.php?page=subscribers-only.php&config=1″), but when I make some changes and press the “Update”-Button at the Bottom of the page, the changes are not saved. What can be the reason for this problem (I am using WP 2.0.1)?
March 16th, 2006 at 6:55 pm
Boeat
Like me.
No Options Button. I am using WP Ver. 2.0.2 with a localized german Template.
I am sure this Plugin would be very great but unfortunatly i can’t use it.
Anyway, thanks for the great job!
March 17th, 2006 at 6:53 am
guastatore
I also have the same problem. I followed the suggest of Till and called from the url but any changes can be updated, just as Snoezel. How to solve it ?
Thanks.
March 17th, 2006 at 2:05 pm
Frangossauro
Interesting, but not solve my problem…
March 18th, 2006 at 12:49 pm
Fred
Well I found a tiny bug in the code that seems to be the problem with the “not saving config” issue. I also change the menu option to get to the config page since it was a bit weird and didn’t always work. Now it should.
I’m going to also make some mods so that the plugin will work in WP 1.5. After I finish that I’ll post a new version — soon!
March 25th, 2006 at 8:58 pm
Cory
Hopefully it’ll be done soon… I have been searching for a plugin just like this, but alas, the download has been taken down.
March 26th, 2006 at 4:07 am
Bonita in Pink
Any idea when your plugin will be updated?
I can’t wait to get my hands on this!
March 27th, 2006 at 9:05 pm
Perry
Can you put the download back for the current version? The Subcribe to the plugins mailing list link is not working. I am looking forward to adding this functionality to my website.
March 29th, 2006 at 3:15 pm
varun
please gimme the old version .. mailing list not working
March 29th, 2006 at 4:36 pm
Brant
This plugin looks great ! Just wondering when the PayPal part may be added ?
March 30th, 2006 at 12:30 am
don
Excellent promise … but can we get a copy of the latest please. Why remove the working copy?
What I want to do is be able to annually put up a list of the members I want in and the following year new list. I suspect I can somehow achieve that … maybe require that they be subscribers and be on a list I post annually or something?
Anyway would appreciate a link.
March 31st, 2006 at 2:50 am
vdhant
I agree, great promise
1) But can you please consider extending the current scope of the plug-in to give the admin the ability to make it so that to view any of the wordpress pages (and in most cases this mean the whole site) you must first login. This would then give users the ability to have a totally private blog and give out usernames and passwords to those users which they want to have access. I think including something like this would come hand in hand with the work that you have already done and thus opening it to a greater user base.
2) Also i think that the following would need to be addressed
“In other words, excerpts are ALWAYS shown (if they exist) to ALL readers — even non-subscribers. This applies to feeds also, including RSS, ATOM, and RDF feeds.”
I would prefer it to show nothing than excerpts to people that arn’t suppose to have access. Thus, i would recommend giving admin the ability to post a default welcome message or something on the home page. Another solution might be to create a default blog that says welcome or something. But as i said letting users see excerpts from things that they don’t have the privilege to is a big nono in my books.
3) Maybe something else, because the system (with the above changes) would mean that if an admin ever wanted to add a user they would have to add each on by hand (this assumes that they have locked down the site), a logical inclusion would be to give the admin the ability to send out “invitations” (or something similar). Then the user when they receive there invitation could choose there username, instead of having one assigned to them.
Now I know the above is a lot, but at the moment without at least the top two surjection I find that I can’t really use word press the way I would like to. And not that it is your fault or anything (so don’t get me wrong
), but you seem like your interested in helping making wordpress more secure and useable.
But besides that keep up the good work and look forward to being able to see work and try out the next version.
ant
March 31st, 2006 at 4:18 am
jonathan
where is this module, does anyone have an earlier version they could offer me, this does exactly what I want. Did it all go wrong and blow everyones wordpress installation out of the water, why was it withdrawn?
March 31st, 2006 at 9:39 am
Fred
Hi everybody,
Take it easy! I’ve been ill so I haven’t had the time I need to finish the new version properly. The old version was removed because there were some bugs in it and some people also reported that the admin interface didn’t appear properly (linked didn’t always work), so I rewrote that part too.
