Content drip is a very good way of promoting patron/member loyalty in your membership. In content drip locking method, you lock your content for increasing amount of lifetime pledge, which allows patrons to qualify for more content as they stay as your members. Lifetime pledge is the total amount which…
Read MoreA user marked as VIP has access to all locked content, whereas a user marked with a specific pledge level ($ amount) can access any content that is locked at that level or below. This feature allows you to mark people who are not on Patreon as your patrons/members. Family,…
Read MoreYou can show excerpts/teasers before locked posts to encourage your readers to become your patrons. If you set “Show excerpts from posts before locked posts” to yes, an excerpt will be created from the locked post content, and will be placed into the placeholder {%%show_excerpt_here%%}, and then shown before any locked…
Read MoreIn your “Customize Interface” tab in Patron Plugin Pro settings in your WordPress admin, there are numerous ways to customize your notification banner which is used for all locked content. You can arrange width, margins of the notifications and banners, you can upload (or select an existing media upload) and…
Read MoreIn case you set “Put users directly to Patron Pipeline” option in your “Content Locking” tab of your Patron Plugin Pro settings to yes, Patron Plugin Pro will send your users to patron pipeline (where they pledge to become your patrons) directly, instead of sending them to your profile. In…
Read MoreWhen any post, post type or content or even entire site is marked patron only, they will be still visible without protection in post listings or other type of archives. In this case, you can set “Yes” in “Protect Excerpts in Listings” option in Patron Pro settings’ ‘Content Locking’ tab…
Read MoreYou can lock entire post types, custom post types, any category, tag, multiple categories and/or tags, any custom taxonomy and custom term with Patron Pro. First, visit the “Content Locking” tab of your plugin settings in WordPress admin, and click to expand “Make Post types Patron only” section as below:…
Read MoreThere is a big meta box called “Custom Patron-only Banner” under the post entry box in your post editor. When writing or editing a post (or any content), if you place any kind of content in “Custom Patron-only Banner” metabox which is under the post editor, then that banner will…
Read MoreUsing the new advanced post locking options which came with version 1.0.7, you can use advanced rules to lock your posts. The advanced post locking interface is an added meta box to the right of your post editor as illustrated below: By selecting any method for locking your post, options…
Read MorePatreon Level metabox which allows you to enter a $ level to lock your singular content has advanced options which you can use to further customize how the content is locked. Require active membership at post date If you check “Yes” for this option, the content you are locking will…
Read MoreSimple lock method is a method that locks your singular content (post, custom post) by a $ level. The $ input box inside ‘Patreon level’ meta box in your post editor will allow you to enter a $ level to lock the content you are editing. Other options inside that…
Read MoreThere are many ways to lock your singular content content (a post, a custom post etc) depending on whichever best for your creatives or service. You can click each method’s title to read more about them in detail. Simple lock allows you to lock any content by entering a $…
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