Leaky Paywall
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Buy it if you run a serious WordPress news or magazine site and need metered subscriptions with group accounts.
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Leaky Paywall and Paid Memberships Pro both land on Depends.
Buy it if you run a serious WordPress news or magazine site and need metered subscriptions with group accounts.
Buy if you run WordPress and need gated content with Stripe/PayPal subscriptions, and you will keep the plugin patched.
| Compare | Leaky Paywall | Paid Memberships Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Verdict | Depends | Depends |
| Best for | News and magazine publishers on WordPress | WordPress sites selling memberships |
| Who it's not for | Hobby bloggers . free core or Substack is plenty | Non-WordPress projects |
| Privacy | Several public CVEs from 2024-2025, including high-severity missing-authorization flaws . keep the plugin updated.⁷ | Multiple public CVEs (SQLi, CSRF, auth bypass) across 2023-2026; patching discipline is mandatory. |
| Support quality | Case studies show engagement; mixed community feedback | No user support evidence in sources |
| Public sentiment | Publishers praise its flexibility and stay for years, but Redditors complain loudly about the 5% revenue cut and setup fees.² | WordPress reviewers rate it well, but Reddit threads flag fee changes and its exit from the repo.11 |
| Biggest gotcha | Pro/hosted plans take 5% of new-subscriber revenue plus reported $750-$999 setup fees⁶ | Repeated CVEs (SQLi, CSRF, auth bypass) mean slow patching is genuinely risky |