I’ll probably post the new version this weekend, hopefully, along with a couple of other new plugins…
If you loaded a copy of an earlier version then you’ll probably want to upgrade the new version when I release it. It fixes some problems with feeds, security checks, and other stuff.
March 31st, 2006 at 10:14 am
varun
cool man… please post it ASAP
poor guy.. ill ? what happen to u buddy ?
March 31st, 2006 at 10:39 am
vdhant
I think that we are all allowed to be sick once in a while and its probably a good thing that a release doesn’t go up before it is ready.
Also i was just wondering what you though of the my features the i suggested and if there is any possibility of them being integrated into an upcoming release.
Thanks
ant
April 2nd, 2006 at 7:53 pm
f szcz
Sounds awesome!
April 4th, 2006 at 8:29 am
Lonnie
[bleep]! hehe I need this functionality pretty badly, I’m integrating this into a project and installed the roles manager, then came here to get the plugin..
I subscribed, hope you’re feeling well!
I don’t want to re-invent the wheel so I’m hoping a release pops up before my deadline this week
I’d be happy to beta test or use an older version?
April 9th, 2006 at 2:09 pm
feios
Nice plugin
April 10th, 2006 at 8:36 pm
Richard
Looking forward to this too! And I’d be interested in the Paypal registration as well…
Eventually what I’d like to do:
a. Public: see this months articles/teasers
b. Registered users (unpaid): see most articles – already implemented
c. VIP registration (by Paypal): get access to “paid-for” articles, such as industry surveys.
April 11th, 2006 at 2:12 am
Someones Ex Gf
Looking forward to this – hope you’re better already!
April 11th, 2006 at 4:14 pm
Saleem
From the sound of all the comments, i’m certainly very interested in seeing this plugin made available again soon, especially the Paypal bit.. i’ve worked with another payment system, Authorize.net, so if you’re interested, i could help put together a binding for that, as well..
and i for one don’t mind a couple of bugs here and there, so feel free to post a working copy for the brave.. who knows, we might even be able to help fix a few things..
April 13th, 2006 at 12:07 am
Mike Peterson
I hope you’re feeling better soon.
That said, I also hope you can add in the Paypal recognition. It would fit exactly what I need right now.
April 14th, 2006 at 3:15 am
johannes
hope you release the paypal stuff soon
idea: you should be able to have onetime payment for all subscribers for some content and a recurring payment for subscribers
thanks
johannes
April 14th, 2006 at 5:36 am
johannes
forgot to ask
when do you think you have the paypal feature?
thanks
johannes
April 15th, 2006 at 8:53 pm
Peter
I’m very interested in having this plugin work, as well as the Paypal features. Is there anything I can do to help?
Thanks,
Peter
April 21st, 2006 at 12:26 pm
johannes
hi fred any news on the plugin?
thanks
johannes
April 22nd, 2006 at 3:23 pm
mega
Is there anyway to download the previous version of the plugin? It seems kind of odd that you cap the download.
Why should I donate if I don’t know what I am donating for?
April 27th, 2006 at 3:27 pm
Robin
I just noticed my subscriber only box is gone from my admin page but I didn’t do anything to the plugin.
May 2nd, 2006 at 12:41 am
matthew
This is just whatiam looking for and would appreciate the paypal functionality. would be happy to make a donation if itis reasonably bug free.
May 9th, 2006 at 2:59 pm
Jason
Looks great! Cant wait until it is available, how long until the download is accessible?
I look forward to it. Also the newsletter plugin looks great as well, I look forward to seeing it in action
May 10th, 2006 at 12:10 pm
Griff
I’m hoping you release this soon as it seems to be exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!
May 13th, 2006 at 5:29 pm
simon
yup, i really need the functionality to mark a category as subscriber-only (or my own custom role) seems like it should be part of the main wp program though really….
any release date planned?
May 15th, 2006 at 1:25 pm
Mike
How is the update to the plugin coming? It sounds great.
May 18th, 2006 at 3:37 am
Krasimir Koichev
Will definitely pay for the plugin – drop me a line at kk[at]iconcertina[dot]com. Timeframe is the next few days, otherwise we’ll have to develop it in-house.
May 19th, 2006 at 3:22 am
German
Hi Fred! Is there any chance to get you great plugin soon?
