Add WP Lightning Paywall by WPBakery
In this tutorial we explain how to use the WordPress editor WPBakery (formerly Visual Composer) to integrate the different applications into your WordPress site.
If you use another WordPress editor instead of WPBakery, you will find corresponding instructions for Gutenberg, Elementor and for the integration via shortcode.
The WPBakery editor is a WordPress Page Builder and also called WPBakery Page Builder and you can drag and drop the Elements and Addons into a WordPress site.
If you have the WP Lightning Paywall installed, you will find the Lightning Paywall Elements that perform the Lightning Paywall functions.
In the following we describe the different integration options per Elements and Addons for the different functions.
Pay-per-post / Pay per single Blog Post
You can search for Lightning Paywall within the Element search and get the available Lightning Paywall elements displayed.
The Lightning Paywall blocks begin with LP for Lightning Paywall.
You can also find the Lightning Paywall element under the Content category.
The name of the pay-per-post element at WPbakery are:
- LP Pay-per-Post Start
- LP Pay-per-Post End
There is a possibility that the block LP pay-per-post start can be customized to the individual requirements.
The Lightning paywall is automatically disabled on the page. Check Yes to enable the Lightning paywall.
The settings Currency and Duration are set to Default by default. The settings that were made in General Settings are then applied.
If you want to keep these values, no changes are necessary. If you want to make an individual setting for the selected blog post, you can do this here.
From the content, which should be protected by paywall, the block LP Pay-per-Post Start is used.
Then you create the content with your WPBakery editor. As usual, all other WPBakery elements can be used.
At the end of the blog post the protected area is closed with the LP Pay-per-Post End block.
If you want to see what the finished page looks like from a user’s point of view and give it a try, go to the page:
Pay-per-Post Demo Page
Pay-per-view / Pay per single Video
With Pay-per-View you can sell videos through the WP Lightning paywall.
The user sees a preview for each video, consisting of a caption, a description text and an image. In addition, the details of the video’s price are displayed.
After successful payment, the video is displayed and played on the website.
The video, which is played after successful payment, can be on your own server, but also on an external server.
For example, you can show videos that are stored on YouTube or Vimeo.
In order not to offer these videos to the general public for free, you can set the video to private. Then the video will not be shown in the search.
Only those who know the exact internet address can access this video.
If you want to offer a Vimeo or YouTube video for a fee, set it to private and store this secret Internet address as a paywall url.
You can search for LP (Lightning Paywall) within the Element search and get the available Lightning Paywall elements displayed.
The Lightning Paywall elements begin with LP for Lightning Paywall.
You can also find the Lightning Paywall elements under the Content category.
The name of the pay-per-view elements at WPbakery are:
- LP Pay-per-View Start
- LP Pay-per-View End
There is a possibility that the element LP pay-per-view start can be customized to the individual requirements.
The Lightning paywall is automatically disabled on the page. Check Yes to enable the Lightning paywall.
In the Title field you can enter the title of the video.
The Description field is the place to briefly describe the video.
The Video Preview field is used to select an image that will be used as a preview image. Here you can access the images that are stored under Media on the WordPress server.
The settings Currency and Duration are set to Default by default. The settings that were made in General Settings are then applied.
If you want to keep these values, no changes are necessary. If you want to make an individual setting for the selected blog post, you can do this here.
After you have added a caption, a video description and a thumbnail, it will look something like the picture on the right.
If you want to embed a video that is stored on YouTube or Vimeo, you can use the video player offered by WPBakery.
If you want to embed a video, which is located on the WordPress server or on another server, then use the appropriate HTML commands.
For example, you integrate a text element and add the corresponding HTML command instead of a text.
If the video is on the WordPress server, you can also select the video via the Add Media field.
After the embedded video, the element with the designation LP Pay-per-View End is inserted and the video can be offered for a fee.
If you want to see what the finished page looks like from a user’s point of view and give it a try, go to the page:
Pay-per-View Video Demo Page
Pay-per-file / Pay per single File or per Download
With the pay-per-file function, individual files can be sold as downloads.
– You have written your own software that you want to offer to your customers for download?
– You have written a manual, a handbook or an eBook and want to sell it as a PDF file?
– You are a photographer and want to market your pictures yourself?
– You have composed your own piece of music or produced a video, which you want to offer to your fans as an mp4 file for download.
The pay-per-file function is like a digital content store. You can sell any file format on the Internet and offer it to your customers for download.
In the WPBakery editor, the LP pay-per-file block is selected and inserted in the appropriate place.
Then we start to make the individual settings.
In the first step we check Yes to enable the payment block.
Then it is determined where the file will be stored, which will be offered for sale. We will go into this in detail in a moment.
In the Title field we enter the headline and in the Description field we can write a detailed description about the offered file. Only text can be entered in these fields. HTML commands cannot be used.
In the Preview field we can add a preview image, which we select from our media directory.
We can make individual settings in the Price and Duration fields. If we do not make any changes, the data from the General Settings will be used.
As already announced, the “File Select url” field is used to specify the server or directory where the file to be sold was stored.
This file can be on the WP server, but also on any other server.
If no link is deposited, then the paywall is not activated and also not displayed.
Simply enter the link in the url field and then save it.
After that the page should look something like this. You can see what the page looks like for the customer by following the link below.
If you want to see what the finished page looks like from a user’s point of view and give it a try, go to the page:
Pay-per-file Download Demo Page
Further information
Demo Page:
- Pay-per-Post Blog Post Demo Page
- Pay-per-View Video Demo Page
- Pay-per-File (coming soon)
- Donation (coming soon)
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