Overview
Paywalls protect specific content on a website, making it visible only after a purchase has been completed.
This article explains how to easily create and use paywalls. Using paywalls requires embedding the iFrame in the WordPress Connector, as well as activating paywalls and checkout in the Frisbii Media plugin settings.
In addition to access to your WordPress account, you'll need access to the Frisbii Media backend, where offers and access rights can be created.
Creating paywalls
The layout for the paywall can be defined directly in the WordPress Connector. The Frisbii Media plugin has its own Paywalls submenu for this purpose.
After the initial installation, the default paywall is already saved there. This field is still empty and can be filled in by clicking "Edit".
In the editor, you first assign an internal title (1) and then enter the paywall HTML code (2) in the HTML field. Access rights must be entered manually in the Access Rights (3) field and cannot be selected via a drop-down. This field takes the uniqueIDs of the corresponding access rights.
Note: uniqueIDs can be changed in the Frisbii Media backend. After a change, they are not resynced with the WordPress plugin. To ensure that customers with the old uniqueID, as well as new customers with the new ID, have access to the content protected by the paywall, both access rights must be stored and taken into account. For this reason, it is not recommended to rename access rights if active subscriptions already exist.
In paywall edit mode, you can start the URL generator for your checkout via the link icon. Select the corresponding offer and copy the checkout URL to your clipboard with a click. You can then insert the offer at the desired location on your website.
How the paywall works
Using the created paywalls
Created paywalls can be defined at the post, tag, or category level. This simplifies website management.
Note: Specific categories and tags can be assigned to posts; paywall management then takes place in a separate step.
Paywalls at the post level
To display paywalls only at the post level, first select the desired post in the post overview. You can then assign the corresponding paywall there.
Under Settings on the Paywall tab, a default paywall position is predefined. You can change this globally in the settings as you like, or override it directly in the relevant post using the paywall shortcode.
Paywalls at the category and tag level
Posts can be assigned to specific tags or categories. Managing paywalls centrally at the category or tag level makes it easier to swap paywalls, since they don't need to be assigned and changed individually in each post.
In the WordPress backend, under Posts → Categories/Tags, you can define new categories and tags. Existing ones can also be managed there.
Categories and tags are created in the same way. A paywall can be assigned to a category or tag using the drop-down menu – clicking Add Category creates the respective category or tag, which can then be assigned to individual posts.