May 25th, 2006 at 12:08 pm
Evan
When using a plug in like this to hide or protect posts so that only logged in users can read them, what effect does it have on search robot indexers like Googlebot? Is there a way to allow the robots read access to your restricted posts so that they can still be indexed?
May 29th, 2006 at 3:42 am
Paul
May we have access to the old plugin while you update it?
Sincerely,
Paul Kleinmeulman
Australia
May 30th, 2006 at 11:25 am
Matt
I’ll echo Paul’s comment…. This is just what I need, any chance of getting hold of the existing version?
May 30th, 2006 at 12:36 pm
Matt
Arrrrgghjhhjjhg… I really need this plugin. Can’t find anything else that will do this job….
May 31st, 2006 at 11:15 pm
Paulo
Fred: I will pay for that plugin. Definitely (you can confirm it by email). Man, say us something. I’m not in a hurry, as some people above
but I don’t want to waste my time look any further @ google as wp plugin pages.
June 1st, 2006 at 12:14 am
Don
I am convinced this is really just a link farm. If he really had this plug-in it would have been released a long time ago, don’t you think.
June 1st, 2006 at 6:09 pm
Fred
Hi everybody — including the skeptics and hecklers –
Unfortunate as it might seem, I have a life aside from coding. Recently I’ve had some changes in domestic responsibilities that have taken up a lot of my time. So I haven’t had much time to put into this blog and coding for Wordpress.
I will pick up developing the plugin again in the next few days and try to get Paypal integration working right.
As for those who want a copy of the previous version, it’s buggy, so I pulled the download link.
Hang in there. Or hey, as some of you suggest, you could always write it yourselves. Not trying to be a snob here, but MY blog isn’t the place for such people to spamvertise their potential products, make snide comments,, acuse me of shady dealings, or make other various innuendo. If you’re unhappy then don’t come back. Spout off on your own blog.
For those of you who do understand, thanks. I’ll post an update when the code is ready to test.
June 1st, 2006 at 6:12 pm
Moshu
This was the latest comment by the author.
When the initial version was released I have been among the first testers (see the very first comment in this thread) and the author has been very, very helpful and responsive to my questions. He also didn’t post anything for quite a long time… and as you could read in his comment linked above: he was ill.
I hope he’s well or will get well.
June 1st, 2006 at 6:18 pm
Moshu
June 1st, 2006 at 8:00 pm
Don
Glad to hear you are alive. Why not release the original code with a disclaimer? Then those of us who “need it badly” can evaluate it. Perhaps someone can build upon it. You have to admit that is has been a long time now since you said very soon. That despite several people saying they could /would be willing to donate. I do hope you are feeling better.
June 5th, 2006 at 5:51 am
Mike
Looking forward to its final release. Will you be upgradinf to accomodate the new version of Wordpress 2.03? Thank again and keep up the good work.
Mike
June 7th, 2006 at 6:10 am
PurpleRain
I have just donated a small sum of money to you to express my appreciation. I have not used yr plugin before, but I would like to.
The amount seems small in US but quite big if coverted from Ringgit Malaysia. Just a sign of appreciation and hopefully it will encourage more people to donate to your project.
PurpleRain
Malaysia
June 8th, 2006 at 9:16 am
Peter
Hey dude, could you send me the plugin, I need it so badly for the page of our school! please… peter
June 12th, 2006 at 5:29 pm
Chris Martin
Why can’t you allow access to download the current plugin version while you work on the new version? Your module has the exact functionality I was looking for in a WP Plugin. I would be willing to donate if you send it my way via email or link. I don’t see any harm installing your current version and then upgrading when you release the new one. As it stands, I’m about to have to make my own WP Hack to achieve the functionaliy I need.
Please advise if there is a reason why you cannot allow us to download the current version.
June 15th, 2006 at 9:45 pm
Laundro
This plugin sounds great. Can’t wait for it’s release again.
June 16th, 2006 at 7:34 am
Alan Kay
Agreed Laundro.
June 19th, 2006 at 5:35 pm
anon
i’m sure you’re trying to outdo vista as the most anticipated and delayed piece of software ever!
i’ll check back when the ps3 is released…..
June 21st, 2006 at 3:20 pm
Rhonda
Just wanted to say that this looks great – I hope things aren’t stressing you out too much.
