Brief overview of a paywall implementation on WordPress.com VIP engineered by Penske Media Corporation and Alley Interactive.

1. WordPress.comVIP Developer Workshop • May 5, 2015
IMPLEMENTING A PAYWALL ON
WORDPRESS.COM VIP

9. 1)Validate login, reloads the page for logged-
in users if necessary
2) Sends/receives login and logout requests

10. vary_cache_on_function()

11. Paywall content in the theme

12. 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 WPVIP, 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

13. Gabriel Koen
@mintindeed
ThankYou
Corey Gilmore
@coreygilmore