# Leaky Paywall review (2026): is the free plan enough? > WordPress paywall and subscription plugin for publishers Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Leaky Paywall is a WordPress plugin that adds metered, hard or hybrid paywalls and paid subscription levels to a publisher's own site. Payments run through Stripe, and subscribers are stored as WordPress users. A free edition is available, with a paid Pro tier that reduces or removes the revenue share. - **Category:** Selling Digital Products - **Made by:** ZEEN101 - **Website:** https://leakypaywall.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you're off WordPress, as it runs only inside it. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Leaky Paywall has a free plan. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Free to install and use, with a 10% revenue share on new paid subscriptions; includes List Builder registration wall and unlimited levels. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | Paywalls, unlimited subscription levels and Stripe checkout, with a 10% revenue share on paid subscriptions. | Read from https://wordpress.org/plugins/leaky-paywall/ on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Leaky Paywall before buying. ## Key features - **Metered and hard paywalls:** Choose metered, hard, or dynamic and hybrid paywalls, and restrict by post, category, tag, taxonomy, post type or content block. - **Registration wall:** List Builder prompts anonymous readers to register or log in, and registered readers can be exported or sent through Zapier. - **Subscription levels:** Create free, premium, annual or VIP levels, with Stripe checkout including Apple Pay and Google Pay. - **Publisher dashboard:** A dashboard inside WordPress shows revenue trends, new registrations, paid subscription activity and top content. - **Pro revenue tools:** Pro adds recurring subscriptions, free trials, coupons, group and IP-based subscriptions, and churn risk alerts. - **Extensions and integrations:** The listing names more than 50 extensions, including Salesforce, HubSpot, Mailchimp, Zapier and WooCommerce. ## Good for - Local newsrooms and magazines that already run on WordPress - Publishers who want subscriber data kept in their own WordPress - Sites that want a registration wall before a paid tier ## Worth knowing - Prices for the paid plans could not be read: the vendor's site refused automated access, so only the free edition is listed. - The free edition takes a 10% revenue share on new paid subscriptions; Pro reduces or removes it. - Runs only inside WordPress, and paid subscriptions are processed through Stripe. - Recurring subscriptions, free trials, coupons and group subscriptions are Pro features. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Leaky Paywall adds metered and hard paywalls and unlimited subscription levels to WordPress, free to install. The free edition takes a 10% cut of new paid subscriptions, recurring plans and coupons need Pro, and we couldn't read the Pro prices. - **Value for money: C.** The plugin is free to install, with a 10% revenue share on new paid subscriptions. The vendor's site refused us, so Pro prices are unknown. - **Free plan and trial: B.** Free with paywalls, a registration wall, unlimited levels and Stripe checkout. The 10% share is the cost. - **Features: C.** Metered and hard paywalls, levels, a publisher dashboard and Stripe. But recurring subscriptions, free trials, coupons and group subscriptions are Pro. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You install it on WordPress and connect Stripe. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** WordPress only, with Stripe, Mailchimp, HubSpot, Salesforce, WooCommerce and Zapier links. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Leaky Paywall's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among tools for selling digital products - Leaky Paywall's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 23 of the 50 other tools for selling digital products we grade, and level with 11. - It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 23 of 50) and worst on features (C, above 1). The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/digital-products ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** The plain part of Leaky Paywall you could make: paid newsletters and reports. What surrounds it you could not. The 2 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. - You could make: Paid newsletters and reports: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: A members' space with posts, chat and events that people keep coming back to. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Stripe, Salesforce and HubSpot among them, and has an API. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Stripe, Salesforce, HubSpot, Mailchimp, Zapier, WooCommerce, Omeda **Tags:** Paid newsletters, Community, Reports, Public API ## Alternatives - [Memberful](https://toolgpa.com/tools/memberful): Membership platform for paid newsletters, podcasts and communities. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/leaky-paywall-vs-memberful) - [Easy Digital Downloads](https://toolgpa.com/tools/easy-digital-downloads): WordPress plugin for selling digital downloads from your own site. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/easy-digital-downloads-vs-leaky-paywall) - [Patreon](https://toolgpa.com/tools/patreon): Paid memberships, a shop and community for creators and their fans. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/leaky-paywall-vs-patreon) - [PayKickstart](https://toolgpa.com/tools/paykickstart): Checkout, recurring billing and affiliate management for sellers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/leaky-paywall-vs-paykickstart) - [SubscribeStar](https://toolgpa.com/tools/subscribestar): Subscription platform for creators, billed as a share of earnings. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/leaky-paywall-vs-subscribestar) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://wordpress.org/plugins/leaky-paywall/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/leaky-paywall Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).