I did notice that your email list page doesn’t seem to have a place to actually input an email address… Oopsy? Because I can be patient and wait for this, I just don’t want to forget about it before you finish it!
Don’t let the pushy people get to you. We’re all just jealous because you’re smarter than us.
June 26th, 2006 at 5:13 am
Nic
I’d like to say I’m also anxiously awaiting this plugin, but I understand a life outside programming.
Your plugin may make or break my site’s future project, and I wish I could program it, but, I’m no code jokey 
Cheers, hope to see your baby soon.
June 26th, 2006 at 11:45 am
NET
Hi there, when are you going to post an updated copy? Anxiouly waiting for it.
Thanks.
June 26th, 2006 at 11:46 am
NET
Hi there, when are you going to post an updated copy? Anxiously waiting for it.
Thanks.
July 4th, 2006 at 5:48 am
jg
This plug-in sounds perfect – Any (rough) idea of when it will be available.
“Soon” is such a relative word.
July 7th, 2006 at 8:24 am
Jon Livingston
Imagine all the people, living life in peace. You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one… Prague, Czech Republic – Copyright © 2006 – AFP
August 1st, 2006 at 2:40 am
Jeremy Clulow
Subscribers-only Plugin looks great. Just what I need. When will it be available again for download please?
August 1st, 2006 at 3:53 pm
Nic
Admin, thanks for the update. Perhaps if you locked up comments for the post, and made a note at the top that the plugin will not be made available afterall, you’d stop getting “harassed”.
[Note from code developer: Harrassment includes implying that it won't be made available. Restrain yourselves please from making cheap shots at people, particularly when those people owe you nothing. ]
I mean, from what everyone who’s used it wrote, it looks like a bloody good plugin. It looks like it would be doing *everything* I need. I am trully sorry your life circumstances make it so you can’t continue to develop it. Perhaps you might like to “release it to the wild” so someone else could pick it up? (not that I could, I’m no php jockey).
In any case, thanks again for the update.
August 1st, 2006 at 4:24 pm
Chris Martin
Thanks for the update, Admin. Is there any way you could make the previous completed and functional version available for download again?
August 2nd, 2006 at 9:00 am
Jeremy Clulow
I’ve been using WordPress only for a few months as a way of providing customers with inexpensive but easy to update websites. Eg
http://www.walesfarmdiaries.com
http://www.bepj.org.uk
I’ve been amazed and delighted by the amount of work that programmers have put in to developing plugins. However even where donations are requested, I can’t imagine much income can be gained from them, compared to commercial work.
I’ll certainly be donating for this one when it appears, not least because is designed to allow site owners to restrict areas of their site and potentially charge for access. So I reckon the author deserves something back.
Jeremy
August 3rd, 2006 at 8:14 am
Laundro
Frustrated Waiter,
I really don’t think that is the way to go about your business on a professional level and it’s clearly not going to get you what you want… It’s simply childish.
That said, is there any update on a release schedule? If it’s no time soon, could you perhaps release the last stable version?
I think this plugin could be huge and very beneficial to a number of groups…
Thanks for all your time and efforts with this plugin.
August 3rd, 2006 at 11:32 am
Jeremy Clulow
We live in market and contract driven economies.
The developer of this plugin, if he is doing it for love, owes nothing to anyone.
Admin: Balancing energy is the goal. WP is free. I use it. So I feel somewhat indebted and chose to make plugins and occassionally help on the WP support forum in an effort to balance my debt
If he is doing it for money, or the hope of money because what he is creating he believes has a monetary value, then he must finish the job if he wants to cash in. He will be the only loser if someone else delivers a solution instead of him.
Providing he has not taken money from people in advance giving the expectation of completion by a certain date, or by a reasonable period, then failing to finish is entirely his own business. He is not legally obliged to finish atall.
