Lightning Publisher for WordPress

Lightning Publisher for WordPress allows you to offer previews of your blog posts and require a Lightning Network payment to release the rest.

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Installation

1. Setup Lightning Charge.

2. Install the Lightning Publisher for WordPress plugin from the WordPress.org plugin directory.

   Alternatively, you can download wordpress-lightning-publisher.zip and install it manually.

3. Under the WordPress administration panel, go to Settings -> Lightning Publisher to configure your Lightning Charge server URL and API token.

Note that Lightning Publisher uses Lightning Charge's built-in checkout page (as an iframe), meaning that the Lightning Charge server has to be publicly accessible to users. If users need to access it using a different URL than the one used for communicating with the API, set this under "Public URL" in the settings page.

Usage

Add [ifpaid AMOUNT CURRENCY] in the place that marks the beginning of paid access to the post. All text prior to that point will be available as a preview to everyone, while all text after that point will only be available to patrons.

For example: [ifpaid 0.0005 USD] or [ifpaid 0.00000005 BTC]. All the currencies on BitcoinAverage are supported. BTC amounts can have up to 11 decimal places (milli-satoshis precision).

You may also specify a custom message and button text, as follows: [ifpaid 0.005 ILS text="Please pay to continue reading." button="Alright, I'll pay!"]. This will show up as:

Once the user makes the payment, the page will automatically refresh and the access token will be appended to the URL. The user can bookmark this patron-only URL to return to the content later. The token does not currently ever expire.

This will look something like: http://some.blog/trusted-third-parties-are-security-holes/?publisher_access=2bgduhk48gkk480sksoowkssggc0wcokwws0c8k8k8s04wc0gs

Note that anyone with this URL will be able to access the content. There are currently no restrictions in place to prevent links from being shared.

License

MIT