WordPress.com VIP Developer Workshop • May 5, 2015

IMPLEMENTING A PAYWALL ON WORDPRESS.COM VIP

1) Validate login, reloads the page for logged-in users if necessary

2) Sends/receives login and logout requests

vary_cache_on_function()

Paywall content in the theme

REQUIREMENTS• Non-leaky

• Blocked content does not appear in code

• Multiple providers

• Subscription fulfillment service, organization licenses, ULS-only accounts, etc.

• Portable

• Easy to implement on other sites

• Scalable

• Cached on WP VIP, Node.js-powered backend

• Respects subscription rules

• Active, inactive, unpaid, grace period, etc.

• Concurrency enforcement

• Limit on browser sessions, different limit for app users, different limit for organization licenses

Gabriel Koen@mintindeed

Thank You

Corey Gilmore@coreygilmore