Admin: To date, approximately $7 have been donated in total. I accepted NONE of the donations, all money was returned to the sender. Not because I don’t intend to finish. The donation aspect is a social experiment… a test of sorts
No need for anyone to get abusive or petty about the issue. If the author is acting in good faith, I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt. However if someone else come along with a working alternative, you won’t see my feet for dust as I dissappear into the distance
Admin: Complaints about lag time, in my opinion, indicate impatience, non-understanding, a feeling that someone owes somebody something when in fact no debt is owed. Expectations lead to all sorts of inner turmoil…
August 3rd, 2006 at 11:58 am
FOO Fighter
I too have been waiting for the plugin for months. I know about the developer “owing no one”, but at least have the “courtesy” to change the wordings in his blog website to say that this plugin is NOT available or has stopped development… instead of making us wait. Instead, his blog posts the following, I quote… “THE DOWNLOAD IS OFFLINE WHILE THE PLUGIN IS UPDATED! A new version will be posted soon! To learn when the new version is available subscribe to our Plugins Mailing List!”.
Admin: “Soon” is a relative term.
I am subscribed to see all comments on blogs and 40+ emails and many months later, he posts and informs us that it is never going to be finished. I don’t have a problem with that if you have said it from the very beginning or at least posted something on the blog to that effect.
Admin: This is incorrect. It was NEVER stated that the plugin would not be finished. It does in fact work. It was in fact released. It was later pulled from download in order to integrate payment processing at the request of many people who wish to profit from this developer’s work. That integration is taking place. When it is finished (work will be done towards this effort this first weekend in August) then it will go back online.
This is the one and only plugin available on the web and you have a darn good plugin, I am not savvy enough to do it but why can’t you put the old version up so that someone can modify and improve on it? I think many previous posts have asked that. I don’t understand why there isn’t the old rev up there, the author just has not given a reason for that. I will certainly pay someone to do improve on it as I need it for my website.
Admin: The decision to pull it was made for two reasons: It had minor bugs that may or may not affect people’s site; and we’d rather have people download a new version without the bugs and WITH payment capabilities.
Oh another thing, I think we should get this website link off Wordpress’s plugin page because if no more development is going to take place, it’ll just create alot more frustration, more futile blog comments from the anxious people waiting to eventually download it (as the website blog is pretty deceiving).
Admin: See above. You’re are misinformed and thus misinforming others.
In summary, Edwards.org… I take my hat off to your excellent plugin and the interest created by it. BUT please at least put the old rev on the web (so other people can modify/ further develop it if you aren’t going to do it) AND change your blog to reflect that development on your plugin is DEAD … don’t give the impression on your website that the plugin is “coming soon”!
Admin: See above. And please, tell yourself what to do, not me. And do the world a favor if you so choose: Speak based on truth. You took your hat off to cool your cranium, or so it seems to me. You spit daggers in one breath and in the next you make demands that pretend to be praise.
August 3rd, 2006 at 5:38 pm
Jeremy Clulow
Perhaps if we all shut up, Admin would have some time to get on with the Plugin. So this is my last comment on the subject. Thank you for the fascinating insight into the creative angst of an existential programmer.
August 3rd, 2006 at 7:36 pm
Foo Fighter
Admin,
I am not trying to be abusive or complain … if I came across to “spit daggers”, being negative, abusive or a pain in the butt, I do apologize – and I think you took my posting the wrong way. I appreciate what you have done and am truly sincere about it. I know you have other things to do besides this, and you have a life but the statement I made is not that you didn’t finish it or that I want you to finish it quickly.
The reason why I said to have Wordpress’s admin’s take the plugin down and the other stuff because I was responding merely to the blog subscription comment (from you) that I got on Tue 8/1/2006 4:47 PM (USA EST) which kind of started a sudden influx of blogs comments from others (some abusive, some polite). I can’t find it anymore on your blog comments as you seemed to have deleted/ taken it down from the blog…
(is there a change of heart and you are now continuing to develop it?).
With your comment of “This is incorrect. It was NEVER stated that the plugin would not be finished. ” and “You’re are misinformed and thus misinforming others”, you can’t really blame me on saying things when you posted the comment below … (that has mysteriously dissapeared)… I don’t think it is a misintepretation of what you said … it clearly states that “the plugin will not be available”… plain and clear
Site Admin: The following snippet was posted by an unknown person who chose to enter “Admin” as their name in the comment submission form. Shall I now turn on moderation? I’ll think about it seriously…
>—–Original Message—–
>From: edwards.org [mailto:xxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 4:47 PM
>To: xxxxxxxx
>Subject: [edwards.org] New Comment On: Subscribers-only Plugin for Wordpress
>
>
>
>There is a new comment on the post “Subscribers-only Plugin for Wordpress”.
