WordPress paywall, built from a prompt
The agent reads your theme, finds where the article body renders, and mounts the gate there. Your CMS, templates and deploy pipeline stay exactly as they are.
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See it build a WordPress paywall
Pick a request. The agent opens a branch and shows you the files it would touch. You approve before anything goes live.
- 1PromptDescribe the change in a sentence.
- 2BranchThe agent commits its work. Nothing touches production.
- 3PreviewA real URL running your site with the change applied.
- 4ApproveYou merge it. The commit is the record of what changed.
$ Add a metered paywall to article pages
branch feature/metered-paywall
- modifiedfunctions.php
- createdpelcro-paywall.js
- modifiedsingle.php
Mounts a three-article meter in the article body. Your archive keeps its URLs.
Illustrative. Nothing here calls a model. It mirrors how the agent works in a real project.
Who it's for
Who it's for
- WordPress publishers who want a paywall without a plugin graveyard
- Arc XP and custom-CMS teams that need the gate in the article template
- Marketing and ops teams that can't wait on an engineering ticket
Features
What it does
- Reads your theme
- The agent finds where your article body renders and mounts the gate there, in WordPress or Arc.
- Your stack, unchanged
- Your CMS, templates and deployment pipeline stay as they are. The change is ordinary code in your repo.
- Metered, hard or registration
- Choose how much to give away before the gate: a few free articles, an immediate wall, or an email to continue.
- Entitlement checks, not guesses
- The agent gates on entitlements, the way the platform is meant to be used, not fragile plan-name string matching.
- SEO-safe by default
- Your archive keeps its URLs and its search ranking, and crawlers still reach the content behind the gate.
- Every change is a branch
- The agent commits to a branch and hands you a preview link. Nothing touches production until you merge.
421% more new subscribers one month after introducing a Pelcro paywall
Times Review Media Group put its free New York titles behind Pelcro's paywall. In March 2019 it launched a metered paywall on articles tagged premium, giving readers three free premium articles, and bounce rates stayed unaffected.
Read the full case study“Our partnership with Pelcro has seamlessly allowed us to evolve our digital business model. The Pelcro team has been incredibly responsive and has both the business and technical capabilities to radically modernize the distribution model for our brands.”
Andrew Olsen, Publisher, Times Review Media Group
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FAQ
Frequently asked questions
- How do I add a paywall to WordPress?
- Describe the paywall you want and Pelcro AI Studio writes the code, mounts it in your theme's article template, and gives you a preview to approve before it goes live. See how the agent works
- Do I need a plugin to put content behind a paywall?
- No. The agent writes the gate directly into your theme using the Pelcro JS-SDK, so you aren't stacking another plugin onto your site.
- Will a WordPress paywall hurt my SEO?
- No. The gate is SEO-safe by default. Your article URLs stay the same and search crawlers still reach the content, so rankings are preserved.
- Does this work with Arc XP or a custom CMS?
- Yes. The agent reads your theme or templates and mounts the gate where the article body renders, whether that is WordPress, Arc XP or a custom front end.
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Add your WordPress paywall with Pelcro AI Studio
Describe the gate you want. The agent writes the code, opens a branch, and hands you a preview to approve.
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