>http://edwards.org/2006/03/07/subscribers-only-plugin-for-wordpress/
>
>Author: Admin
>Comment:
>This plugin wil never be available. People stop posting.
>
>See all comments on this post here: http://edwards.org/2006/03/07/subscribers-only-plugin-for-wordpress/#comments
>
>To manage your subscriptions or to block all notifications from this site, >click the link below: >http://edwards.org/wp-subscription-manager.php?>email=
[snipped by Site Admin]
Also, I appreciate the fact that you took the time to give reasons to why you don’t want to put the old one up. I don’t particularly agree with it as many other blogs or coders put old revs up with disclaimers… but I am not the owner of this plugin so its not my call and its your decision what you do.
Lastly, if you didn’t want people to stop posting (again as quoted in your comments)… you should have just closed the comments on your blog post… so you won’t worry about getting new ones. The only “grave sin” that I commited in all of this was to keep posting when your said “stop posting”
.
See above. It wasn’t me who said that. Remainder of this comment was snipped…
August 3rd, 2006 at 9:37 pm
Fred
If someone else posts their complaints about lag time I’ll close comments for this post or start banning IP addresses at the server level…
August 10th, 2006 at 1:34 pm
Steve Scotten
Above all the comments, you suggest “If you are interested in having this functionality then please post a comment to voice your interest.”
For myself, drop-in payment modules would be interesting, but not a show-stopper.
I’m on WordPress 2.0, so making your plug-in work with earlier versions would appeal only to someone else.
Those are my own preferences. I anxiously await Subscribers-only becoming available again, but please don’t take that as a complaint. =^)
August 10th, 2006 at 7:47 pm
Daviid
Hi Fred,
Eagerly anticipating this plugin. Any chances that you could implement a 1 time subscription payment for a post so that in effect a user could purchase an article and then have that article “unpublished” once it’s purchased?
I would gladly pay extra for that implementation
August 13th, 2006 at 12:05 pm
Thomas
I really want to try this plugin, it sounds great. I hope you finish it soon. In the meantime, is it possible to try an earlier version?
August 13th, 2006 at 2:12 pm
Respect
Can you please close the comments to this page until the plugin is released. I can’t understand why you have it open? I want the email saying the plugin is released, not the happy hopes from people saying what a great idea. If you need these happy-hopes, then go talk to church.
August 25th, 2006 at 3:22 pm
Jenny Jinx
I am really looking forward to the release of this plugin. Unfortunately I can’t subscribe to the newsletter to find out when it becomes available. In lieu of that I’m subscribing to the comments to get updated.:)
Thanks a lot, Fred, for all of your work. Some of us, at least, realize that you’re doing this for us for free to give us a free plugin and appreciate all your efforts so far. Again, thanks!
August 29th, 2006 at 3:04 pm
Mikee Freedom
Yes, I second that. I too, am very much looking forward to the release of this plugin. Happy hopes Fred. Happy, Happy hopes!
September 19th, 2006 at 12:23 am
Andre Vitorio
PLEEEEEEEEASE! Make it available, that’s what’s missing for me to finish my website. Btw, the Phil Donahue post is awesome! Thanks!
September 22nd, 2006 at 7:41 pm
Dan
Looking forward to this plugin. Thanks, Fred. Will be using it on a school site. It should help us greatly with home-school communication with parents.
October 2nd, 2006 at 11:36 am
Siberex
Sorry for my bad english.
Can I ask when the new version will be released?
Or where I can download the previous version?
October 8th, 2006 at 11:34 pm
joe
hi, would like to know if you can email me a link to the old plugin, as i’d like to test it and perhaps help squash the bugs. i’ll be happy to make a donation in return, especially if it will help motivate you to finish the next version. many thanks!
October 9th, 2006 at 12:06 pm
Taiyin
Ditto everyone else: I’m eagerly awaiting the plug-in, but can’t sign up for the list. Any ETA’s yet?
October 10th, 2006 at 1:27 pm
fe
someone was kind enough to pass this plugin to me since fred closed down the download link for it.
[NOTE: second-hand distribution of other people's code is STRONGLY discourage. I suggest that people NOT trust code from parties other than the original developer. You've been warned !!! ]
October 10th, 2006 at 1:32 pm
Chris
fe,
I would really appreciate it if you could send the plugin my way via email. I’m sure a lot of eager people in this forum would appreciate the same.
October 10th, 2006 at 1:41 pm
Fred
NOTE: second-hand distribution of my code is STRONGLY discourage. I SUGGEST THE PEOPLE NOT TRUST CODE FROM PEOPLE OTHER THAN THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPER. You’ve been warned !!!
Comments for this post are now closed. I’m tired of policing sociopaths.
An updated will be posted when the updated plug-in is ready.
October 26th, 2006 at 11:24 am
Fred
I’m finishing up the new version of Subscribers-Only, v2.0 which includes some support for payment processing. If you have any suggestions about how to present subscribe links, how to handle subscriptions, etc — any desired functionality for this plugin at all — then NOW is the time to speak up! Post a comment soon or your suggestions might be left for a later version!
October 26th, 2006 at 3:40 pm
Dan
I think for a lot of people, myself included, simple Paypal integration will do. You can manage subscriptions from within Paypal itself, including reoccurring payments and auto-notification.
Thanks again for all your work on this.
October 27th, 2006 at 5:30 am
johannes
i think paypal is great – handling subscription – it would be great if there is an admin area where i can view all current members and all past members – and where i am able to send emails to them
thanks
johannes
October 27th, 2006 at 10:11 am
Fred
There is support so far for PayPal, Paymate, and 2Checkout. I might try to add Amazon wishlist and Google payment. Not sure. I’ll try to have v2.0 finished by this weekend. It should be useable on WP 1.5 and WP 2.0.
October 27th, 2006 at 11:23 am
moshu
I wrote a long comment – but your auth code below is very unclear, no colour contrast… so, probably I entered the wrong code, and everything has been erased
(not sure I’ll succeed this time)
October 29th, 2006 at 7:57 pm
Vicente
Waiting for the new version for launch a new blog
You will finish the release this week?
Best regards
October 31st, 2006 at 7:12 pm
Destiny
good work Fred.
If you need help. please let me know, i am waiting for your plugin.
November 7th, 2006 at 7:12 pm
Ederic
Hi there,
I tried your plugin and it works well with WordPress posts. Will the new version have the same functionality for WordPress pages as well?
Salamat.
November 10th, 2006 at 5:48 pm
Dustin
Would LOVE a drop-in modules that support taking payments via Paypal, Paymate, 2checkout, and maybe others such as Worldpay.
November 17th, 2006 at 3:47 pm
WD
Also very interested in this plugin! however, I can’t justify donating until I can give it a whirl….
November 19th, 2006 at 9:49 pm
Jodi PM
I have been waiting for this plugin for a while. Can’t wait till it’s done. After it is released I will think about donating. =)
November 21st, 2006 at 6:03 am
Destiny
hi fred.
can you give us in how many days subscribers-only plugin will be downloadble.
I need it as soon as possible.
Can you give the plugin as is now, i’ll work on it.
Sorry for my english.
Thanks
November 24th, 2006 at 4:11 pm
ferarias
Fred, your plugin looks amazing. Please, keep up the good job, take your time, take it easy. Don’t take into account that silly comments above. If somebody wants a subscriber plugin and your is not available yet, then he’ll have to wait or make it himself. When you have it ready, we’ll be happy. Meanwhile, we’ll be happy also.
Congratulations.
November 26th, 2006 at 12:43 pm
Derek
This sounds like a very useful plug-in. The paypal integration is a great idea too. I can’t wait. This is exactly what I need for a writing workshop project I have in mind.
December 4th, 2006 at 11:27 pm
Frankie
Showing interest in your plug in. Please please please let it be out soon so I can use it.
thanks
December 7th, 2006 at 12:13 am
Julie
Hey Fred!! I’m also interested in using your subscriber’s only plugin as well!
I can’t wait to start using it! Thanks again for all your hard work!!
March 3rd, 2008 at 1:00 pm
meli
hi, i would like to use the subscriber-only plugin for my hompage and wanted to ask you if it’s possible to get the plugin by making a donation? how much will it cost? please email me! thanks a lot! and sorry for my bad englisch! best regards